Clara is the leading spend management platform in Latin America. More than 40,000 businesses run on our corporate cards, bill pay, financing and B2B payments, and in 2025 the Financial Times named Clara the fastest-growing company in Latin America. We're ~400 people, backed by Kaszek, monashees, Coatue, DST Global, ICONIQ, General Catalyst and Goldman Sachs, among others.
We're looking for an AI Business Operations Analyst to join Clara Ops and drive a new chapter of how we run the company. This is not a traditional ops role. You will be the person who spots where humans are doing work that machines could do better — and then builds the systems that make it happen. You will sit at the intersection of strategy, automation, and execution, working across teams to eliminate friction, accelerate decisions, and raise the operational ceiling of Clara.
You will report to the Global Head of Operations and partner closely with Product, Sales, Finance, and Engineering. You will own the full loop: identify the opportunity, design the solution, deploy it with AI and automation tooling, and measure the outcome.
- Map high-friction operational workflows across Clara and prioritize them for AI-augmentation and automation — building a roadmap that compounds in impact over time.
- Design, deploy, and iterate on AI-powered workflows using tools like Claude Code/Codex, n8n, and other LLM APIs to do things that weren’t possible before and replace manual, repetitive, or error-prone processes.
- Collaborate with commercial and operational leaders to identify where agent-based or rule-based automation can improve speed, accuracy, or capacity — without adding headcount.
- Build and maintain operational dashboards in Metabase to surface the KPIs that matter and flag anomalies before they become problems.
- Partner with Product and Product Marketing on process changes tied to new feature launches, ensuring operational readiness before every release.
- Serve as the internal expert on AI tooling for operations — evaluating new tools, sharing what works, and building the internal playbook on how Clara uses AI.
- Identify data gaps and work with Engineering to create the instrumentation or pipelines needed to power better operational decisions.
- Document processes clearly so that what you build can be maintained, improved, and handed off — not just understood by you.
- You’re excited about leading a team of AIs - not becoming a people manager - and have an unlimited token budget.
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Must haves:
- Experience working at top consulting firm (Bain/BCG/McKinsey) or similar professional services or/and high-velocity startup.
- Proven AI automation track record. Demonstrated examples and experience automating and augmenting operations with AI. This is not aspirational — we want to see what you've already shipped.
- 3–7 years of experience in operations, strategy, or a related field — ideally in a LatAm fintech, payments, or high-growth B2B SaaS company.
- Hands-on experience building automated workflows with tools like n8n, Make, Zapier, or similar — no-code and low-code fluency is a must.
- Familiarity or proven ability to work with company systems of records such as CRMs (e.g. HubSpot, Attio, Salesforce), Support triage (e.g. Zendesk), data warehouses (e.g. Databricks, Snowflake), and BI tools
- Comfortable working directly with LLM APIs (OpenAI, Anthropic, etc.) to build operational tools and agents, even if you're not a software engineer.
- Strong analytical skills — comfortable querying data in SQL or working with BI tools like Metabase to build the operational visibility Clara needs.
- Structured thinker with a bias for action: you break down complex problems, make decisions with incomplete data, and move fast without breaking things.
- Excellent communicator — you translate technical solutions into business terms for non-technical stakeholders, and business needs into precise specs for engineers.
- Fluent in English
Nice to haves:
- Basic proficiency in Portuguese or a desire to learn it.
- Independent analytical skills using Metabase, SQL, or Python to drive data-informed decision-making.
- A good sense of humor.
- A high talent-density team driven to make an impact in Latin America — low ego, high ownership.
- Competitive salary and stock options (ESOP) from day one.
- An annual learning budget and accelerated development paths.
- English is our working language, with Spanish and Portuguese every day.
- Clarity — Open and direct communication: we say what we mean and give context where it matters.
- Simplicity — If it can be simpler, it should be.
- Ownership — We own everything we do, end to end. When something needs to happen, we don't wait.
- Pride — We hold ourselves to a high standard, and it shows in what we deliver.
- ABC (Always Be Changing) — We adapt fast, embrace change, and keep learning.
- Inclusivity — Diverse ideas, stories and perspectives build a better Clara.
Claridians split their time between the office, customers and home. We don't set a minimum number of office days for most roles, but we expect you to spend time there naturally, and most days during your ramp-up or when your leader asks.
If you meet the must-haves, apply — the nice-to-haves are a bonus, not a requirement.
Skills Required
- Experience at a top consulting firm (Bain/BCG/McKinsey) or similar professional services and/or high-velocity startup.
- Proven AI automation track record with shipped examples demonstrating automation/augmentation of operations.
- 3-7 years of experience in operations, strategy, or a related field, ideally in LatAm fintech, payments, or high-growth B2B SaaS.
- Hands-on experience building automated workflows with n8n, Make, Zapier, or similar no-code/low-code tools.
- Familiarity or ability to work with systems of record: CRMs (HubSpot, Attio, Salesforce), support triage (Zendesk), data warehouses (Databricks, Snowflake), and BI tools.
- Comfortable working directly with LLM APIs (OpenAI, Anthropic, etc.) to build operational tools and agents.
- Strong analytical skills; comfortable querying data in SQL or using BI tools like Metabase.
- Structured thinker with bias for action and ability to make decisions with incomplete data.
- Excellent communicator who can translate technical solutions to business stakeholders and specs to engineers.
- Fluent in English.
- Basic proficiency in Portuguese or a desire to learn.
- Independent analytical skills using Metabase, SQL, or Python to drive data-informed decision-making.
- A good sense of humor.
Clara Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Clara and has not been reviewed or approved by Clara.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Equity grants are emphasized across several descriptions, with stock options commonly included and in some instances available from day one. Feedback suggests this ownership component is a meaningful part of total rewards.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off offerings are portrayed as flexible, including references to flexible vacation and flexible time off policies. Feedback suggests this supports work–life balance for many roles.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Wellness support is cited through mental‑health platforms, coaching and meditation programs, and monthly wellness reimbursements in some contexts. Feedback suggests these offerings complement core benefits where available.
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What We Do
Clara is the leading payment platform for companies in Latin America. Our end-to-end solution includes our locally-issued corporate cards, Bill Pay, crossborder payments, and our highly-rated software platform used by thousands of the most successful companies across the region. Clara is backed by top global and regional investors such as Coatue, DST Global, General Catalyst, monashees, Kaszek, Canary, A*, BoxGroup, SV Angel, GFC, Picus Capital, Avid Ventures, ICONIQ Growth, Goldman Sachs, and prominent angel investors. Driven by our six core values (Ownership, Pride, ABC, Simplicity, Clarity and Inclusivity) we’ve reached a unicorn valuation in record time, have been recognized as a Great Place to Work and as one of the most promising startups according to Linkedin’s ranking “Top Startups 2021”. We’re looking for the best talent worldwide to join our team and be part of this journey, so you can't afford to miss this chance! We are: * Shaping business finances in Latin America * Driven by our 6 core values * Proud of our inclusive and caring culture * Certified as a Great Place to Work and a Top LinkedIn Startup
