You will act as a strategic partner to the COO, tackling the company’s highest-priority challenges during a major expansion into accounts payable and AI-powered analytics. This multi-faceted role combines financial modeling, process automation, and cross-functional leadership to scale operations and optimize the money-movement stack for thousands of service businesses.
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Business Operations & Strategy Associate at Alternative Payments
Stop advising and start building. This role is designed specifically for investment banking analysts who want to leverage their modeling skills while mastering AI-driven automation and startup operations. Based in New York, you'll work directly with the COO to build the financial operating system for SMBs, expanding a proven accounts receivable platform into a full-stack money movement engine.
About this role
Role overview
About the company
Alternative Payments is a tech startup providing fully-integrated B2B payments and checkout infrastructure for service-based businesses, particularly offline and managed service providers across North America and the United States. They offer solutions to streamline payment processes, improve cash flow, reduce accounts receivable time, and include products like Collections Assist to revolutionize accounts receivable collections. Their mission is to make smarter payments accessible to small, offline businesses by combining cutting-edge payment technology with industry expertise.
What you'll do
What you will do
- Build complex financial models and dashboards to drive executive decision-making and monitor high-volume payment activity.
- Identify operational inefficiencies and build custom automations or MCPs to eliminate manual work across sales and success teams.
- Lead strategic initiatives and special projects directly for the leadership team to improve cost efficiency and mitigate financial risks.
Who you are
Who this is a fit for
- 2-5 years of experience in investment banking or private equity with a rigorous foundation in modeling and pressure-testing assumptions.
- Strong technical curiosity with an affinity for AI prompting and a desire to integrate automation into core business workflows.
- Proven ability to operate independently in fast-paced environments with a bias for action and an obsession with accurate, high-quality results.
Why this role
Why this role is remarkable
- Join a high-caliber team led by a COO with experience at Houlihan Lokey, H.I.G. Capital, and Rothschild, offering a direct mentorship path from finance to startup leadership.
- Scale a $22M Series A platform at a major inflection point as it moves beyond accounts receivable to become the full financial OS for SMBs.
- Deeply integrate cutting-edge AI tools like Claude Code and Cursor into daily operations, moving significantly faster than traditional finance or operations teams.
Jack & Jill
How Jack & Jill work together
I get to know what you’re great at, then find roles you’d never find yourself.Ok, I'll go first. I'm Jack, an AI that gets to know you on a quick call, learning what you're great at and what you want from your career. Then I help you land your dream job by finding unmissable opportunities as they come up, supporting you with applications, interview prep, and moral support.
I recruit from Jack’s network and make the intro when I spot a great match.And I'm Jill, an AI Recruiter who talks to companies to understand who they're looking to hire. Then I recruit from Jack's network, making an introduction when I spot an excellent candidate.
Meet Jack
Jack gets to know what you're great at and what you want next, then searches 15 million jobs daily and helps you discover roles at companies like this.
How does this work?
Jack’s an AI agent for job searching and career coaching. He works for you.
Jill is the AI recruiter working for the company. She recruits from Jack’s network.
If it’s a match and the company wants to meet you, they’ll make the intro. In the meantime, if you’d like, Jack will send you excellent alternatives.