Finance Director, Lindus Health
+ Equity
2-5 days a week in office
Anti-CRO for life science pioneers
Open for applications
Anti-CRO for life science pioneers
101-200 employees
Open for applications
+ Equity
2-5 days a week in office
101-200 employees
Company mission
To improve the clinical research experience and build a better clinical research organization.
Role
Who you are
- You are a qualified accountant with 8+ years of total experience in finance, accounting & FP&A roles
- You have Big 4 (or equivalent) audit training and strong core accounting fundamentals
- You have spent at least 3 years in finance roles at Series A - Series D (eg 20 - 500 FTEs) startups/scaleups similarly fast-moving environment). Ideal candidates have held management roles in finance at fast moving startups for most of their career
- Ideally Experience leading Finance teams in project-based/consultancy businesses (vs SaaS or consumer)
- Have proven ability to cover both controllership/technical accounting and FP&A/planning/modelling
- Strong technical judgement (especially around IFRS 15/services revenue recognition)
- You have a a hands-on mindset
- Keen eye and attention to detail, matched with the comfort of working in a fast-paced environment where ambiguity and the ability to adapt processes and forecasting assumptions are key
- You can influence leaders, challenge assumptions, and communicate clearly to non-finance audiences
- Comfortable swiftly zooming in and out of detail to see the bigger picture
- You belong here! If your experience and interests align with the above, we want you to apply
What the job involves
- We’re hiring a Finance Director to lead our finance function through the next phase of growth
- This is a high-impact role combining strong controllership and technical accounting with high-quality FP&A and commercial insight
- You’ll ensure our numbers are audit-ready and our decisions are well supported while staying close to the detail and building foundations that scale
- This is both a hands-on and strategic role
- You’ll be comfortable leading the Finance Operations team, delivering monthly management accounts and lead the annual audit end-to-end and rolling up your sleeves to build models, improve processes, and partner with the business day-to-day as well as lead and coach the existing finance team and be a strategic advisor to the executive team
- Leadership & team development:
- Lead the finance function, line managing team of 2, and hiring further team as needed
- Provide coaching and mentoring to team members to upskill and develop professionally
- Raise the bar on technical accounting depth, close quality, and business partnering
- Be a strategic partner to the executive team providing advice on best practices, revenue recognition and accrual strategies to support adequate maintenance of runway and cashflow
- Build a roadmap for scaling the function
- Financial control, reporting & audit:
- Ensure accurate and timely financial statements, including income statements, cost control reporting, balance sheets, and cash flow statements: accuracy, timelines, reconciliations, and continuous process improvement
- Lead the annual audit and statutory reporting process end-to-end: Auditor relationship, PBC management, technical papers, and delivery to deadlines
- Implement and strengthen internal controls, financial policies, and scalable processes as the company grows
- Ensure high-quality balance sheet management, evidence standards, and audit-ready documentation
- Act as the technical accounting owner for the business: Revenue recognition (IFRS 15), contract review guidance, and policy documentation
- Judgement areas such as provisions, accruals, capitalisation, leases, and share-based payments
- Planning, forecasting & modelling (hands-on):
- Lead annual budgeting and rolling forecasting, partnering with functional leads to build accountable plans
- Build and maintain driver-based models (revenue, margin, headcount, cash/runway, scenario planning)
- Produce clear monthly performance narratives for leadership: Variances, drivers, risks, and recommended actions
- Gross margin reporting & analysis
Application process
- We believe hiring should be transparent, respectful of your time, and give you a real feel for what Lindus Health is like. Here's what to expect:
- Initial conversation with Sophie, our Talent Lead (30 mins)
- Get to know each other, discuss the role, and answer any questions about Lindus
- Expertise interview with Meri, co-CEO (30 mins)
- Deep dive into your experience and how you'd approach key challenges
- Functional task with a panel interview with Michael, co-CEO and Hannah, Programme Ops Director (60 mins)
- This will include a task you’ll need to prepare in advance of the interview and talk too with the team
- Values interview with a co-founder and other member of the wider team (30 mins)
- A chance to get to know each other and explore how our values align
- Meet the team chat to our existing finance team; interim CFO, senior finance manager and finance associate (30 mins)
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Traditional clinical research companies are often inefficient and rely upon pen and paper, even for the UK COVID-19 vaccine trial, one of the best-funded trials in history. In addition, the cost of conducting clinical trials has skyrocketed over the last decade. This, of course, stifles innovation and means fewer new treatments for patients.
In response to these challenges, Lindus Health was established with the mission to simplify patient participation in research and expedite the development of novel treatments. On a mission to change how trials are conducted in order to provide faster, safer clinical trials on behalf of companies developing new treatments, and lowering the barriers to participation for patients.
Since launching in 2021, Lindus Health has actively connected patients with clinical trials across diverse domains, encompassing areas such as type 2 diabetes, COVID-19 diagnostics, and mental health. Bolstered by several successful funding rounds, the company is poised to facilitate end-to-end clinical trials and research sponsors with high-quality data. Alongside this growth, Lindus is expanding its workforce. This strategic approach underscores its commitment to reshaping the landscape of clinical research for the betterment of patients and the advancement of medical science.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
66% female employees
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Jan 2025
$55m
SERIES B
Aug 2023
$18m
SERIES A
Total funding: $78.7m
Company benefits
- Unlimited holidays; everyone is encouraged to take off at least 28 days each year
- £60 monthly wellness allowance with complete flexibility on how to spend this including opting in to a company private health insurance scheme through AXA, a wellhub membership and more!
- Access to gym and retail discounts through our benefits platform Happl.
- Enhanced Parental Leave - 16 weeks full pay for primary care giver & 6 weeks full pay for secondary care giver
- Cycle to work and other salary sacrifice schemes
- Regular whole company and team events, both in person and virtually!
- £1,000 Learning and Development allowance each year to put towards courses, certifications and development
- A well stocked pantry and drinks fridge, Monday breakfast spread and catered team lunch on a Thursday for the UK office every week!
Company values
- Be transparent: We share information across the whole team, avoiding hierarchies and siloes. No politics!
- Stay curious: Deference to "the way it has always been done" is the biggest thing holding our industry back
- Be high-agency: Nothing happens unless we make it happen. We never assume something is somebody else's responsibility
- Act quickly: Once we’ve made a decision. We win by moving fast
- Benefit patients: Our mission is serious, but we’ll only achieve it if we have fun while we go. Innovation doesn’t take place in a boring environment
Company HQ
Downtown Crossing, Boston, MA
Articles
Leadership
Meri Beckwith
(Co-Founder & Co-CEO)Previously a venture capital investor and partner to biotech and digital health companies including Attest, Latent Logic, Helloself and CoMind.
Michael Young
(Co-Founder & Co-CEO)Previously a Special Adviser to the UK Prime Minister, where they advised the UK government on life sciences. Also a former Management Consultant at McKinsey and LEK.
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