Financial Auditor – Customer Growth

Cortea AI; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity participation

Hybrid London office

25+ days holiday

Pension contribution

Private medical insurance

Job summary

Cortea AI in London seeks an experienced auditor to lead the UK go-to-market dialogue, building credibility with auditors and guiding pilots to long-term partnerships.

You will own trust, expertise, and account growth, manage key UK customer relationships, and shape the UK roadmap with feedback to product. Travel to Berlin is required, and you will engage publicly on industry forums and LinkedIn.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of financial audit experience (Big 4 or leading mid-tier firms preferred).
• ACA (ICAEW), ACCA, or equivalent chartered accountancy qualification.
• A confident, client-facing communicator: you enjoy presenting, networking, and representing your firm publicly, including at events and on LinkedIn.
• Comfortable taking ownership in a young, fast-moving company: you handle ambiguity well, work towards clear commercial targets, and enjoy building processes rather than following established ones.
• Strong grasp of ISA, UK GAAP, IFRS, and the Companies Act 2006, enough to hold your own in methodology discussions with partners.
• Native in English, German is a plus.
• Right to work in the UK required; we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role

Responsibilities

• Audit SME: Act as the audit subject-matter expert in Cortea's UK go-to-market unit during demos and pilots.
• Customer Relationships & Growth: Manage UK customer relationships and identify upsell opportunities.
• Industry Voice: Build Cortea's public presence; engage on LinkedIn and at industry events.
• Market Insight: Provide customer and market insights to sharpen the UK roadmap with the product team.
• Berlin Collaboration: Travel regularly to our Berlin hub to work with founders and GTM colleagues.

Skills

Auditing

Client-facing

Communication

Business development

Public speaking

Education

ACA/ACCA qualification

Chartered accountant accreditation

Job description

About Cortea

We're Cortea, a European audit-tech company, born in Berlin, rebuilding how audits are done everywhere.

Audits are still driven by spreadsheets, checklists, and manual reviews in one of the most regulated, high-stakes areas of business. We use AI to automate audits end to end, so highly educated auditors no longer spend 60+ hour weeks on manual work and can focus on judgment, trust, and choices that matter.

With €15m+ in funding, a live product, and paying customers across Europe, we're at a stage where your choices will directly shape Cortea's future, and how audits are done.

The Role

This is a role for an experienced auditor who enjoys the client side of the profession: building relationships, leading discussions, and earning the trust of sceptical practitioners. As part of Cortea's UK go-to-market team, you are the subject-matter expert who gives our commercial work credibility: you speak with auditors as a peer, lead methodology conversations with prospects and customers, and help turn pilots into long-term partnerships. Colleagues own the sales playbook, forecasting, and deal mechanics, while you own trust, expertise, and account growth.

Key Responsibilities

• Audit Expertise: Act as the audit subject-matter expert in Cortea's UK go-to-market unit, joining demos, pilots, and customer conversations as the credible auditor in the room
• Customer Relationships & Growth: Be a key point of contact for our UK customers throughout pilots and rollouts; deepen relationships at existing customers, identify upsell opportunities, and lead methodology conversations that grow accounts
• Industry Voice: Build a visible public presence for Cortea: be active on LinkedIn, speak at industry events, and evangelise AI-supported auditing to the UK profession
• Market Insight: Feed customer and market insight back to our product team to sharpen the UK roadmap
• Berlin Collaboration: Travel regularly to our Berlin hub to work closely with the founders and go-to-market colleagues

Requirements

• Minimum 5 years of financial audit experience (Big 4 or leading mid-tier firms preferred)
• ACA (ICAEW), ACCA, or equivalent chartered accountancy qualification
• A confident, client-facing communicator: you enjoy presenting, networking, and representing your firm publicly, including at events and on LinkedIn
• Comfortable taking ownership in a young, fast-moving company: you handle ambiguity well, work towards clear commercial targets, and enjoy building processes rather than following established ones
• Strong grasp of ISA, UK GAAP, IFRS, and the Companies Act 2006, enough to hold your own in methodology discussions with partners
• Native in English, German is a plus
• Right to work in the UK required; we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role

Benefits

• Competitive salary plus equity participation
• High-impact role at the intersection of audit and AI, with the chance to build Cortea's UK customer base and public presence
• Hybrid collaboration from our London office, with regular trips to our Berlin hub
• 25+ days holiday allowance
• Pension contribution
• Private medical insurance

Interview Process

• Intro call with Tim (Founders Associate)
• Technical audit interview with Philipp (Co-Founder)
• GTM & Collaboration Fit interview with Valentin (Co-Founder)
• On-site session (Berlin): run a mock methodology conversation with a sceptical audit partner, focused on credibility, objection handling, and expansion thinking

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