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

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
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

Head of Finance – CFO Track

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