Head of Strategic Finance, Lindus Health
2-5 days a week in office
Anti-CRO for life science pioneers
Posted today
Anti-CRO for life science pioneers
101-200 employees
Posted today
2-5 days a week in office
101-200 employees
Company mission
To improve the clinical research experience and build a better clinical research organization.
Role
Who you are
- You currently work in a startup or VC environment - likely 3-6 years’ total experience
- You might be in FP&A today or in a more generalist role like a VC
- You enjoy fast paced work and thrive on ambiguity
- You can easily analyse numbers, understand the business context, and derive the “so what”
- You have worked on strategic analysis, business cases and building financial models with cross functional teams
- You can clearly present data in graphs and slides, and are an excel / gSheets whizz
- You’ve done financial or strategic analyses, without necessarily having a finance or accounting background
- You share in our passion for our mission: to transform clinical trials
What the job involves
- We're looking for an exceptional Head of Strategic Finance to drive FP&A and strategic financial analysis during this exciting period of growth. You'll be exposed to all aspects of our business, supporting important decisions for our leadership team
- You will report to the Founders and work closely with the rest of the Finance team as well as our wider Operational teams
- Provide financial insights and analysis to support company strategy, growth opportunities and fundraising
- Build and maintain financial models to support business planning and decision-making
- Prepare and update financial forecasts, incorporating business performance and future strategic initiatives
- Drive analysis around margins at company and account level
- Lead strategic projects that have a financial component
- Work closely with the Exec team to help drive their functional objectives
- Work with the Founders to prepare materials for the Board and investors
- Work with Operational functional leads on budgeting process to ensure alignment with company goals
- Monitor and report on budget variances and coordinate actions across teams to address these variances as needed
- Work closely with our ClinOps and Product teams on resourcing models, milestone forecasting and accounting across live projects
Application process
- Initial conversation with Talent team- 30 minutes
- Second interview with Finance Director (Yuan)- 30 minutes
- Functional take-home task, to be presented in interview - 45 minutes
- Values interview with some of the exec team- 30 minutes
- Referencing
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Traditional clinical research companies are often inefficient and rely upon pen and paper, even for the UK COVID-19 vaccine trial, one of the best-funded trials in history. In addition, the cost of conducting clinical trials has skyrocketed over the last decade. This, of course, stifles innovation and means fewer new treatments for patients.
In response to these challenges, Lindus Health was established with the mission to simplify patient participation in research and expedite the development of novel treatments. On a mission to change how trials are conducted in order to provide faster, safer clinical trials on behalf of companies developing new treatments, and lowering the barriers to participation for patients.
Since launching in 2021, Lindus Health has actively connected patients with clinical trials across diverse domains, encompassing areas such as type 2 diabetes, COVID-19 diagnostics, and mental health. Bolstered by several successful funding rounds, the company is poised to facilitate end-to-end clinical trials and research sponsors with high-quality data. Alongside this growth, Lindus is expanding its workforce. This strategic approach underscores its commitment to reshaping the landscape of clinical research for the betterment of patients and the advancement of medical science.
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Insights
66% female employees
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Jan 2025
$55m
SERIES B
Aug 2023
$18m
SERIES A
Total funding: $78.7m
Company benefits
- Unlimited holidays; everyone is encouraged to take off at least 28 days each year
- £60 monthly wellness allowance with complete flexibility on how to spend this including opting in to a company private health insurance scheme through AXA, a wellhub membership and more!
- Access to gym and retail discounts through our benefits platform Happl.
- Enhanced Parental Leave - 16 weeks full pay for primary care giver & 6 weeks full pay for secondary care giver
- Cycle to work and other salary sacrifice schemes
- Regular whole company and team events, both in person and virtually!
- £1,000 Learning and Development allowance each year to put towards courses, certifications and development
- A well stocked pantry and drinks fridge, Monday breakfast spread and catered team lunch on a Thursday for the UK office every week!
Company values
- Be transparent: We share information across the whole team, avoiding hierarchies and siloes. No politics!
- Stay curious: Deference to "the way it has always been done" is the biggest thing holding our industry back
- Be high-agency: Nothing happens unless we make it happen. We never assume something is somebody else's responsibility
- Act quickly: Once we’ve made a decision. We win by moving fast
- Benefit patients: Our mission is serious, but we’ll only achieve it if we have fun while we go. Innovation doesn’t take place in a boring environment
Company HQ
Downtown Crossing, Boston, MA
Articles
Leadership
Meri Beckwith
(Co-Founder & Co-CEO)Previously a venture capital investor and partner to biotech and digital health companies including Attest, Latent Logic, Helloself and CoMind.
Michael Young
(Co-Founder & Co-CEO)Previously a Special Adviser to the UK Prime Minister, where they advised the UK government on life sciences. Also a former Management Consultant at McKinsey and LEK.
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