Finance & Accounting Lead

Finance & Accounting Lead at Garage (YC W24)

About us

Garage is building the platform that powers commerce across America's essential industries. We started by serving fire departments, where buying mission-critical vehicles and equipment used to take months of paperwork, phone calls, and waiting. We automate the entire transaction: payments, freight, paperwork, warranty, and financing. Months become minutes.

In under a year, we now serve local governments across all 50 states and have grown revenue >10x. We recently closed a $13.5M Series A ($18M total raised) from Infinity Ventures, Y Combinator, Initialized Capital, FJ Labs, and other top investors. We're early, we're moving fast, and we're just getting started.

About the role

As Finance & Accounting Lead, you will play a pivotal role in shaping Garage's early operations, processes, and customer experience around taxes, bookkeeping & compliance. You'll be an operator at first but we hope you will be able to grow/manage the accounting function as our company scales. You'll collaborate directly with the founders & our customers to establish the foundation upon which the company grows.

In this role, you will:

• Own the company's financial foundation, including accurate financial statements, month-end close, and overall integrity of the books using QuickBooks Online.
• Manage the full lifecycle of marketplace infrastructure and funds flowBuild and implement scalable accounting, reporting, and forecasting systems to support rapid growth
• Monitor and optimize cash flow, including ensuring the right liquidity across accounts and improving overall capital efficiency
• Own core finance operations including AP/AR, payroll, vendor payments, and sales commission calculations
• Define, track, and report on key business metrics (e.g., GMV, take rate, burn, margin) to support internal decision-making and investor reporting

We're looking for someone who:

• Wants a seat at the table on the most important financial and strategic decisions, working directly with leadership to shape how the business scales
• Operates at the intersection of accounting, operations, and strategy-not just closing the books, but helping the company understand and act on the numbers
• Feels excited by the challenge of a marketplace business
• Is proactive and resourceful-you don't wait for perfect information and are comfortable making decisions in ambiguous environments
• Gets energized by complexity and take pride in bringing structure, accuracy, and clarity to messy, high-stakes financial and operational problems
• Has a high bar for precision and ownership-you care deeply about getting the details right, especially when it comes to money movement and financial integrity
• Enjoys building systems from the ground up and designing processes that will scale with a rapidly growing company
• Gets motivated by being a foundational part of a company's growth, with a path toward broader finance leadership over time

Qualifications
Required

• Strong experience with QuickBooks Online and proficiency in Microsoft Excel
• Strong knowledge of GAAP accrual accounting, including AP/AR and financial statement management
• Extremely detail-oriented with strong reconciliation skills, especially across multiple accounts and systems
• Strong organizational and operational execution skills, with the ability to manage multiple workstreams simultaneously
• Ability to build and improve processes-not just execute existing ones
• Comfortable working in ambiguity and taking ownership in a fast-paced, early-stage environment

Preferred

• CPA or CPA-track
• Experience in marketplaces, fintech, or transaction-heavy businesses
• Experience at an early-stage startup or building finance processes from the ground up

You could work anywhere, so why Garage?

• We've grown revenue over 10x in the last year and are well capitalized after a recent $13.5M Series A ($18M in funding raised total).
• Our product is something people use everyday to buy the equipment local communities everywhere depend on.
• We have a talent-dense, high-performance team where everyone joining now has an outsized impact.
• What we've built works. We're backed by world-class vendors: Y Combinator, Infinity Ventures, Initialized Capital, FJ Labs, and more.
• You'll be one of our first 35 employees, operating as a foundational member of the team, partnering alongside the company's founders.

The values that fuel us at Garage:

• Growth oriented. We invest in people who grow as the company grows. We all should be constantly learning.
• Humility. Everyone has a lot to give and a lot to learn. We believe in creating an environment where the best ideas win and acknowledging when we are wrong.
• Customer focused. We have a genuine love for our customers. Customer success is our success.
• Hack to success. We move fast and take big swings. We always aim for a solution that addresses 80% of the problem in 20% of the time. We make informed bets, launch quickly, and iterate.

What we offer:

• Competitive salary and stock options
• 100% covered health, dental and vision insurance (with additional buy-up options)
• Unlimited paid time off every year in addition to company observed holidays
• Daily lunch & dinner
• $100 / month wellness stipend
• 401(k) w/ employer match to help save for your future
• Pre-tax commuter benefits
• Bi-annual team offsite
• Relocation assistance

We realize applying for jobs can feel daunting at times. We don't expect you to check all the qualification boxes and encourage you to apply if you have experience in some of the areas.

The salary range for this role is $120,000 to $160,000 USD. This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. An employee's pay position within the wage range will be based on several factors including, but limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs. This compensation range may also be modified in the future.

Equal Opportunity

As an equal-opportunity employer, we are committed to building an inclusive environment where you can be you. We work hard to evaluate all employees and job applicants consistently, without regard to race, color, religion, gender, natural origin, age, disability, pregnancy, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, or any other legally protected class.