Efficiency Associate

Nothing; Greater London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Nothing in London is hiring an Efficiency Associate to tackle real cost problems from week one. You’ll pull data from finance and procurement systems, identify overpayments and misalignments, and drive process improvements with cross‑team collaboration across countries.

The role blends analysis with hands‑on procurement, vendor negotiations, and building AI workflows to automate checks. Fluency in English and another European language is preferred; AI experience a plus.

Qualifications

• Degree in finance, economics, business, engineering, or a quantitative field.
• Strong Excel or Google Sheets skills; SQL or Python is a plus.
• Ability to read contracts and invoices line by line and understand numbers.
• Clear, concise written communication.
• Experience with AI tools in work and some scripting or LLM building is a plus.
• Fluent English and at least one other European language; Mandarin is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Analyse spend by vendor, department and region to identify savings opportunities.
• Prepare vendor negotiations and renewals with benchmarks and data.
• Run end-to-end procurement processes from RFQ to recommendations.
• Review expense claims and partner settlements for errors or irregularities.
• Track and report savings monthly.
• Collaborate with Finance, Legal and HR to implement process changes.
• Build and improve AI workflows to automate checks.

Skills

Excel/Sheets

SQL/Python

Contract analysis

Clear writing

AI tools usage

English + another language

Discretion

Education

Degree in finance or quantitative field

Tools

SQL

Python

Job description

About Nothing

Nothing exists to make tech feel exciting again.

We're building a different kind of technology company, one that puts design, emotion, and human creativity at the heart of everything we do. From the way our products look and feel to how we communicate and show up in culture, we believe technology should make you feel something.

Founded in London in 2020, we've grown from idea to global challenger in just a few years. Backed by GV (Google Ventures), EQT Ventures, and C Ventures, and investors like Tony Fadell (iPod), Casey Neistat, and Kevin Lin (Twitch), we're now sold in 40+ markets with millions of users worldwide.

About the team

Efficiency & Cost Control is a small team that reports directly to the CEO's office. We look at where the company spends money and whether it should: vendor contracts, procurement, budgets, expense claims, distributor and partner deals. When the numbers don't add up, we find out why and fix the process behind it. We also run General Procurement for the whole company. The team is flat and we prefer writing things down to holding meetings. We also use AI for most of the heavy lifting. Reviewing hundreds of contracts, reconciling invoices against payments or going through months of expense data used to take weeks, and now a lot of it is done by agents that we build and supervise ourselves.

About the Role

As Efficiency Associate you'll work on real cost problems from your first week. You'll pull data from finance and procurement systems, find where we overpay or where something doesn't match, and help change it. Part of the job is analysis. The other part is chasing people across teams and countries until you get an answer.

What you'll do

• Analyse spend by vendor, department and region to find savings: duplicate tools, unused licences, contracts priced above market

• Prepare vendor negotiations and renewals with benchmarks, usage data, alternative quotes and notice dates

• Run smaller procurement processes end to end, from RFQ to comparing offers to a recommendation

• Review expense claims, distributor marketing funds and partner settlements for errors or irregularities, and document what you find

• Track and report savings every month

• Work with Finance, Legal and HR to turn findings into process changes, such as approval rules, budget controls and policies

• Build and improve the AI workflows the team runs every day, so checks that were done by hand once become automatic the next time

What we're looking for

• Degree in finance, economics, business, engineering or another quantitative field

• Very good with Excel or Google Sheets. SQL or Python is a plus

• You can read a contract or an invoice line by line and ask why each number is there

• You write clearly and keep it short

• You already use AI tools in your own work and are curious about how far they can go. Some scripting or experience building with LLMs is a plus

• Fluent English plus at least one other European language. Mandarin is also a plus

• Discretion, since you'll see sensitive financial and employee information

Bonus Point

• Internship in audit, consulting, procurement or FP&A

How we work

• Location: London (King's Cross)

• Working Pattern: This is a full-time, in-office role (5 days a week). We move fast, and that means being physically present. We design flexibility around personal needs, but we focus on the magic that sparks when we're all in the same room.

• Commute: We ask that you live within a 60-minute commute of your home office location.