Ascendo Resources

Support day-to-day financial operations including money movement, bookkeeping, reconciliations, and reporting. | Requires 2+ years in finance operations or accounting with strong attention to detail and organizational skills. | Location: Midtown Manhattan, New York City Work Environment: On-site, 5 days per week About the Role The Treasury & Operations Associate will support the day-to-day financial operations of a growing specialty finance organization. This is a hands-on role for an early-career finance professional with experience in money movement, treasury, accounting, and financial systems. The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, highly organized, proactive, and eager to take ownership. This role offers the opportunity to work closely with leadership and take on increasing responsibility as you grow into a broader finance role. Key Responsibilities • Monitor bank accounts and daily cash positions and manage money movement, including transaction funding, repayments, and transfers • Set up and manage repayments in Salesforce, including adjustments and refunds • Maintain accurate investment, participation, and transaction records • Process scheduled payments, commissions, and company invoices • Perform bookkeeping and bank reconciliations across multiple accounts and prepare supporting information for external accountants • Track corporate expenses, credit card activity, and other liabilities • Maintain and improve weekly and monthly financial reports and trackers • Support recurring finance, operations, compliance, and regulatory deadlines, including licensing and NMLS reporting • Assist with annual 1099 preparation and provide backup support to processing and operations teams • Identify opportunities to improve financial processes, reporting, and controls What We're Looking For • 2+ years of experience in accounting, treasury, finance operations, bookkeeping, or a related field • Experience with money movement, cash management, or treasury operations • Strong accounting fundamentals and exceptional attention to detail • Experience handling high transaction volumes accurately • Salesforce experience strongly preferred; strong Excel skills required • Highly organized with strong follow-through and the ability to manage recurring deadlines • Proactive mindset with a strong sense of ownership • Strong communication and collaboration skills • Curiosity and eagerness to learn, grow, and take on increasing responsibility Preferred Background • Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or a related field • Experience in specialty finance, lending, financial services, or a similar transaction-oriented environment • Familiarity with financial reporting, reconciliations, or regulatory processes • Salesforce experience What Success Looks Like The right person will become a dependable owner of day-to-day treasury and accounting processes—keeping money and records organized, executing accurately, meeting deadlines, and continuously improving how work gets done. This role is well suited for someone who wants to grow into a larger finance or accounting leadership position over time. Ascendo is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

Lead design, build, and operation of Azure cloud platform with focus on infrastructure, DevOps, and security compliance. | Hands-on Azure experience, Terraform IaC, CI/CD pipelines, Azure networking, cloud security and compliance frameworks. | Title: Lead Cloud Engineer (Azure) Location: 100% remote Direct Hire $140k - $155k + benefits Department: Engineering Reports to: Engineering Manager Direct Reports: N/A Overview We are seeking a highly hands-on Lead Cloud Engineer to design, build, and operate our Azure cloud platform. This role is focused on execution - you will lead by doing, owning infrastructure, DevOps practices, and cloud operations end-to-end. You will play a critical role in shaping a secure, scalable, and reliable Azure environment, while partnering closely with development, product, and security teams to implement security controls and deliver a platform that is reliable, scalable, and FedRAMP-ready. Responsibilities Cloud Infrastructure & Architecture • Design and implement Azure infrastructure • Build and manage Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) • Own cloud environment architecture, including networking, segmentation, and access control CI/CD & DevOps • Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps preferred) • Improve deployment reliability, speed, and rollback strategies • Standardize build/release processes across teams Security & Compliance • Partner with the Security team to implement and maintain technical security controls • Enforce best practices: • RBAC / least privilege • Azure Policy & governance • Logging and monitoring Monitoring, Reliability & Operations • Implement monitoring, alerting, and observability (Azure Monitor, Log Analytics) • Lead incident response and root cause analysis (RCA) • Improve system reliability, availability, and performance Cross-functional Collaboration • Work closely with development teams to enable scalable, reliable deployments • Partner with product teams to ensure features align with platform capabilities and compliance requirements • Partner with the ISSE to translate security control requirements into platform-level technical implementations Technical Leadership • Define and enforce cloud best practices and standards • Guide architectural decisions • Mentor engineers when needed Required Qualifications • Strong current hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure • Deep experience with (MUST): Terraform (IaC), CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps or similar). • Solid understanding of: Azure networking (VNet, private endpoints, NSGs), Identity & access (Entra ID, RBAC). • Experience working with cloud security and compliance frameworks (FedRAMP) • Proven ability to troubleshoot and operate production systems What are we looking for in the candidate? • Reliable, repeatable infrastructure deployments via Terraform • Stable CI/CD pipelines with minimal manual intervention • Platform infrastructure that meets ISSE-defined security control requirements with no open blockers • Clear collaboration between development, product, and security teams

Design, build, and operate Azure cloud infrastructure with focus on security, compliance, and DevOps practices. | Hands-on Azure, Terraform, CI/CD, Azure networking, identity and access management, and FedRamp compliance experience. | Salary: £160k - 185k per year Reference: 000037RR Title: Lead Cloud Engineer (Azure) Location: 100% remote Direct Hire Competitive Salary + benefits MUST HAVE: Current Azure, FedRamp and Terraform experience. Overview We are seeking a highly hands-on Lead Cloud Engineer to design, build, and operate our Azure cloud platform. This role is focused on execution - you will lead by doing, owning infrastructure, DevOps practices, and cloud operations end-to-end. You will play a critical role in shaping a secure, scalable, and reliable Azure environment, while partnering closely with development, product, and security teams to implement security controls and deliver a platform that is reliable, scalable, and FedRAMP-ready. Responsibilities Cloud Infrastructure & Architecture • Design and implement Azure infrastructure • Build and manage Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) • Own cloud environment architecture, including networking, segmentation, and access control CI/CD & DevOps • Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps preferred) • Improve deployment reliability, speed, and rollback strategies • Standardize build/release processes across teams Security & Compliance • Partner with the Security team to implement and maintain technical security controls • Enforce best practices: • • RBAC / least privilege • Azure Policy & governance • Logging and monitoring Monitoring, Reliability & Operations • Implement monitoring, alerting, and observability (Azure Monitor, Log Analytics) • Lead incident response and root cause analysis (RCA) • Improve system reliability, availability, and performance Cross-functional Collaboration • Work closely with development teams to enable scalable, reliable deployments • Partner with product teams to ensure features align with platform capabilities and compliance requirements • Partner with the ISSE to translate security control requirements into platform-level technical implementations Technical Leadership • Define and enforce cloud best practices and standards • Guide architectural decisions • Mentor engineers when needed Required Qualifications • Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure • Deep experience with (MUST): • • Terraform (IaC) • CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps or similar) • Solid understanding of: • • Azure networking (VNet, private endpoints, NSGs) • Identity & access (Entra ID, RBAC) • Experience working with cloud security and compliance frameworks (FedRAMP) • Proven ability to troubleshoot and operate production systems What are we looking for in the candidate? • Reliable, repeatable infrastructure deployments via Terraform • Stable CI/CD pipelines with minimal manual intervention • Platform infrastructure that meets ISSE-defined security control requirements with no open blockers • Clear collaboration between development, product, and security teams Ascendo is a certified minority owned staffing firm, and we welcome and celebrate diversity. Ascendo is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, parental status, military service or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. FtLauderdaleIT