Finance & People Operations Specialist

ABOUT PYYNE

Pyyne is an AI consulting and staff augmentation firm of roughly 100 people, with teams in New York, Stockholm, Porto, and Campinas.

We build and deploy AI systems for private equity firms, financial services companies, and consumer brands — and we place senior engineering talent directly into client teams. We're roughly 100 people, headquartered in the US/New York with offices in Sweden/Stockholm, Brazil/Campinas, and Portugal/Porto. We're growing fast and we're profitable.

JOB SUMMARY

We are hiring a Finance & People Operations Specialist to own the recurring back-office engine of the company: bookkeeping, payroll, invoicing, benefits administration, and expense management. is a high-impact role for Pyyne as we grow our global operations and need thorough financial reporting to plan our business, both locally and across borders.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Bookkeeping and close

- Record and categorize transactions in QuickBooks Online

- Support the monthly close and keep the books clean and reconciled

- Assemble recurring monthly management reports

Payroll

- Run US payroll in Rippling and international payroll in Deel

- Maintain payroll calendars and ensure on-time, accurate cycles

- Onboard and offboard employees and contractors in Rippling and Deel across multiple countries

Benefits and retirement

- Administer benefits enrollments and changes in Rippling

- Coordinate with our 401(k) provider on routine plan administration (fiduciary and plan-sponsor decisions remain with Finance leadership)

Client invoicing

- Run the monthly client invoicing cycle end to end

- Reconcile billable time and project data against invoices before they go out

- Track and follow up on outstanding receivables

Expense management

- Administer the AMEX and Rippling card programs

- Chase receipts, code transactions, enforce expense policy

Documentation

- Build and maintain written runbooks for every recurring process you own

WHAT YOU BRING

Must Have Skills & Experience

- Professional written and spoken English; you will work in English every day

- Able to work US Eastern business hours from our Campinas office

- 3+ years running back-office finance or people operations for a US-based or US-headquartered company

- Hands-on QuickBooks Online experience

- Hands-on US payroll experience in Rippling, Gusto, ADP, Justworks, or similar

- High discretion handling confidential compensation and personal data

- CNPJ, or willingness to open one before start

Nice to Have Skills & Experience

- Multi-entity and multi-currency experience

- Deel or another global contractor/EOR platform

- Professional services or consulting background (billable-hours invoicing)

- Experience operating inside a SOC 2 or similarly controlled environment

- Brazilian statutory accounting: CRC registration, SPED, eSocial, Nota Fiscal. Our Brazilian statutory compliance is handled separately. If your background is Brazilian tax and statutory reporting, this is not the right fit.

BENEFITS PACKAGE

- Flexible Hybrid working environment.

- Career development opportunities in a fast-growing company.

🚀 Don’t meet every single requirement? Apply anyway! At our core, we value growth, adaptability, and passion just as much as a checklist of skills. If you are excited about this role and your experience doesn't align perfectly with every tech requirement, we still encourage you to apply. The only non-negotiable for us is fluent English, as you'll be collaborating daily with global teams. If you’ve got the language skills and the drive to learn, you might be exactly who we are looking for to bring a fresh perspective to our team!