Finance Manager | Hyper Growth Fintech Start-Up | Post Series B

The Client

Harmonic Finance are delighted to have been retained by one of the UK's fastest growing Fintech start-ups. Driven by their mission to drive down the cost and improve the efficiency of international money transfers, a market historically dominated by expensive traditional services, they are now supporting people to affordably, instantly and securely send money to more than 30 developing countries and working with the UN to meet Global Sustainability targets around cross-border payments.

Following on from impressive growth since their 2018 inception, they have this year secured a $75m Series B round from a host of some of the world's leading VC funds to continue their rapid expansion. This funding has fueled further growth which has resulted in the business seeing impressive profits across the past 6 months. Now forecasting more than $3bn in remittances next year, they're anticipating $50m profit and are building the team in all areas including Finance.

Having seen the valuation of the company more than quadruple in the past year, they're expanding their offering to reach more countries and their offices are growing quickly across the UK, US, Germany, France and more, anticipating headcount growth to double to 400 by the end of 2023. With a team of exceptionally talented, bright and passionate people who are excited about building the next major UK Fintech success story they have a culture of trust and autonomy to make decisions and have massive impact.

The Role

Working closely with a brilliant Group Financial Controller and CFO, who both have extensive experience scaling fintech start-ups, the Finance Manager will demonstrate effective financial control and ensure world class financial reporting and accounting processes are implemented, while still supporting with commercial finance moving forwards.

This role is perfect for somebody who wants to get 'stuck in' across finance, with exposure to many different aspects of finance, from budgeting and forecasting, to management accounts, financial accounting and board reporting.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for maintaining robust financial controls and reporting processes
• Responsible for the delivery of timely, accurate month-end and management accounting with insightful Management Account packs
• Management of a Finance Assistant to ensure effective control of the AP function
• Identify value-adding insights to support with the production of long-term strategic planning
• Work closely with the business to support with the annual budget and forecasting moving forwards
• Support the CFO and Group FC with Investor and Board reporting and future fundraising projects
• Support with the completion of the annual statutory accounts and delivery of the audit process
• Continuously review and implement process improvements to drive automation across finance
• Extensive ad-hoc projects to support the business as they grow and the finance function expands

What we need to see (Essential):

• Fully Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA)
• Extremely smart with excellent communication skills
• Willingness to roll your sleeves up and get stuck in across Finance
• Incredibly ambitious with a desire to continue learning
• Excited by start-ups / scale-ups

What we would like to see (Bonus):

• Experience in a fast growth Tech start-up / scale-up (VC or PE backed)
• Fintech experience

Salary: £70,000 - £80,000 + equity