LOCATION Los Angeles, CA
EMPLOYMENT-TYPE Part-Time
WORK STRUCTURE Hybrid
REPORTS TO Principal / Creative Director 

ABOUT US
Lucie/Project (L/P) is a Los Angeles–based interior design studio working across residential, retail, and commercial projects. We operate as a small in-house team supported by senior freelance designers and a network of trusted collaborators. Our work is layered, research-driven, and meticulously procured — every chair, sconce, and floor finish reaches a high bar.

As we scale across new project types, we're building out the financial operations that let us take on more, more thoughtfully — and with the budget discipline our clients deserve.

ABOUT THE ROLE
We're hiring a part-time Finance + Operations Manager to anchor the financial operations of the studio — running accurate budgets, posting client payments, keeping our books reconciled, and producing the reports that tell us how each project is performing. You'll work inside Studio Designer day-to-day, coordinate closely with our project managers, our external bookkeeping team, and our third-party procurement partner, and report directly to the Principal. This is the role that closes the loop between design execution and financial accuracy. If you've run point on project accounting at a design firm — proposals, POs, cash receipts, monthly invoicing — and you're equal parts careful and pragmatic, we'd love to meet you.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

IN STUDIO DESIGNER (PRIMARY)

• Review all client proposals before they go out — verify cost, markup, sales tax, and item accuracy. Light QA of project managers' work in Studio Designer

• Post client payments via Payment Posting; transfer funds from the operating account to Deposits or Sales Tax accounts as they clear

• Ensure POs are created by project managers for every item where client funds were received

• Manage Cash Receipts — push shipping & install allowances into Funds Available after each proposal payment; reconcile the budget as the PM team makes purchases

• Run monthly invoicing across all active projects — record installed items, create invoices, send to clients with any balance due

• Produce budget and profitability reports for client-facing and internal review, using our existing templates

EXTERNAL COORDINATION 

• Reconcile Studio Designer with our accounting system weekly, working hand-in-hand with Primary Bookkeeping

• Liaise with our third-party procurement team on POs, shipping, and reconciliation of cost variances

• Coordinate with the Principal on project budgets, construction budgets, and budget exceptions — surfacing decisions early, not late

STUDIO OPERATIONS 

• Build repeatable financial workflows as the studio grows — monthly close protocols, reporting standards, and reconciliation templates

WHAT YOU’LL BRING

• 5–8 years of project accounting, project finance, or finance operations experience in interior design, architecture, or a related design/build environment

• Direct experience with Studio Designer — project setup, proposals, POs, Cash Receipts, Payment Posting, and invoicing. Strong preference for candidates with current proficiency

• Strong fluency with project budgets — building them, tracking them, reconciling them, and presenting them clearly to clients and to designers who don't think in spreadsheets

• Demonstrated ability to work cleanly with external bookkeeping and accounting teams on reconciliation

• Excellent attention to detail and a low tolerance for mismatched numbers

• Clear written communication for proposals, client invoices, and internal financial summaries

• Discretion and good judgment around client financials, vendor terms, and project dollars

BONUS POINTS

• Working knowledge of Procore for construction-phase budget and invoicing administration

• Experience reconciling sales tax across multiple project locations

• Experience in studios spanning interiors and built environments — custom millwork, hospitality FF&E, retail rollouts, etc.

• Comfort working in a small, growing studio where the role will evolve as we do

THE PARTICULARS

• Schedule: Part-time contractor, approximately 20 hours per week

• Location: Los Angeles, hybrid — a mix of studio days and remote work

• Reports to: Lucie Klimes, Principal & Creative Director

• Compensation: Commensurate with experience

• Start date: Flexible, ideally within the next 6–8 weeks 

HOW TO APPLY
Fill out the below form including a short note on what about this role caught your eye, and attach your resume along with any examples of finance or project accounting work you've done in a design or design-adjacent context. No design portfolio required — we're hiring for financial operations, not design.

We review applications on a rolling basis and will reach out to candidates we'd like to learn more about.