AI-Native Finance & Operations Lead — Equity

Airspeed; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 110,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Market-competitive total compensation

Equity (stock options)

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Job summary

Airspeed is hiring a Finance & Operations Lead to build the financial and operational foundations for its next growth phase. You will own our finance engine, company reporting, and core operating systems, moving from modeling and board reporting to scalable, AI-enabled workflows.

You’ll report to the CEO and collaborate with founders and all function heads. This is a builder-operator role that emphasizes ownership and automation to reduce manual work where possible.

Qualifications

• Experience in finance, business operations, or a combined role at a scaling B2B SaaS or technology company.
• Hands-on ownership of planning, forecasting, management reporting, cash, runway, and board materials.
• A track record of building operating systems, not simply administering existing processes.
• Strong data and spreadsheet skills, with the ability to connect information across systems.
• An AI-native working style, with experience using AI to analyze, draft, reconcile, monitor, automate, and execute work.
• Sound commercial judgment and exceptional communication skills, with the ability to explain complex issues simply.
• A bias for action: high-ownership, low-ego operator who moves between big questions and execution.
• Comfort working across Finance, Sales, Product, Engineering and other teams in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Own the budget, rolling forecast, cash, runway, and scenario planning for leadership visibility.
• Lead monthly close with external partners and deliver clear board reporting.
• Develop ARR, bookings, retention, gross margin, burn, headcount, and unit economics with reconciled data.
• Oversee billing, payroll coordination, expenses, procurement, and vendor management.
• Make Airspeed AI-native in operations and redesign recurring workflows with AI and automation.
• Build self-serve workflows with clean data, audit trails, and appropriate human approvals.
• Measure automation impact: speed, accuracy, latency, and reduction of manual hours.

Skills

Finance & ops leadership

Planning & forecasting

Operating systems

Data & analytics

AI-native workflows

Stakeholder management

Ownership mindset

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

Airspeed is hiring a Finance & Operations Lead to build the financial and operational foundations for its next growth phase. You will own our finance engine, company reporting, and core operating systems, moving from modeling and board reporting to scalable, AI-enabled workflows.

You’ll report to the CEO and collaborate with founders and all function heads. This is a builder-operator role that emphasizes ownership and automation to reduce manual work where possible.