Financial Analyst

As a Financial Analyst at Cantina, you'll build and scale the Finance function for a fast-growing company founded by Sean Parker. This is a hands-on role focused on accounts payable, expense coding, payment operations, and financial reporting. You'll ensure invoices are coded correctly, vendors are paid on time, and the Finance team has clear visibility into cash requirements and company spending while moving the team away from manual processes through automation and better workflows.

What you'll do

• Own the AP workflow by managing invoices from intake through approval and payment, ensuring everything is accurate, properly documented, and moving on schedule
• Keep financial data clean by coding expenses across the right GL accounts, departments, cost centers, projects, and reporting categories so financial reporting is reliable
• Run payment cycles by preparing payment batches and clear, concise payment reports for Finance leadership, highlighting upcoming obligations, exceptions, and items requiring attention
• Maintain AP aging and vendor schedules and help Finance understand upcoming cash requirements
• Investigate and resolve duplicate invoices, missing approvals, incorrect coding, vendor discrepancies, and payment issues
• Partner across the company to make invoice approvals, expense coding, and purchasing processes easier and more efficient
• Support the close by helping with month-end AP reconciliations, accruals, expense analysis, and supporting schedules
• Prepare reporting around company spending, vendors, payments, outstanding liabilities, and expense trends
• Identify repetitive manual work and help implement better workflows, integrations, and automation
• Take on projects across cash forecasting, budgeting, reporting, financial analysis, and finance systems as you develop

What you bring

• 0-2 years of experience in accounting, finance, or a related analytical role
• A degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, Economics, or a related field
• A solid understanding of accounting fundamentals, including AP, GL coding and reconciliations
• Strong Excel and Google Sheets skills, plus confidence working with financial data
• Exceptional attention to detail and the ability to notice when something doesn't look right
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple deadlines
• Clear communication skills and confidence working with people across different teams
• A high degree of ownership and ability to see projects through to completion
• Curiosity about systems, automation, and how technology can make Finance better
• Comfort operating in an environment where processes are still evolving

What we offer

• Annual base salary of $65,000-$80,000
• Generous company equity
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance with 99.99% of premiums covered by Cantina
• 42 days of paid time off, comprising 15 PTO days, 10 sick days, 15 company holidays, and 2 floating holidays
• Generous parental leave and fertility support
• 401(k) retirement savings plan
• Lifestyle spending account of $500 per month
• Complimentary lunch and snacks for in-office employees
• One Medical membership

About Cantina

Cantina is a social platform founded by Sean Parker with advanced AI character creators. The platform enables users to create lifelike, interactive bots that operate across voice, video, and text to share personalized content and facilitate group conversations.