Job details

Head of Finance

Fast Growth Fintech Start-Up

Location
London
Sector
Fintech & Insurtech
Type
Permanent
Starts
ASAP

Job description

Head of Finance | Fast Growth Fintech Start-Up | Post Series A

The Client

Harmonic Finance are delighted to be working with one of Europe's fastest growing and most exciting Insurtech start-ups who have built the cutting-edge hardware technology as well as the cloud software to disrupt this sector of the insurance market, changing the way businesses and landlords can bounce back from disasters.

With an exceptionally talented Leadership team they have just closed a $15m Series A from a host of the world's top-tier Venture Capital firms, which is set to underpin their imminent market expansion across the Atlantic to the US market.

Headcount has doubled in the past 5 months to 35, with plans to exceed 60 by the end of the year across their fantastic Shoreditch HQ and the US, soon to be followed by entry into Australia and Japan next year. This is an incredible opportunity to join a highly ambitious, bright, sociable team as the first finance hire, driving to become the next success story in the Insurtech space.

The Role

As the first Finance employee you will be responsible for owning the running of the Finance function, reporting directly to the CEO.

Given the growth over the coming years the position is incredibly broad and requires the build out and ownership of day-to-day Finance, ownership of month end and management accounting, implementation of robust financial controls and the development of insightful analysis, production of FP&A and extensive ad-hoc projects to support product launch and international expansion initiatives alongside the CEO.

There is scope to build a team quickly and significant exposure to VC investors and additional funding rounds.

  • Implement world class finance processes and systems
  • Own the completion of month-end and presentation of monthly management accounts
  • Build out financial planning and analysis (FP&A) alongside the CEO
  • Develop and own the budgeting process
  • Implement and ensure there are robust financial controls as the business scales
  • Own the production of yearly statutory accounts (with the support of advisors) and liaise with auditors
  • Business Partner with Tech teams and department heads to develop KPI's and insightful analysis
  • Work closely with the CEO on future funding rounds
  • Begin to build a world-class finance team
  • Continuously review and improve processes and systems
  • Extensive Ad-Hoc projects to support the business as they grow

What we need to see (Essential):

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

What we would like to see (Bonus):

  • Experience in a fast growth scale-up or start-up
  • Fintech/Insurtech background
  • Commercially astute
  • Experience working in a regulated business (Fintech, Financial Services or Insurance)

Salary: £70,000 - £90,000 + share options

Please get in touch with Charlie at for more information.

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