Head of Finance

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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