Vice President of Finance, LemonEdge
$210-275k
Offers equity
3+ days a week in office
Low-code development platform for financial services
Posted today
Low-code development platform for financial services
21-100 employees
Posted today
$210-275k
Offers equity
3+ days a week in office
21-100 employees
Company mission
LemonEdge's mission is to enable a software revolution in order to fully harness the value of the financial services market. They aim to initiate change through positive disruption in the marketplace.
Role
Who you are
- 10+ years in finance
- 5+ years in senior finance roles at SaaS or FinTech companies
- Proven track record scaling finance functions through Series A/B/C or pre-exit
- Deep FP&A
- SaaS metrics
- GAAP/ASC 606 revenue recognition
- Investor-facing reporting
- Strong partner to Sales, Implementation, and Product teams
- Comfortable driving pricing and unit economics
- Strong with Excel/Sheets
- ERP tools (e.g., NetSuite)
- FP&A tools (e.g., Mosaic, Adaptive, Anaplan, Xero)
- High ownership
- Highly analytical
- Collaborative
- Calm under pressure
Desirable
- CPA or MBA preferred (not required if experience is exceptional)
What the job involves
- Reporting to: President
- Working closely with: CEO, Leadership Team and Board
- We are hiring a VP of Finance to lead LemonEdge’s global financial function
- This is a hands-on executive leadership role, ideal for a commercially-minded operator with deep SaaS expertise
- You'll own financial strategy, forecasting, investor readiness, and systems build-out — partnering closely with the President and CEO to steer the company through rapid growth and strategic milestones, including future fundraising rounds
- This hire will play a central role in driving operational maturity and improving predictability, accountability, and confidence in our financial decision-making
- Set and execute a financial strategy aligned with company growth objectives
- Own the 3-year model, annual budgets, and rolling forecasts
- Partner with the CEO and President to drive capital strategy and scenario planning
- Lead financial due diligence, investor relations, and preparation for future funding rounds
- Build robust investor reporting cadence and Board materials
- Build and maintain department budgets, cash forecasts, and variance analyses
- Develop KPI dashboards and SaaS metric scorecards (ARR, NRR, CAC, LTV, Rule of 40)
- Deliver timely and accurate financial reporting, including commentary and insights
- Support decision-making through modelling and ROI analysis
- Implement ASC 606-compliant revenue recognition practices
- Partner with Sales, Implementation and Product on pricing, margins, and commercial strategy
- Track and optimize implementation profitability and contribution margins
- Oversee cash flow management, FX exposure, working capital, and reserves
- Manage financial audits, global tax compliance, and regulatory filings (US & UK)
- Maintain a clean cap table, equity reporting, and stock option administration
- Identify and mitigate financial risks (regulatory, operational, or market)
- Evaluate and support M&A opportunities and financial modelling
- Conduct due diligence and integration planning for potential acquisitions or partnerships
- Inform capital allocation decisions and business case development
- Lead accounting operations including AR/AP, close processes, payroll, and expenses
- Implement scalable systems (e.g. NetSuite, Mosaic, Chargebee) to support growth
- Continuously improve financial controls and automation
- Deliver fast, accurate, and insightful financial data to the business
- Build and lead a high-performing finance team
- Partner across the ELT to embed financial accountability and decision-making discipline
- Coach department heads on budgeting, trade-offs, and operational efficiency
- Help shape company culture with a calm, clear, and collaborative leadership style
- 12–18 Month Success Indicators
- Revenue & Forecasting
- Forecast variance for total revenue and ARR: <5% quarterly
- ASC 606 revenue recognition fully compliant by Q2 2026
- Margin visibility on implementation/services by Q1 2026
- Metrics & Financial Maturity
- SaaS KPI dashboards live by Q4 2025 (weekly/monthly, reviewed by President/ELT)
- Implementation profitability cohort analysis by early 2026
- Burn rate tracking + cash flow forecasting with >6 months runway visibility
- Fundraising & Investor Readiness
- Due diligence framework ready for Series B/C by Q4 2025
- 100% audit-ready cap table, equity records, and data room
- Quarterly Board reporting within 5 days of close
- Financial Ops & Controls
- Close process <7 business days by Q2 2026
- Global tax, compliance, and filings on time, no missed deadlines
- ERP/billing system selected and implementation started by H1 2026
- Leadership & Collaboration
- Finance business partners aligned by Q1 2026
- Full departmental budget ownership by mid-2026
- ELT finance satisfaction rating >90%
Application process
- Interview Process – VP of Finance
- Total Rounds: 4–5
- Target Timeline: 3–4 weeks
- Format: Blend of video and in-person (final round in NY)
Our take
LemonEdge is the first low-code development platform designed for financial services. With low-code predicted to quadruple in value by 2024, the company is well-positioned to enjoy considerable growth over the coming years.
LemonEdge is a disruptor specialising in back- and middle-office technologies. Its tools are designed specifically for financial services. LemonEdge's fully customised platforms and single applications can be built 80% quicker than more traditional approaches, and can manage complex accounting processes financial data and transactions.
CEO Gareth Hewitt previously founded and sold two successful start-ups, and this proven reputation appeals greatly to investors. The company seeks to shake up the previously stagnant sector of back and middle-office technology. LemonEdge is a new and promising competitor compared to the industry's existing legacy providers and has enjoyed several rounds of funding from the likes of TechNation.
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Company benefits
- Funded Start-Up: Whether you’ve got an entrepreneurial spirit, tired of the boardroom politics, or simply have a desire to help shape a culture. As a start-up we give you an experience hard to replicate elsewhere… and with our Seed round funding, we have the resources to move with pace.
- Flexible Working: Everyone says it. Then it comes with conditions. We live it. You’ll have a clear job mission, deliverables, a team (to lead or contribute towards) and great clients. If you can tick those off, work when is good for you.
- Working from home / Travel: We launched at the start of the pandemic and it has reinforced our view we don’t need an office. We might buy into a shared space for client meetings in the future. But for now, your home is your office. We have global clients and if you’re in a client-facing role, when we can, you’ll be off across Europe and North America.
- Competitive Package: You support us. We’ll back you. We want the best in the business, to challenge our thinking and drive our growth. If you have our passion, we’ll ensure you’re well supported.
- Work isn’t everything: Working in a start-up means it can be all-in. (We’ll not hide from that..). It means when we can, we need to unwind. When we can get together, we’ll be celebrating in style.
Company HQ
London, UK
Leadership
Gareth Hewitt
(CEO)Studied Software Engineering at Edinburgh University. Founded two companies before founding his third, LemonEdge, in 2020.
Jamie Nascimento
(CCO)Studied AI at Edinburgh University. Worked with large multi-national brands, before running a creative agency and then starting LemonEdge in 2020.
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