Flock Safety - [Job Title Placeholder]

Salary: $225K - $300K Location Type: Remote Employment Type: Full-Time

Who is Flock?

Flock Safety is an all-in-one technology solution dedicated to eliminating crime and enhancing community safety. Our intelligent platform unifies communities, including cities, businesses, schools, and law enforcement agencies, to collaboratively build a safer future. We provide a comprehensive, maintenance-free technology solution trusted by communities nationwide to solve and deter crime, working towards safer communities for everyone.

Our holistic public safety platform is designed to be both comprehensive and intelligent, delivering the actionable evidence necessary to solve, deter, and reduce crime across neighborhoods, schools, businesses, and entire cities. We achieve this without compromising transparency or privacy, transforming unbiased data into objective answers.

Flock is committed to offering a career-defining experience where you can also make a significant impact on your community. While safety is a serious business, we foster a supportive team environment that optimizes the remote experience to build strong and fulfilling relationships, even when physically apart. Our dedicated employees thrive in a positive and inclusive atmosphere that rewards a bias towards action.

We have successfully raised over $700M in venture capital from prominent investors such as Tiger Global, Andreessen Horowitz, Matrix Partners, Bedrock Capital, Meritech Capital Partners, and Initialized Capital. With a current valuation exceeding $7.5B, Flock is strategically scaling and actively seeking top talent to help us achieve our goal of reducing crime in the United States by 25% within the next three years.

The Opportunity

• Lead, mentor, and develop teams responsible for procurement, travel, Accounts Payable (AP), payroll, and equity.
• Design and execute a scalable operating model for core accounting operations.
• Collaborate with senior leadership to align operational goals with company strategy.
• Oversee end-to-end processes and operations.
• Implement policies, controls, and systems to drive automation, workflow improvements, and optimization.
• Manage timely and accurate processing of vendor invoices, T&E reports, and disbursements.
• Ensure compliance with company policy, SOX/internal controls, and tax/regulatory requirements.
• Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local payroll tax regulations.
• Partner with HR and Benefits teams to support payroll changes, audits, and year-end filings (e.g., W-2s).
• Lead or support finance transformation initiatives.
• Establish Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and reporting dashboards for operational performance and compliance.
• Coordinate with external auditors on audit requests related to payroll, AP, procurement, and equity.
• Work closely with other departments to provide accounting expertise and support.

The Skillset

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, or Accounting.
• 10+ years of overall accounting operations experience.
• Deep expertise in procurement, AP, payroll, and equity best practices and compliance.
• Strong understanding of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems.
• Experience leading system implementations and process transformations.
• Proven ability to manage cross-functional teams and complex projects.
• Exceptional communication, leadership, and organizational skills.
• Familiarity working in a public company, SOX-compliant environment.
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Feeling uneasy that you haven’t ticked every box? That’s okay; we’ve felt that way too. Studies have shown women and minorities are less likely to apply unless they meet all qualifications. We encourage you to break the status quo and apply to roles that would make you excited to come to work every day.

90 Days at Flock

The First 30 Days

• Learn the company and organization.
• Meet with direct reports, key team members, and cross-functional stakeholders (HR, FP&A, Legal, Accounting).
• Establish rapport with external vendors and service providers (e.g., payroll processors).
• Review end-to-end processes and existing documentation of policies and processes.
• Begin benchmarking...