[Hiring] Finance and Business Operations Lead @Bluesky

Role Description

We're looking for a Finance & Business Operations Lead to own the financial and business infrastructure at Bluesky. You'll be the person who keeps the business itself healthy: finances, compliance, vendors, legal coordination, and the stewardship work that protects the company's ability to operate.

Key Responsibilities

• Tools & Vendor Administration
  • Support tool procurement and onboarding, and maintain ongoing vendor relationships in partnership with the teams those vendors serve.
  • Research and analyze vendors, tools, and partners relevant to strategic initiatives; bring structured recommendations to leadership.
  • Track subscription costs, flag redundancies, and manage renewals proactively.
• Financial Operations
  • Track budgets across teams, approving reimbursements, and flag variances before they become problems.
  • Prepare financial reporting support, investor reporting, and board materials in coordination with the Strategy & Operations Senior Manager and COO.
  • Manage invoice routing and expense reconciliation in coordination with our Operations Admin and our fractional finance team.
  • Coordinate with the Recruiting team, our fractional finance team, and members of the leadership team to develop funding plans for headcount to support company strategy.
• Business Stewardship
  • Build automations and AI integrations into processes, where appropriate.
  • Own business insurance end-to-end, including managing annual renewal cycles across all policy types (D&O, E&O, general liability, cyber, and others), maintain broker relationships, ensure applications are accurate, flag coverage gaps proactively.
  • Coordinate with partners on tax compliance ensuring deadlines are met.
  • Serve as a part of the broader Operations team to support cross-functional work.

Qualifications

• 6-8 years of operations experience at a high-growth startup, with significant time spent building 0 → 1 process.
• Thinks AI-first and aims to leverage technology to solve scaling challenges.
• Think in systems: when you see a recurring problem, you build something that makes it not recur.
• Can hold strategic and operational work simultaneously and understand working on a small team requires both.
• Are comfortable operating in a high agency, low ego environment where we move quickly and focus on results.
• Have owned vendor relationships and financial operations with enough depth to not need hand-holding on routine decisions.

Requirements

• Experience representing an operations function to leadership or cross-functional stakeholders.
• Familiarity with Ramp, Quickbooks, Rippling, Ironclad, Linear, Notion, Zapier, or similar tools.
• Background spanning operational systems, vendor management, and financial operations.
• Experience building operational infrastructure in a company that didn't have it yet.

Benefits

• The anticipated base salary range for this position is $136,000-184,000 USD excluding equity.
• Equity will be considered in the total compensation package.
• Final base salary for this role will be based on the individual’s geographic location, as well as experience level, skill set, training, licenses and certifications.