Deployment Lead, AI-Driven Accounting Solutions

Creandum Group; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Meaningful equity

Benefits package

Job summary

Rillet is seeking a Deployment Lead to drive successful onboarding of customers, working closely with Product, Engineering, and Customer Success to translate accounting workflows into practical implementation solutions. You will engage directly with finance teams, manage multiple streams, and guide customers through training, data migration, and adoption in a fast-paced startup environment.

Ideal candidates have a strong accounting foundation, excellent communication, and experience in

Qualifications

• Meaningful experience in accounting, audit, advisory, finance transformation, or a related customer-facing role.
• Strong accounting foundation, with the ability to speak credibly about financial close, reconciliations, revenue recognition, and core finance workflows, including familiarity with UK GAAP and IFRS.
• Excellent communication skills and the presence to work directly with customers and senior stakeholders.
• Systems-minded and excited to learn implementation work, even if you have not formally held an implementation title before.
• Strong organisational and project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple workstreams at once.
• Comfortable operating in a fast‑paced environment while maintaining high attention to detail.
• Experience working cross‑functionally with technical and non‑technical teams.
• Experience at a Big Four firm, SaaS company, or high‑growth technology company is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead key parts of customer onboarding and deployment, helping ensure a smooth and timely implementation experience.
• Partner with internal teams across Product, Engineering, and Customer Success to execute implementation plans and solve customer problems quickly.
• Learn and analyse client accounting and finance workflows, then translate those needs into clear requirements and practical solutions.
• Guide customers through onboarding, training, change management, and adoption.
• Support data migration, reconciliations, systems setup, and integration coordination.
• Track milestones, drive follow-through, and keep internal and external stakeholders aligned throughout the onboarding process.
• Identify risks early, elevate issues quickly, and help keep customer launches on track.
• Build trust with customers by being responsive, thoughtful, and solutions-oriented.
• Maintain clear documentation and provide regular status updates to customers and internal stakeholders.

Skills

Accounting experience

Strong communication

Project management

Cross-functional collaboration

UK GAAP IFRS familiarity

Customer-facing experience

Big Four / SaaS familiarity

Job description

Rillet is seeking a Deployment Lead to drive successful onboarding of customers, working closely with Product, Engineering, and Customer Success to translate accounting workflows into practical implementation solutions. You will engage directly with finance teams, manage multiple streams, and guide customers through training, data migration, and adoption in a fast-paced startup environment.

Ideal candidates have a strong accounting foundation, excellent communication, and experience in