Internal Controls Manager, Cleo AI
£60-80k
+ Equity
AI personal finance assistant
Posted today
AI personal finance assistant
501-1000 employees
Posted today
£60-80k
+ Equity
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To change the world’s relationship with money.
Role
Who you are
- Big 4 experience - ideally in the controls or internal audit team, but if you’ve been working in external audit, we’d still love to hear from you
- ACA, CIA or equivalent qualification preferred
- Experience (either in-house or from a client perspective) in Fintech or regulated Financial Services companies is highly beneficial
- Hands-on experience designing and/or testing a controls framework from scratch
- Familiarity with SOX 404, COSO or equivalent
- Exposure to multi-entity or multi-jurisdiction environments
- Collaborative mindset - striking the balance between enablement and auditing
- Strong communicator - able to translate complex technical topics to non-technical stakeholders
What the job involves
- Cleo is growing, in terms of headcount, products, workflows and geographies. We’re looking to hire an internal controls expert who can expand on our already solid foundations, and scale financial processes with us as we increase in scope and complexity
- Reporting to the Reporting & Tax Lead and a key part of Core Finance, this role is an exciting opportunity to be our founding Internal Controls team member and have a material impact on the business and our trajectory
- Assist with designing, building and owning the internal controls framework across financial reporting, compliance and operational processes
- Manage our external audit relationship from a controls perspective
- Create scalable playbooks for new product and entity launches through continuous review of internal controls
- Design and run a programme of control testing and self-assessment across all major business processes
- Lead a long-term project to work towards a controls environment appropriate for public company obligations (SOX 404 or equivalent)
- Champion a controls culture across Finance and the broader business; this includes designing and leading training sessions to boost awareness and accountability
Our take
People are increasingly not satisfied with the products being offered by traditional banks, which have proven slow to react to the needs of younger consumers who expect more from their everyday experiences.
Cleo was one of the first companies to make great use of chatbots that sit within Facebook's messenger app. This chatbot-first approach and Gen Z user base have given it strong virality. It now has millions of registered users, 99% of which are based in the US, leading to a decision to take a year break from the UK market to focus on its US Gen Z customers. And after a successful year in the US its now eyeing up a return to the UK.
Its Series C funding will help the company to double down in the US, where it will make a significant increase in employee headcount, and enable Cleo to maintain and expand its service during an economic downturn.
Financial advice delivered via bots is a crowded space, so Cleo benefits from having a strong brand presence. It has gone for very bold, fun, Gen Z-focused messaging which helps it to stand out from competitors such as Emma, Plum, and Chip.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Jun 2022
$80m
SERIES C
Dec 2020
$44m
SERIES B
Total funding: $137.7m
Company benefits
- Meaningful equity with early exercise, plus top-ups on promotion
- Primary caregiver: 18 weeks at full pay / Secondary caregiver: 6 weeks full pay, 6 weeks half pay (dependant on tenure)
- Paid 1-month sabbatical every 4 years
- Comprehensive health, dental & vision insurance
- Learning & development training platform
- Mental health support via Spill
- Company-wide performance reviews every 4 months
- We’ll cover your OpenAI or Claude subscription
- Pension match up to 6%
- Life assurance
- 25 days annual leave + an extra day for every year you’re at Cleo (up to five accrued days)
Company values
- Make it Happen - Own the outcome. Lend a hand, take a hand. Fast execution.
- No bullsh*t - Intellectually honest. Go hard on problems, not people. Data-backed decision making.
- Learn at Speed - Jump in and figure it out. Dig deep, do it right. Learn what matters.
- Bring Good Vibes - Read the room, lift the room. Show up for others. Keep it real, keep it positive.
Company HQ
Finsbury, London, UK
Leadership
Barnaby Hussey-Yeo
(Founder & CEO)Previously a Data Scientist at Wonga, one of the companies that pioneered the smart use of data for loan decisions. Joined Entrepreneur First where Cleo was formed.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Cleo AI
- We’ve set up an internal committee of truly passionate people that are dedicated to ensuring Diversity and Inclusion is embedded in how we all operate as a team. We agree on meaningful actions, and get on with implementing them. We have three main focuses right now, which are:
- 1) Improving SocioEconomic diversity across the company
- 2) Increasing the number of women in Leadership roles
- 3) More community outreach
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