Financial Controller, InfoSum
6 Month FTC
2-3 days a week in office
Decentralized data collaboration platform
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Decentralized data collaboration platform
21-100 employees
Be an early applicant
2-3 days a week in office
21-100 employees
Company mission
InfoSum's mission is to provide a decentralized platform designed to remove the trust barriers between progress and privacy.
Role
Who you are
- Qualified Accountant: ACA, ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent professional accounting qualification
- Proven Experience: Significant experience (e.g., 5+ years post-qualification) in a Financial Controller or similar senior finance role
- Start-up Acumen: Demonstrated experience working in fast-paced, dynamic start-up environments, with an ability to adapt quickly, be hands-on, and manage multiple priorities
- Big Company Exposure (Beneficial): Experience gained within a larger, more structured corporate environment, bringing best practices in controls, processes, and reporting
- Project Management Skills: A strong track record of successfully managing and delivering complex finance-related projects, ideally involving systems implementation, process improvement, or compliance initiatives
- Technical Expertise:
- Solid understanding of IFRS.
- Experience with SOX compliance and internal controls is highly desirable
- Familiarity with corporate reporting requirements for a parent company is a significant advantage
- Experience with revenue recognition in a shifting commercial model
- SaaS Experience (Beneficial but not essential): Prior experience in a Software as a Service (SaaS) business, understanding subscription models, revenue recognition, and related metrics
- Analytical & Problem-Solving: Exceptional analytical skills with the ability to identify issues, propose solutions, and drive implementation
- Communication & Collaboration: Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively with diverse stakeholders across the business and externally
- Proactive & Self-Starter: A highly motivated individual who can work autonomously, take initiative, and thrive in an environment with evolving priorities
What the job involves
- We are seeking an experienced and proactive Financial Controller to join our finance team on a 6-month fixed-term contract
- This is a unique opportunity for a hands-on finance professional to make a significant impact during a period of critical growth and change
- While overseeing core financial operations, a key focus of this role will be to manage and drive several high-priority projects that are essential for strengthening our financial controls, compliance, and operational efficiency
- Our current finance team, structured for lean BAU operations, is facing increased demands due to recent strategic developments
- We require an individual who can quickly integrate, take ownership of key initiatives, and provide immediate capacity and expertise to mitigate growing risks across controls, compliance, and our order-to-cash process
- Corporate Reporting Obligations: Lead and manage the successful implementation and ongoing compliance with corporate reporting requirements under WPP. This includes establishing robust processes and ensuring timely and accurate submissions
- Integration & Wind-Down Activities: Oversee the financial aspects of employee integration and entity wind-down activities, ensuring seamless transitions, accurate accounting, and compliance with all relevant regulations
- SOX Onboarding & Control Enhancement: Drive the onboarding process for SOX compliance, including the identification, documentation, and enhancement of internal controls across financial processes. Work closely with internal and external stakeholders to embed a strong control environment
- Revenue Protection & FP&A Enhancement:
- Collaborate with commercial teams to implement and refine processes for revenue protection under a shifting commercial model, ensuring accurate revenue recognition and robust billing/collection procedures
- Bolster FP&A deliverables related to the shifting commercial model, including developing and enhancing revenue analytics, improving budgeting and forecasting methodologies, and providing deeper insights into commercial performance
- Risk Mitigation: Proactively identify and address growing risks across financial controls, compliance, and the order-to-cash process, implementing effective solutions and best practices
- Oversee the day-to-day financial operations, ensuring accurate and timely financial reporting, including month-end and year-end close processes
- Manage revenue for the group from Saas metrics through to revenue recognition
- Ensure compliance with all statutory reporting requirements, tax regulations, and internal policies
- Support the preparation of financial statements and management reports
- Assist in the development and implementation of financial policies and procedures to improve efficiency and control
- Collaborate with the existing finance team (part-qualified accountant, management accountant) to provide guidance and support, fostering their development
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Data protection and data privacy currently represent some of the main concerns of businesses of all sizes today due to the costly consequences of data breaches. InfoSum aims to alleviate security concerns by building a decentralized solution that allows secure data sharing between organizations.
The innovation of InfoSum comes from the fact that they have created a decentralized method based on patented technology through which companies can share their data with other companies without passing it on to each other. The technology connects customer records between organisations, without moving or sharing data, thus InfoSum's solution is compliant with all current privacy laws.
InfoSum wants to capitalize on the opportunity provided by the expected high demand for privacy-focused tools and software in the following period. In line with this vision, they raised $65 million in 2021, as part of a Series B funding round, which is being invested into international expansion, in developing its decentralized platform, and in hiring new talent across all divisions. The company counts AT&T, Disney, Omnicom, and Merkle among its clients.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-27% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Aug 2021
$65m
SERIES B
Sep 2020
$15.1m
SERIES A
Total funding: $88.1m
Company benefits
- Competitive Salary
- Health Insurance
- Mental Wellbeing
- Stock Options
- Generous Holiday
- Flexibility
Company HQ
Fitzrovia, London, UK
Leadership
Brian Lesser
(CEO, not founder)Currently Board Director at Ogury. Previously Advertisiing and Analytics CEO at Xandr, part of AT&T. Previously North American CEO of GroupM and Board Director at AppNexus.
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