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
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Compliance & Governance: Oversee all external relations, including liaising with accountants, managing Companies House filings, tax compliance, and preparing Board materials.
- 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 Bezos 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.
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
- 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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