San Francisco, CA · On-site
$130 - $160/hr
Medical
Dental
Vision
Retirement
PTO
... freelance AI training gigs to first internships to full-time careers and beyond. This unique value ... Develop tooling and pipelines enabling version-controlled, testable, observable IAM automation.
San Francisco, CA · On-site
$130 - $160/hr
Medical
Dental
Vision
Retirement
PTO
... freelance AI training gigs to first internships to full-time careers and beyond. This unique value ... Develop tooling and pipelines enabling version-controlled, testable, observable IAM automation.
Frederick, MD · On-site
Medical
Dental
Vision
Life
Retirement
PTO
... and financial resources effectively. Produces engaging, original content employing standard ... May review freelance submissions as needed, responding to and providing feedback to authors ...
Frederick, MD · On-site
Medical
Dental
Vision
Life
Retirement
PTO
... and financial resources effectively. Produces engaging, original content employing standard ... May review freelance submissions as needed, responding to and providing feedback to authors ...
Frederick, MD · On-site
Medical
Dental
Vision
Life
Retirement
PTO
... and financial resources effectively. Produces engaging, original content employing standard ... May review freelance submissions as needed, responding to and providing feedback to authors ...
Frederick, MD · On-site
Medical
Dental
Vision
Life
Retirement
PTO
... and financial resources effectively. Produces engaging, original content employing standard ... May review freelance submissions as needed, responding to and providing feedback to authors ...
$39.5K - $50.3K
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$92.2K is the 25th percentile. Wages below this are outliers.
$82.6K - $93.4K
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A Freelance Financial Controller is a financial expert who works independently to manage a company's financial processes, reporting, and strategy. They oversee budgeting, forecasting, compliance, and financial analysis to help businesses maintain financial health. Unlike full-time controllers, freelancers offer flexible, on-demand services, making them ideal for startups, small businesses, or companies needing interim financial leadership. Their role often includes optimizing cash flow, ensuring regulatory compliance, and providing strategic recommendations.
As a Freelance Financial Controller, your daily responsibilities often involve overseeing client financial records, preparing monthly and quarterly reports, managing budgets, and ensuring compliance with accounting standards. You may also handle forecasting, coordinate with tax professionals, and support your clients during audits or financial planning sessions. Communication with stakeholders, both remotely and in person, is common, and you’ll likely juggle priorities across several clients. This dynamic role requires you to adapt quickly and maintain high attention to detail in all deliverables.
To thrive as a Freelance Financial Controller, you need strong expertise in accounting, financial analysis, budgeting, and regulatory compliance, usually supported by a degree in finance or accounting and several years of professional experience. Familiarity with accounting software such as QuickBooks, Xero, or SAP, and certifications like CPA or ACCA, are often required to handle clients’ diverse needs. Exceptional organizational skills, effective communication, and the ability to manage multiple clients simultaneously are essential soft skills in this position. These capabilities ensure accurate financial oversight, timely reporting, and successful client relationships in a freelance environment.
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$130 - $160/hr
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Medical, Dental, Vision, Retirement, PTO
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Handshake is the career network for the AI economy. 20 million knowledge workers, 1,600 educational institutions, 1 million employers (including 100% of the Fortune 50), and every foundational AI lab trust Handshake to power career discovery, hiring, and upskilling, from freelance AI training gigs to first internships to full-time careers and beyond. This unique value is leading to unparalleled growth; in 2025, we tripled our ARR at scale.
Why join Handshake now:
Shape how every career evolves in the AI economy, at global scale, with impact your friends, family and peers can see and feel
Work hand-in-hand with world-class AI labs, Fortune 500 partners and the world’s top educational institutions
Join a team with leadership from Scale AI, Meta, xAI, Notion, Coinbase, and Palantir, among others
Build a massive, fast-growing business with billions in revenue
Handshake is seeking a Senior Security Engineer to own the architecture, design, and implementation of our enterprise identity automation and governance ecosystem. You’ll define the long-term IAM automation strategy, build resilient and scalable lifecycle workflows, and enable secure-by-default identity operations across SaaS, cloud, and internal platforms.
You’ll partner closely with Security, IT Engineering, People Operations, and Product/Platform Engineering to deliver highly automated, auditable, and reliable identity solutions.
Architect, build, and own automated onboarding, offboarding, and access-change workflows across Okta, Workday, SCIM, and event-driven systems.
Engineer integration layers between identity platforms and internal applications using Python, REST APIs, Webhooks, and Terraform.
Implement error-handling, reconciliation logic, telemetry, and monitoring to ensure reliability and determinism in identity lifecycle events.
Modernize existing provisioning logic and replace manual processes with scalable automation frameworks.
Develop tooling and pipelines enabling version-controlled, testable, observable IAM automation.
Act as a technical owner for Handshake’s IAM ecosystem, including Okta, Google Workspace, GCP, AWS IAM, and internal access systems.
Engineer and optimize authentication & authorization protocols (OIDC, OAuth2, SAML, JWT), fine-grained access policies, and scalable RBAC/ABAC models.
Build custom automation using Okta Workflows or API-driven orchestration.
Design SOC2-compliant access controls, approvals, attestations, and auditability mechanisms.
Build automated access certification systems with full data lineage.
Conduct identity-related incident forensics and implement preventative automation.
Provide cross-functional leadership, setting standards, best practices, and reference architectures for identity automation.
Serve as service owner for IAM automation platforms with accountability for uptime, consistency, and continuous improvement.
4–7+ years of hands-on IAM engineering, identity automation, or identity governance experience.
Strong scripting/automation skills in Python, Node.js, and REST-based integrations.
Experience with IAM platforms such as Okta, Google Workspace/GCP, Azure AD, or similar.
Deep understanding of identity protocols, token flows, SCIM, and distributed lifecycle orchestration.
Experience with Terraform or other infrastructure-as-code frameworks.
Ability to diagnose complex identity issues across SaaS, cloud, and distributed systems.
Strong understanding of DevOps practices, observability, and secure engineering principles.
Demonstrated ownership mindset across architecture, implementation, monitoring, and iterative improvement.
Advanced experience with GCP IAM, Google Workspace IAM, AWS IAM, cross-account access patterns, and policy automation.
Experience with Okta Workflows, SailPoint/IGA, or Privileged Access Management (PAM) solutions.
Experience designing scalable authorization models for high-growth or distributed organizations.
Certifications such as Okta Architect, Azure Identity Engineer, CISSP.
Prior experience in SaaS, high-growth, or distributed engineering environments.
Handshake delivers benefits that help you feel supported—and thrive at work and in life.
The below benefits are for full-time US employees.
Explore our mission, values, and comprehensive US benefits at joinhandshake.com/careers.
