Building at Check

Position Overview

At Check, we make paying people simple. We are redefining how people get paid and making it easier for payroll businesses to launch, grow, and thrive. As the inventors of embedded payroll, we're not just building our own business—we're building payroll businesses together with every one of our partners. Check is far more than just API infrastructure; it's a springboard for building and scaling payroll businesses.

Our Team

Payroll is broken, and we're looking for passionate individuals to help fix it! At Check, you'll use creative problem-solving, critical thinking, and grit to impact every business we build. We view problems and jobs to be done as opportunities to contribute to solutions, ignoring conventional role boundaries in favor of the unique strengths and value each builder brings to our team and mission. Join us if you're ready to roll up your sleeves, redefine payroll, simplify the complex, make a real impact, and create a better future for businesses of every size.

The Work: Corporate Finance

In this Corporate Finance role, you will own our core planning and budgeting processes, drive monthly reporting and analysis for our leadership team and Board, and partner cross-functionally on billing operations and financial tooling as needed. Your goal will be to bring structure to chaos and unlock financial clarity across Check.

This role is ideal for someone who thrives at the intersection of financial rigor and operational execution and is excited to grow their scope as we scale.

Responsibilities

• Own the annual planning, budgeting, and forecasting process, working across teams to align on goals, headcount, and spend.
• Lead monthly budget vs. actuals (BvA) reviews, track performance vs. plan, and support reforecasting with clear analysis and communication.
• Maintain and improve financial models, including OpEx, headcount, and cash flow projections.
• Identify and implement process improvements across finance workflows, improving inputs, tools, and reporting where needed.
• Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to support and streamline billing operations.
• Prepare materials for Board meetings and provide performance updates to investors.
• Support equity and debt fundraising processes as we continue to scale.

Requirements

Many backgrounds could fit this role, but ideal candidates will have:

• 5+ years of experience in corporate finance, FP&A, or strategic finance at a startup or tech company.
• Strong modeling and forecasting skills; comfortable owning Excel/Sheets models and building tools for others.
• Effective communication skills – ability to translate financial insights into action for stakeholders across the company.
• Detail-oriented and systems-minded, with a passion for improving finance processes and tools.
• Experience in high-growth or venture-backed startups, particularly with cross-functional budgeting or billing operations (preferred).
• Familiarity with financial systems like Sage Intacct, Cube, or other planning and ERP tools.

Travel and Office Policy

The Check team is distributed across the US, with offices in New York City and San Francisco. While we embrace remote work, we believe in-person collaboration is key to our best work. We offer ample opportunities and encourage employees to attend team offsites, events, and hackathons a couple of times a year. All employees are expected to attend our annual 3-day company retreat in the fall.

Our offices are open all week for in-office and hybrid employees. We provide meals on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and the team hosts regular happy hours, game nights, etc.

What We Offer

For full-time employees, Check offers:

• Company-sponsored medical, dental, vision, short-term/long-term disability, and basic life insurance coverage, effective on their first day of work.
• Stock options.
• Flexible PTO and sick leave.
• 16 weeks of paid parental leave.