Tern
Finance Product Lead
United States
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 20 days ago
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About the role
- If you want to build the infrastructure that will grow into the world's largest SMB-to-SMB payment network, you should come work at Tern.
- Tern is a venture-backed software company on a mission to reshape the $127B travel agency industry by giving power back to the entrepreneurs who built it.
Responsibilities
- Own the financial infrastructure roadmap beyond the host launch: virtual cards, payroll, expense management, multi-currency payments, and accounting system integrations
- Build the compliance and risk foundation Tern needs to operate in the high-risk travel payments space: ship service fee collection for host agencies, integrated with existing commission and payout flows
- Design and ship the GL layer: invoicing, month-end close and locking, transaction exports, and transaction history views
- Partner with the Agency engineering squad to extend the existing reconciliation suite to enterprise-scale host workflows
- Through every peak and valley, we lead with curiosity, laughter, kindness, and resolve.
- We believe that compounding habits lead to sustainable productivity, consistency, and mutual trust.
Requirements
- Deep working knowledge of general ledger architecture, payment rails, risk, and compliance- you can have a real conversation with engineers on any of them
Skills
- Nearly 98% of travel agencies are small businesses.
- These businesses have been chronically underserved by technology.
- But the impact goes beyond business.
- Travel advisors help clients move more intentionally through the world.
- Travel advisors run small businesses that move real money.
- What's missing is the layer that lets agency owners actually run their business on
Compensation
- Competitive salary, equity, and benefits package
Benefits
- Worked in a high-risk vertical (travel, marketplaces, gaming, healthcare)
- Competitive salary, equity, and benefits package
- Whether you're deepening your craft, learning from a teammate, or embracing a new challenge, growth is core to our identity.
Company info
- At every level of the organization, we obsess about understanding those we serve and the industry we operate in.
- Be part of a mission-driven team transforming the travel planning space
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