Credit Controller, Beam
£35-40k
Plus share options
2-5 days a week in office
Reinventing welfare services with Tech & AI
Job no longer available
Reinventing welfare services with Tech & AI
101-200 employees
Job no longer available
£35-40k
Plus share options
2-5 days a week in office
101-200 employees
Company mission
To give everyone access to human-centred welfare services.
Role
Who you are
- Humble and keen to learn with a can-do positive attitude
- Renowned for your incredible attention to detail
- Excited to learn more about finance and startup ops
- Keen to bring your true, open self to work
- Professional accounting qualification ACA/ACCA/CIMA with a minimum of 3 years' finance/accounting experience
- Proficient in technical accounting and expert-level skills in Microsoft Excel
- Excellent communication skills and a proven track record with month-end and audit processes
- Flexible, independent work style with a strong problem-solving drive and a knack for adapting to changing priorities
- Ideal: knowledge of Xero (accounts payable and bank reconciliation, sales invoicing and journal inputting) and ideally Pleo
- Ideal: experience in an accounts receivable role in a fast-paced environment
What the job involves
- We're looking for a Credit Controller to join our growing finance function. We’re looking to hire someone on a permanent basis to support Beam during a period of incredible growth
- Your key responsibility will be ensuring the completeness and accuracy of Beam’s revenue and managing cash collection so that our Partnerships team can continue to grow our customer base in commissioning Beam to support local communities
- On top of this, you will work directly with the Finance Lead to prepare for our first year audit in 2025
- Performing detailed bank and customer account reconciliations to ensure accurate and up-to-date financial records
- Working diligently to achieve monthly cash collection targets, contributing to the financial stability and growth of the organisation
- Preparing and submitting invoices and financial reports to customers catering to their specific requirements and providing valuable insights into their financial data
- Taking responsibility for maintaining and updating client records, ensuring that all relevant information is accurately recorded and readily accessible for future reference
- Key point of contract for the sales & partnerships team
- Executing daily downloads directly from the bank and allocating payments accurately, maintaining the integrity and completeness of financial transactions
- Prepare journal entries to ensure our accounts are prepared on an accrual basis
- Assist in the monthly close process, adhering to GAAP
- Support financial planning, analysis and various ad hoc projects
- Support non-finance colleagues with financial inquiries and participate in ad hoc projects
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Trusted by over 100 government partners, Beam is a social enterprise that brings AI to welfare services. Enabled by tech and AI, their caseworkers have supported thousands of underserved people into homes and jobs, whilst their software has slashed admin for thousands of frontline workers across the UK.
Beam is funded by established names in the UK tech scene, the world's top impact funds and the Mayor of London. Founder and CEO, Alex Stephany, brings a track record from his previous startup backed by Index Ventures and was even named Purpose Entrepreneur of the Year 2024. The rest of Beam's senior team has their own wealth of experience from a variety of leading startups, tech, and social impact businesses like Arm, Multiverse, and GoCardless.
Beam has also won multiple awards, including a Queen's Award - one of the UK's most prestigious business awards - and has twice been voted as one of the top 100 places to work in the UK. Their work has been covered widely in the media, with features from the BBC, The Times, FT, Forbes and The Independent.
AI has the potential to be a game changer for social workers and in a recent pilot, Beam's AI tool, Magic Notes, reduced the time spend on administrative tasks by over 60% and cut assessment write-ups from four hours to just 90 minutes. As councils explore next steps, Beam's technology is already redefining how frontline workers deliver care, so they can spend more time on what matters most.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Meet the team
5 people
Rachel Astall, CCO
Our mission
Our 5-person C-Suite brings together leaders from tech, care work and AI - bringing a wealth of diverse experience.Insights
61% female employees
61% employee growth in 12 months
Glassdoor (3.9)
Company
Company benefits
- Share options: Be a Beam owner with EMI-qualifying share options
- Access to therapy, coaching, classes & content - powered by Oliva
- 1:1 workplace coaching with Oliva
- Your own financial well-being coach, through Bippit
- Generous Holiday - 25 days with 3 additional days over the Christmas period + bank holidays
- Work remotely up to 6 weeks a year
- Eligible for a 6-week sabbatical after 3 years in service
- Nursery scheme through Gogeta
- Healthcare cover through Benenden Health
- Enhanced parental leave: Primary Caregiver leave 18 weeks and Secondary Caregiver leave 4 weeks
- £200 WellBeam budget for activities enhancing wellbeing and professional development
- Annual membership to Shoreditch Exchange gym (London office only)
- Pension scheme where we contribute 4% of your salary and you contribute 5%.
- Free subscription to the Calm meditation app
- Discounted bike and accessories with Cyclescheme, and tech products with Techscheme
Company values
- Mission first: We drive the mission for those we serve with heart, grit and zero ego
- Aim high and deliver: We deliver outsized impact through setting and executing against ambitious targets
- Raise the pace: We move with urgency and accelerate others, without compromising excellence
- Get better together: Everything is a work in progress. We constantly work on improving ourselves and Beam
Company HQ
London, UK
Articles
Leadership
Alex Stephany
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously CEO of JustPark, a leading online marketplace for parking with over 4M customers backed by Index Ventures. Expert on the sharing economy and author of The Business of Sharing (Macmillan).
Seb Barker
(Co-Founder & COO)Helped pioneer personalised healthcare for the NHS. Worked on the world's first social impact bond in homelessness.
People progressing
Ryan joined in 2020 as an Operations Executive. Since then, they have held a number of roles and are now the Head of Operations.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Beam
- We work hard to build teams that are diverse in every way.
- We’re committed to creating inclusive hiring processes which allow people with diverse backgrounds to showcase their talents
- We particular encourage applications from those who are underrepresented in startups: those from black and underrepresented ethnic groups and people with lived experience of homelessness/social disadvantage
Share this job
View 15 more jobs at Beam