Director of Finance
We are looking for a hands-on and strategic Director of Finance to lead our global finance operations across multiple regions and support the company’s continued growth.
This role combines strong accounting leadership, operational excellence, and strategic partnership with senior stakeholders, ensuring accurate reporting, compliance, scalable processes, and sound financial management in a dynamic, global environment.
What makes Verbit unique?
Verbit turns speech into impact. Our team of 250 professionals builds AI-driven solutions that help the world’s leading organizations get real value from their audio and video content. We serve high-end customers across the Legal, Media and Education markets with a next-generation verbal-intelligence platform that brings AI into the core of their workflows.
Our in-house technology combines advanced LLMs, GenAI capabilities and speech AI to power everything from legal-tech automation and real-time insights to intelligent media and learning workflows. Beyond transcription or accessibility, Verbit provides actionable intelligence: smart summaries, analytics, search, knowledge extraction, legal-deposition insights and more.
With more than 3,000 global customers relying on Verbit—including top law firms, universities, enterprises and media organizations - we’re building the future of how speech data is processed, understood and used.
Director of Finance - Key Responsibilities:- Oversee global accounting and finance operations, including tax and treasury activities, across the US, UK, and Israel, with a strong focus on mentoring, developing, and growing finance talent and while leading organizational and structural initiatives to support departmental and company objectives.
- Lead the global monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes, ensuring timely and accurate financial reporting to management and investors.
- Ensure full compliance with applicable financial regulations, accounting standards, and tax requirements across the US, UK, Israel, and Canada.
- Implement, optimize, and scale financial systems, tools, and processes to improve efficiency, accuracy, and transparency across all finance operations.
- Partner closely with cross-functional teams, including FP&A, Legal, Operations, HR and R&D, to deliver financial insights, support strategic decision-making, and enable day-to-day business activities.
- Establish and maintain strong working relationships with external auditors, banks, financial institutions, and other key stakeholders.
- Drive continuous process improvement initiatives to enhance the effectiveness, scalability, and robustness of financial operations.
- Manage global treasury operations, including cash positioning and forecasting, bank account setup and maintenance, hedging activities, and investment strategies.
- Develop and execute tax planning strategies to optimize the company’s global tax position, manage tax-related risks, and support transfer pricing and intercompany arrangements.
- 10+ years of professional experience, including significant leadership or management roles.
- Qualified CPA with Big 4 firm experience.
- Proven experience in the tech industry, working in a high-growth state of mind.
- Strong understanding of US GAAP.
- Experience with working with auditors and consultants.
- Exceptional business partnering skills, with demonstrated ability to work cross-functionally and at various levels within a company.
- Proactive and organized, detail-oriented, self-driven, and highly motivated to contribute to the success of the company.
- Can do approach is a must.
- Bachelor's degree in accounting.
- Excellent English – both written and verbal.
- Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel.
- Experience in working with NetSuite – Advantage.