Group Financial Controller, Arbolus
+ Annual performance-based bonus
More information about location
3 days a week in office
Expert advisory network
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Expert advisory network
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
+ Annual performance-based bonus
More information about location
3 days a week in office
201-500 employees
Company mission
Arbolus' mission is to make the world's human knowledge digital
Role
Who you are
- You are a great fit if you have 5–10 years of finance experience, including time in audit ideally at a Big 4 firm, and you are comfortable owning finance processes end-to-end in a lean team
- You combine strong technical accounting skills with a hands-on, practical approach, and you enjoy finding better and more automated ways of working
- Ideally, you have experience in a growing business
- You should be adaptable, enjoy tackling new problems, and be a strong problem solver
- You communicate clearly with people inside and outside the organisation, learn new software and systems quickly, and are confident building scalable processes and developing people
- Degree in Economics, Finance, Accounting, Commerce, Business Administration (ADE) or equivalent
- A professional qualification such as ACCA (strong plus)
- 5–10 years of total experience, including audit experience ideally at a Big 4 firm
- Proven experience owning month-end close, management reporting, budgeting, and variance analysis
- Familiarity with multi-currency and multi-entity accounting (we have a parent company and three subsidiaries)
- Experience with treasury, tax, payroll, and statutory compliance
- A track record of driving process improvement and automation, with a strong interest in AI and agent-based tools
- Experience managing or coaching team members
- Experience with data analysis and reporting (Google Looker Studio desirable but not essential)
- Experience in a fast-paced startup or scale-up environment (preferred)
- Excellent written and spoken English
What the job involves
- We are seeking an experienced Group Financial Controller to be the operational backbone of our Finance team. Our Finance function today is a lean team of three: VP Finance, Group Financial Controller, and Financial Analyst
- As our Group Financial Controller, you will keep finance operations running smoothly, from Accounts Payable, treasury, and the full sales cycle through to tax, payroll, and statutory compliance
- You will lead month-end reporting, drive budgeting and cost control, and coordinate our annual audit. You will also play a key role in modernising the function by bringing automation and AI agents into our finance processes
- As the business grows, you will manage and develop both internal and external finance teams
- Own the day-to-day running of finance operations: Accounts Payable (including expert self-billing and supplier payments), treasury management, tax and payroll
- Own the full sales cycle: customer invoicing, usage reporting, deferred revenue, credit control (through Chaser) and revenue reconciliation
- Oversee Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable bookkeeping across our multi-entity, multi-currency group (Xero / Spendesk)
- Lead the month-end close and monthly management reporting, including KPIs and the Finance Monthly Review Deck
- Drive controlling: budgeting, variance analysis and cost control
- Support the VP Finance on finance strategy, in particular cash forecasting and business planning. This includes working with Account Management and New Business Sales to forecast the timing of renewals and new sales
- Implement automation and "agentification" of finance processes, and keep improving accuracy, efficiency and cost across the function
- Coordinate and lead the annual financial audit, acting as the main point of contact for external auditors
- Ensure statutory compliance across the group
- Provide financial analysis and insights to support management decision-making
- Lead and coach the team
Our take
Arbolus is at the apex of two trends: flexible working opportunities becoming more fashionable and a demand for narrow expertise in challenging times.
The company provides access to a network of experts for enterprise knowledge. However, in a crowded space, it strives to set itself apart by investing in technology.
The company is doubling down on the use of Machine Learning and an AI backbone to improve its matching capabilities, becoming ‘experts in experts’ at a lower cost compared to its competitors.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
185% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Nov 2024
$20m
SERIES B
Apr 2022
$15m
SERIES A
Total funding: $44.2m
Company benefits
- Competitive base-pay + bonus
- International exposure
- Influence on the future of Arbolus
- Great team & strong office culture
- 2x annual retreats and regular social activities
- Private health insurance
- Work from home days
- Top-notch equipment necessary for your work (MacBook, iPhone,...)
Company HQ
City of London, London, UK
Leadership
Sam Glasswell
(Co-Founder & Co-CEO)After a Law degree, Sam started his career as part of the startup team at AlphaSights which built networks of experts to connect with investors. Completed an MBA and incubated a business (VentureRing) to build a VC investor community. He later joined Genpact to learn strategic and value based sales in tech.
Will Leeming
(Co-Founder & COO)Worked at the expert network company, AlphaSights for years, eventually becoming Vice President of Innovation & Data Strategy.
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