Working Capital Manager
Canary Technologies
New York, NY, USA
Posted on May 9, 2025
About Us
Canary Technologies is changing the game for hotels with modern software powered by Canary's hospitality-specific AI platform.
Canary is utilized by 20,000+ hoteliers in 90+ countries to equip hoteliers with the technology they need to work smarter and wow their guests. Major hotel brands such as Wyndham, Marriott, IHG, Four Seasons, Rosewood, and Best Western trust Canary to deliver results.
Canary was named a 2024 Deloitte Technology Fast 500™ company, a Most Innovative Company by Fast Company and a HotelTechReport Best Place to Work — and is backed by top Silicon Valley investors like Y Combinator, FPrime, and Insight Ventures.
Join us in shaping the future of hospitality!
About You
You are a motivated self-starter that is excited by the opportunity to build Canary’s Finance department for scale. You have strong operational experience, excellent communication skills, and a data-driven approach to managing receivables and payables. You’ll be the first dedicated hire owning working capital and your role will help ensure that every dollar in and out of the business is working efficiently.
Mission of the Role
We’re looking for a strategic Working Capital Manager to take ownership of our working capital engine, drive cash flow optimization, and lay the operational groundwork for scale. This is a high-impact role reporting directly to the VP of Finance and working with every department at the company.
Responsibilities
- Own the full AR and AP lifecycle and automate workflows for each key component of working capital
- Develop and monitor AR/ AP health metrics
- Implement consistent and scalable vendor onboarding and compliance processes.
- Ensure timely and accurate payments while optimizing payment timing to preserve cash.
- Review and maintain vendor agreements to align payment terms with cash flow strategy.
- Administer and improve expense reimbursement policies and ensure policy compliance
- Analyze trends and partner with FP&A to forecast and model cash scenarios.
- Develop dashboards to increase visibility into the cash conversion cycle.
- Support audits and tax prep with clean, organized documentation.
- Serve as a key stakeholder in ERP and financial system upgrades related to AR/ AP.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field
- 5+ years of progressive experience in AR/AP management, treasury or financial operations.
- Experience working in high-growth or startup environments preferred.
- Deep knowledge of billing, collections, vendor management, and payment systems.
- Process-oriented, detail-driven, and fluent in accounting basics.
- Proven track record of implementing process improvements and automation.
- Strong communicator and collaborator who enjoys both strategy and execution.
- Experience working with and optimizing financial systems.
- Demonstrated experience in leading small, agile teams while balancing IC responsibilities.
We also work hard to ensure Canary is a fun and exciting place to work! Here are some of the additional benefits:
Canary Days: As a company we want to ensure that the team has time to recharge. Each month we provide company wide days off to ensure there is at least one extended weekend or day off.
Self Improvement Club: We meet each month and share our personal goals for the month. Each individual is provided a budget towards any purchases that help us achieve these goals.
Professional Development Chats: We provide budget to help drive cross functional professional development conversations across the organization.
Travel Reimbursement: Team members are able to visit our offices across New York, San Francisco or Dallas when they choose, and are provided a travel stipend for doing so. Spend time working with the team in their office, and use the rest of your time exploring a new city!
Personal Travel Reimbursement: If you stay at a hotel that Canary works with, we provide a credit towards your stay.
Canary Technologies is an equal opportunity employer. We recruit, employ, train, compensate and promote talent regardless of race, religion, ethnicity, national origin, citizenship, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information or any other protected characteristic.