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Open nowPosted 199 days ago

Head of Finance (CFO Track)

Workable (global search)108,016 open roles

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About Us

We are a dynamic startup disrupting the logistics and e-commerce fulfillment space. We are looking for a Head of Finance who is ready to jump into the chaos, build a world-class financial infrastructure, and be a key strategic partner to the CEO/Founder and Board and a critical member of the Senior Leadership Team. You will sit at the centre of every important decision in the business — from pricing and partnerships to fundraising and scale. This is not a role for maintaining the status quo, it is for an operator who wants to define and drive our path to a profitable scale.

The Mission: What You Will Achieve

You will be the engine of our financial health and growth. Your 12-month mission is to transform our finance function from an operational necessity into a strategic advantage, ensuring we hit profitability while building automation that frees us to focus on growth. You will build a finance function that operates in real-time, where data, reporting, and decision-making are automated and continuously updated. This role combines hands-on financial operations with strategic leadership.

Core Pillars of Success:

  1. Drive Profitability: Ruthlessly manage our P&L. You will drive a clear path to profitability by improving unit economics, tightening cost control, and increasing pricing discipline across clients, warehouses, and carriers.
  2. Financial Control & Liquidity: Own all cash flow management and financial forecasting. You will ensure invoices are sent promptly and bad debt is minimized, while managing all payment cycles for partners and employees.
  3. Build, Automate & Augment: You will design and implement AI-driven finance workflows (AR, AP, reconciliation, reporting), to reduce manual work, improve accuracy, and enable real-time decision-making across the business.
  4. Compliance & Governance: Oversee all external relations, including liaising with accountants, managing Companies House filings, tax compliance, and preparing Board materials.
  5. Strategic Partnering: Own the financial side of commercial strategy, including pricing, rate cards, and negotiation of payment terms with clients, warehouses, and carriers.

In your first 90 Days, you will:

  • Build a clean, reliable P&L with clear contribution margins
  • Stabilise cash flow forecasting and payment cycles
  • Identify top 3 levers to improve profitability
  • Implement initial automation in receivables/payables

Application process:

  • We like to get to know you and your motivations in a 30 min chat with the Founder
  • If we both agree that there is a fit, we would like to get to know the way you work and communicate. For this, we will send you a take home exercise to prepare before the next call
  • In the next call, you will present your answers and recommendations to 2-3 people of the team
  • If you are successful we will make you an offer.

Requirements

Who You Are: Skills & Experience

You are a self-starting, detail-oriented financial professional with a high-growth mindset.

Non-Negotiables:

  • AI-native builder: proven ability to use AI tools (e.g. Claude) to design and deploy AI-driven finance systems and workflows (AR, AP, reconciliation, reporting), reducing manual work and enabling real-time, data-driven decision-making
  • Strong financial foundation e.g., Big 4, top-tier accounting, or equivalent experience
  • Proven ability to thrive in a startup environment, comfortable with ambiguity and the pace of rapid change
  • Expert-level attention to detail and ability to manage complex pricing models
  • Strong working knowledge of accounting software e.g. Xero

Bonus Points (Nice to Have):

  • A science or engineering related degree
  • Prior experience in the logistics or e-commerce sector
  • Experience in Investment Banking/M&A

Benefits

  • The ability to shape your role in a fast-growing, exciting, and evolving company at the forefront of the future of e-commerce
  • Experience a workplace that is entrepreneurial, fast-paced, outcome-focused, disciplined, but also highly collaborative team-oriented and fun
  • Significant opportunity for growth and personal development, and the chance to have a real impact
  • Flexible working to support families and varying needs. The team is fully remote but meet in person up to once a week when helpful.
  • We offer 25 holidays plus public holidays, plus your birthday, plus we take a company-wide holiday over Christmas
  • Mental health support through Spill counseling and free Headspace subscription
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