Finance and Business Operations Lead

🔒 Confidential Employer
Posted 7 May 2026
LOCATION
Remote
TYPE
Full-time
LEVEL
Mid-Senior level
SALARY
£184,000 / year
CATEGORY
Finance & Accounting
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SKILLS

Vendor Management Financial Operations Budget Tracking Tax Compliance Insurance Management AI Automation Tool Procurement

FULL DESCRIPTION

Finance and Business Operations Lead

Company: [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal]

Location: Fully Remote

Salary: $136,000 – $184,000 per year

Job Type: Full-time

About the Role

We're looking for a Finance & Business Operations Lead to own the financial and business infrastructure at [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal]. You'll be the person who keeps the business itself healthy: finances, compliance, vendors, legal coordination, and the stewardship work that protects the company's ability to operate.

Key Responsibilities

  • Tools & Vendor Administration
    • Support tool procurement and onboarding, and maintain ongoing vendor relationships in partnership with the teams those vendors serve
    • Research and analyze vendors, tools, and partners relevant to strategic initiatives; bring structured recommendations to leadership
    • Track subscription costs, flag redundancies, and manage renewals proactively
  • Financial Operations
    • Track budgets across teams, approving reimbursements, and flag variances before they become problems
    • Prepare financial reporting support, investor reporting, and board materials in coordination with the Strategy & Operations Senior Manager and COO
    • Manage invoice routing and expense reconciliation in coordination with our Operations Admin and our fractional finance team
    • Coordinate with the Recruiting team, our fractional finance team, and members of the leadership team to develop funding plans for headcount to support company strategy
  • Business Stewardship
    • Build automations and AI integrations into processes, where appropriate
    • Own business insurance end-to-end, including managing annual renewal cycles across all policy types (D&O, E&O, general liability, cyber, and others), maintain broker relationships, ensure applications are accurate, flag coverage gaps proactively
    • Coordinate with partners on tax compliance ensuring deadlines are met
    • Serve as a part of the broader Operations team to support cross-functional work

You might be a great fit if you:

  • Have 6-8 years of operations experience at a high-growth startup, with significant time spent building 0 → 1 process
  • Thinks AI-first and aims to leverage technology to solve scaling challenges
  • Think in systems: when you see a recurring problem, you build something that makes it not recur
  • Can hold strategic and operational work simultaneously and understand working on a small team requires both
  • Are comfortable operating in a high agency, low ego environment where we move quickly and focus on results
  • Have owned vendor relationships and financial operations with enough depth to not need hand-holding on routine decisions

We're especially excited if you have:

  • Experience representing an operations function to leadership or cross-functional stakeholders
  • Familiarity with Ramp, Quickbooks, Rippling, Ironclad, Linear, Notion, Zapier, or similar tools
  • Background spanning operational systems, vendor management, and financial operations
  • Experience building operational infrastructure in a company that didn't have it yet

Additional Notes

The anticipated base salary range for this position is $136,000-184,000 USD excluding equity. Equity will be considered in the total compensation package. Final base salary for this role will be based on the individual’s geographic location, as well as experience level, skill set, training, licenses and certifications.

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