Finance Director, Seatfrog
One-stop shop for booking rail travel
Job no longer available
One-stop shop for booking rail travel
21-100 employees
Job no longer available
21-100 employees
Company mission
To build a better future for Rail and its billions of passengers, for good.
Role
Who you are
- A qualified accountant (ACC or ACCA or equivalent)
- Proven experience as a Finance Director in a scaling technology business
- Experience in successfully leading funding rounds and engaging with investors
- Exceptional analytical and strategic thinking skills, with the ability to provide insights and recommendations to drive business performance
- Excellent leadership and communication skills, with the ability to build and motivate a high-performing finance team
What the job involves
- As Finance Director you’ll partner with the leadership team to ensure we’re driving growth, building a well oiled machine and maintaining a financial infrastructure and team that supports our journey into the new age of travel
- Report directly to the CEO
- Have experience in an environment where high volume transactions are the norm
- Oversee financial planning, budgeting, and model forecasting processes
- Manage financial reporting, including monthly and annual financial statements, management information packs and analysis
- Monitor and manage the company's cash flow, working capital, and financial risk management
- Provide strategic guidance on pricing, revenue strategy, and cost management measures
- Collaborate closely with the executive team and heads of departments to support strategic and operational decision-making
- Ensure compliance with financial regulations and accounting standards
- Build close and trusted relationships with institutional investors, and bring experience in raising capital across the funding spectrum
- Manage and build a high-performing finance team, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and professional development
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Seatfrog is transforming the way Rail providers sell a matrix of ancillaries from booking right up to departure. Delivering a more seamless experience for passengers on the go to maximise ancillary revenue.
Seatfrog delivers revenue performance by using data science to pinpoint the perfect time to upsell whilst delivering a personalised customer experience and full automation from booking right up to departure. Its platform is fully mobile and highly personalised, targeting the peak of a passenger’s willingness to buy an ancillary product.
The Seatfrog app will give every rail passenger the opportunity to upgrade their seat or swap trains. Seatfrog already makes it near-effortless for passengers to upgrade to 80 million First Class seats every year. The company saw revenue growth of over 800% in 2022 - moving forwards, Seatfrog is focused on launching new products.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
40% female employees
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Apr 2023
$8.1m
LATE VC
May 2021
$3.2m
LATE VC
Total funding: $21.1m
Company benefits
- We work 4 days a week! That's a whole day back, every week, to live your life
- Have a family? With Seatfrog you can take advantage of our nursery scheme, saving you hundreds of pounds a year
- We are registered under the Cycle-to-Work scheme and have an EVP scheme, so you can travel more sustainably
- We offer private healthcare for every team member through Vitality, including direct access to GPs, therapy, and wellness technologies
- 10 free upgrades on UK trains for you and your friends and family
Company HQ
London, UK
Leadership
Dirk Stewart
(CTO)Previously Programmer at Lab Fiftyfive for 5 years and Senior Programmer at VML Australia for 2 years.
Iain Griffin
(CEO)Previously Account Director at MercerBell for 3 years and Business Lead at VML for 3 years.
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