macroscopic - Operations Manager — Finance & Compliance
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Requirements
• We hire for character first, abilities second, and skills third. Skills can be taught; character is what you bring every day. If you're strong on the first two tiers and thin on the third, you should still apply. • Character & values • Meticulous and thorough. You close loops. When you complete something, it's actually done — documented, checked, and ready for someone else to pick up. • High integrity. You flag problems early, even when it's uncomfortable. You treat compliance as a real constraint, not a box to tick. • Intellectually curious. You find regulatory frameworks, corporate structures, and financial instruments interesting rather than just annoying. • Calm and pragmatic. You handle surprises without drama. You know the difference between a situation that demands exhaustive care and one that demands a good-enough answer quickly. • Operational judgment. You make good calls without constant supervision and know when to escalate. • Financial literacy. You can read a set of accounts, spot when a number looks wrong, and think clearly about transactions and their accounting treatment. You don't need to be an accountant. • Research and synthesis. Given a regulatory framework or complex compliance question, you can produce a clear, actionable summary. You write well. • We expect some of these but not all. We'll invest in helping you develop gaps. • Bookkeeping fundamentals — you understand double-entry conceptually and can review a set of accounts. • Some experience with regulatory compliance, annual filings, or corporate administration. • Experience in a small organization with broad ownership rather than a narrow slice. • Comfort with spreadsheets, accounting platforms, and financial reporting tools. • German language skills are helpful but not essential. • WHAT YOU DON’T NEED • We want to be specific about this, because we suspect the right candidate might be uncertain about whether they're qualified. • An accounting or legal qualification. What matters is that you can read financial information clearly, make sense of legal and regulatory questions, work effectively with external specialists, and exercise good judgment. Formal credentials are a bonus, not a requirement. • Years of experience. We care about ability, not tenure. Two years of highly relevant experience with strong fundamentals is worth more than ten years of adjacent but shallower work. • A background exclusively in finance or compliance. Strong operational generalists with financial literacy and compliance instincts are welcome. If you've owned complex, ambiguous operational functions and the areas of finance and compliance genuinely interest you, we want to hear from you.
Benefits
• Outsized impact. We’re a small team deploying up to $100 million this year, and significantly more in future years. The infrastructure you build directly enables our ability to fund high-impact work at scale. You’re building the systems behind serious capital flows. • Autonomy and trust. We hire people we trust and then give them room to work. • Intellectually interesting work. No two weeks are the same. The compliance questions are genuinely novel—multi-jurisdiction charitable structures, emerging regulatory frameworks around AI, uncommon investment structures. This is not routine compliance work. • Scope to grow. As you prove yourself in the core role, there is scope to expand into adjacent areas based on your interests and the organization’s needs. We’re growing, and we want the people who grow with us. • Competitive compensation. We pay fairly. The specific package will be discussed during the interview process. • Flexibility. Remote-friendly with a focus on outcomes, not hours. • We run a structured hiring process designed to be thorough but respectful of your time. • 1. Application review. We review applications on a rolling basis, so applying sooner improves your chances. • 2. Screening call (30 minutes) • 3. Paid work test (approximately 3–4 hours). Candidates must have the legal right to work in the location where the task is performed. • 4. Final interview (approximately 1 hour) and reference checks • 5. Work trial (1–2 days). We understand this is a significant time commitment. An honorarium will be provided to all candidates who complete the trial. We’re committed to being flexible and accommodating—if a work trial might not be possible for you, please don’t hesitate to get in touch. • The starting date will be determined together with the successful applicant. • NOT SURE IF YOU’RE QUALIFIED? APPLY ANYWAY. • We’re open to candidates from a wide range of backgrounds and experience levels. The right candidate may not have done this exact role before. If you have strong fundamentals, are meticulous and honest about what you know and don’t know, and find the work genuinely interesting—please apply. The worst that can happen is we don’t advance your application; the best is that we find someone excellent who would have self-selected out. • By applying, you acknowledge that we will process your personal data for recruitment purposes. Read our Candidate Privacy Notice https://macroscopic.org/candidate-privacy-notice for full details.
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