Head of Finance

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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