Senior Financial Operations Accountant, Odin
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1+ day a week in office
Community & investment tools for founders, angels and VCs
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Community & investment tools for founders, angels and VCs
1-20 employees
Job no longer available
More information about location
1+ day a week in office
1-20 employees
Company mission
To give more people the ability to vote with their money, and their time, on what the future looks like.
Role
Who you are
- We’re looking for a hands-on operator with the judgment and precision to make complex systems work beautifully - someone who can turn messy inputs into reliable, auditable outcomes
- You’re a qualified accountant who wants to get things done, dislikes corporate environments and enjoys building structure from ambiguity
- You know how to take complex financial systems, simplify them and make them work cleanly at scale
- You care deeply about operational excellence and you love thinking about how to improve financial systems: how money moves, how data flows, and how each small improvement compounds at scale
- To you, the way things currently work in financial operations often seem stupid, and you can see a world where it’s much more efficient
- You’re the person people in a company turn to for financial clarity, and no one knows the data and systems better than you
- You’re calm under pressure, curious about how things work, and relentless about making them better. You thrive when trusted with autonomy and enjoy being the quiet expert others rely on for sound judgment
- Have strong accounting fundamentals and a sharp analytical instinct
- Are motivated by solving detail-heavy problems that others avoid
- Are willing to take ownership and responsibility for matters where the stakes are very high
- Think in systems and are always looking for ways to automate or improve
- Write and speak clearly, especially when explaining complex data to non-finance peers
- Love learning and want to keep expanding your expertise. You might not be a fund accountant yet, but you can learn quickly and find external guidance yourself when you need it
- Want to build rather than maintain, and see every manual process as a temporary state
- We’re looking for someone who makes competence look effortless; someone precise, logical, and calm under intense pressure
What the job involves
- We envision a world where people can vote with their money on what the future looks like, and participate in creating it
- Our first product makes it radically easier for anyone, anywhere, to launch & run a private markets investment firm - think "Shopify for VC / PE"
- We handle all the “plumbing” and paperwork through one seamless platform - everything from setting up the legal structure for an investment vehicle through to processing exits
- We’re already trusted by over 10,000 VCs, angels and founders, and we're one of the fastest-growing fintechs in the UK, tripling income YoY. We've raised $5m in seed funding from top angels, family offices and VCs to support our own growth, and we are just getting started
- You’ll take full ownership of how money moves through Odin’s platform - the systems, controls, accuracy and speed that keep our platform and reporting rock solid, and our customer experience delightful. You’ll oversee this work across the 1,400+ SPVs and funds administered by Odin
- You will build the financial backbone that makes scaling possible: robust, accurate investment data and professional execution across every transaction. You’ll cover both fund accounting for our customers (fund managers and angel syndicates) and our own finances
- Reporting to the Head of Venture Operations
- Overseeing the compliant flow of funds through the platform - from initial investor payments through to dividends and exits - across every investment vehicle administered by Odin. You’ll be accountable for accuracy, compliance, and confident decision-making even when the data isn't perfect
- Managing Odin’s internal finances, including month-end close, invoicing, payroll, and quality control over our external bookkeeping partner’s work
- Ensuring financial data integrity. Every transaction, ownership record, and ledger entry must balance. When something doesn’t, you’ll trace the issue, fix it, and implement systems to prevent it happening again
- Partnering with product and operations to automate manual workflows, reduce error rates, and build innovative, accurate financial infrastructure as we scale
- Serving as the senior escalation point for complex operational problems, trusted to make the right call and give guidance to more junior team members when the path isn’t clear, by using your judgement and external counsel where necessary
- Taking ownership of all or part of one-off, high-value projects, from regulatory license applications to complex new products for our customers, and seeing them through with minimal guidance
- Coaching junior members of the Operations team, setting high standards and helping them build the judgment needed to operate confidently in more complex situations
- Odin moves quickly, and you’ll be trusted to make important, high-stakes calls on your own
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Odin is at the apex of two major trends in finance: the democratisation of access to private markets through technology, and the increasingly social feel of finance and investing. The startup began as a social network with an investment layer built on top, though it is now a more focused financial service that simplifies startup investing.
The company's roots in social and community speak to a unique trajectory it is on. After gaining a lot of traction with its syndicate-formation service, the startup has been looking to develop further products that decentralise and simplify capital rails for the innovation ecosystem. It’s likely that the product roadmap will be developed in conjunction with its customer base, many of whom attend Odin’s salons.
Though the company has had to navigate an environment where capital going towards innovative companies is at a fraction of where it once was, it appears to have emerged unscathed, if not stronger. In 2023, it raised £2.4 million in a seed round that included contributions from 220 angels through its own platform. It plans to use these funds to roll out its marketplace for people raising money to find investors, as well as support scale-up plans across Europe and possibly into Asia.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Aug 2025
$0.8m
EARLY VC
May 2023
$3m
SEED
Total funding: $4.8m
Company benefits
- 25 days paid holiday, excluding public holidays
- Flexible hours (we care about the results, not when you work)
- Laptop assigned, Mac or Dell (Windows)
- Parental leave
- £1000 yearly learning & wellness budget
- Generous options package
- Free lunch on Wednesdays
Company values
- Impact - You focus on doing the highest priority things first, and recognise they are often harder or less fun than other things you could be doing. You exhibit bias-to-action, and avoid procrastination and “paralysis by analysis” at all costs. You accomplish amazing amounts of important work in an efficient manner .You focus on results rather than on process (but you understand how a great process can help in some instances).
- Judgement - You make wise decisions calmly (people, technical, business and creative) despite ambiguity and stress. You keep us nimble by minimising complexity and finding time to simplify. You think strategically and can prioritise what makes sense for now vs later. You assess problems from first principles. You show depth to your reasoning and differentiate facts from assumptions.
- Honesty - You show integrity and always do what is right - for our customers, for your team, for the business. You are known for candour and directness. You do not shy away from difficult conversations. You are non-political: you only say things about fellow employees that you would say to their face. You are honest with yourself and quick to admit mistakes.
- Selflessness - You seek what is best for Odin rather than best for yourself or your group. You think beyond yourself about how you can positively impact others around you. You are not driven by ego or personal emotions in your decision-making. You share information openly and proactively that would be helpful for others.
- Curiosity - You understand things quickly and have an inherent thirst for knowledge. Everything is a strong opinion, weakly held, and you’re always open to changing your mind. You seek to gain a deep understanding of things and always question why things are a certain way, challenging prevailing assumptions. You seek to deeply understand Odin’s business: the strategy, product, industry, customers, and suppliers.
- Passion - You care intensely about Odin’s success. You celebrate wins. You are tenacious and you never give up. You inspire others with your thirst for excellence.
- Communication - You listen well, instead of reacting fast, so you can better understand. You are clear, concise and thoughtful in speech and writing, showing respect for others’ time in how you communicate. You treat people with respect regardless of their status or disagreement with you. You are a calm and level-headed presence in stressful situations.
Company HQ
Dalston, London, UK
Leadership
Mary Lin
(Co-Founder & Co-CEO)Ex-Product Manager and Software Engineer at multiple venture-backed startups. On Entrepreneur First: 5th cohort.
Paddy Ryan
(Co-Founder & Co-CEO)Previously worked at the Irish embassy in Moscow, before working at CrowdCube and building out Coca Cola's venture arm.
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