Financial Auditor – Customer Growth

Cortea-Ai; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity participation

Hybrid London-Berlin travel

25+ days holiday allowance

Pension contribution

Private medical insurance

Job summary

Cortea is seeking an experienced auditor to join its UK go-to-market team. You will be the credible audit expert, leading discussions with prospects and customers, and helping convert pilots into long-term partnerships. You will deepen relationships, own methodology conversations, and help grow accounts across the UK.

You will speak with auditors as a peer, collaborate with colleagues in Berlin, and maintain a strong public presence through industry engagement and LinkedIn activity.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of financial audit experience (Big 4 or leading mid-tier preferred).
• ACA (ICAEW), ACCA, or equivalent chartered accountancy qualification.
• A confident, client-facing communicator with public presence
• Comfortable taking ownership in a young, fast-moving company and guiding processes
• Strong grasp of ISA, UK GAAP, IFRS, and the Companies Act 2006 for methodology discussions
• Native English speaker; German is a plus; right to work in the UK

Responsibilities

• Audit Expertise: act as the audit subject-matter expert in Cortea's UK go-to-market unit.
• Customer Relationships & Growth: be the primary contact for UK customers during pilots and rollouts; identify upsell opportunities.
• Industry Voice: build a public presence for Cortea; be active on LinkedIn and at industry events
• Market Insight: feed customer & market insights back to the product team to sharpen the UK roadmap
• Berlin Collaboration: travel to Berlin hub for collaboration with founders and GTM colleagues

Skills

Audit experience

ACA/ACCA

Client-facing

ISA knowledge

English native

UK work rights

Education

ACA/ACCA or equivalent

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