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Head of Finance

Junior AILondon, CanadaPosted 3h agoonsite
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About Junior

We’re building cutting-edge LLM-powered workflow tools to supercharge investment research for private market investors. Our clients include most of the global top 10 private equity and consulting firms - Junior already powers hundreds of billions of dollars invested annually. We’re a profitable, bootstrapped company with a growing team of 50+ based in London, NYC and Sydney. We 10x’d our revenue in 2025.

You can read more about the company mission & values here.

Role Description

You will own and manage our quote-to-cash cycle, finance operations, and accounting function with decision making authority on what should be in-housed, outsourced, and automated. Your responsibilities will include:

  • Own and manage the full quote-to-cash cycle including

    • Quote & contract structure

    • Managing our invoicing system & generating invoices

    • Collections & cash application

    • Revenue recognition & the close

    • Working with engineers / data scientists to implement new invoicing models for usage-based pricing agreements

  • Drive automation of repetitive tasks

    • Use AI finance solutions and leverage our technical staff to run a highly automated, lean finance function

    • Support new system implementations and accounting tool integrations

  • Manage finance operations, internal controls & compliance including

    • Cash management across entities and currencies

    • Intercompany management: recharges, balances, funding flows and transfer pricing documentation with our advisors

    • Tax and statutory compliance

    • Ensure compliance with GAAP / IFRS, company policies, and regulatory requirements

    • Lead external audits and coordinate with auditors for timely completion

    • Provide guidance on treatment for accounting issues

    • Draft and maintain accounting policies and memos for key transactions

  • Oversee our accounting and reporting (managing management account and / or external service providers):

    • Financial statement preparation in accordance with US GAAP / IFRS (for UK entity)

    • Month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close processes

    • Managing on-going accounting activities including AP, AR, payroll accounting, and cash management

  • Keep Junior financing-ready and support fundraising

    • Opportunity to support in leading fundraising rounds

    • Own customer-facing financial diligence

    • Own banking and credit facility relationships

  • FP&A and business operations

    • Collaborate with FP&A, operations, and cross-functional leaders to provide analysis and insights

    • Support budget vs. actual variance analysis

About You

8+ years of finance experience including high-growth SaaS startup; 2+ years of finance leadership experience:

  • Holds accounting certification (e.g. ACA/ACCA/CIMA or CPA)

  • 8+ years of combined experience including

    • 5+ years of experience at high growth SaaS startup(s)

    • 2+ years of experience managing complex quote-to-cash structures

    • bonus points for

      • 2+ years of experience as sole finance hire / head of finance

      • career start at top public accounting firm

  • Versed in complex quote-to-cash structures: Junior uses highly bespoke usage-based pricing models with significant variation across customers and product lines — you will need to be versed in handling complex usage based pricing / quote-to-cash structures

  • An owner: able to design / implement accounting processes for the ground-up

  • Proficient in US GAAP, familiarity with IFRS and/or UK GAAP

  • Flexible in approach — willing / able to be flexible and build an accounting system that fits to our business

  • AI-native: daily user of LLMs such as Claude and familiar with AI finance tools

Why Junior

  • Top 1% traction: 0-25+ m rev in 3 years, fully bootstrapped / profitable, top-tier customers inc. some of MBB, Big 4, Top 5 PE mega-funds

  • Flat org structure: lean startup environment with ≤1 manager between each role and the c-suite

  • Competitive salary + equity and first-class benefits inc:

    • Team lunch provided everyday at the London HQ!

    • Third Space membership

    • Private health insurance

    • Multiple all-expense paid offsites per year (last 3 trips include Crete, Greece; Cancun, Mexico; Barcelona, Spain)

    • Visa sponsorship available

Additional info

  • Current finance stack (experience with our current tools is not required)

    • Payment processing / invoices: Stripe

    • Automated billing: in-house system access via Retool

    • Accounting: Xero (UK), Quickbooks (US)

  • Reporting line: You will direct report to the COO & regularly communicate with the rest of the C-Suite

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Skills

  • Operations

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