Head of Strategic Finance

Relay Technologies; London; On-site; GBP 200,000 +; Full time

Job summary

A leading logistics technology company in London is seeking a Head of Strategic Finance to lead fundraising and manage investor relations. The ideal candidate will have experience in financial modeling and excellent communication skills. This role offers generous equity, private health, and extensive perks including gym subsidies and flexible hardware choices.

Benefits

Generous equity options

Private health and dental coverage

25 days of holidays

Enhanced parental leave

Flexible hardware choices

Gym subsidies

Cycle-to-work scheme

Covered Uber home and dinner for late nights

Qualifications

• Experience in consultancy, corporate finance, VC, or PE roles.
• Comfortable with SaaS or tech company metrics.
• Ability to produce impactful investor-focused materials.

Responsibilities

• Lead Series B fundraising process from strategy to execution.
• Manage end-to-end investor relations.
• Drive strategic financial planning and analysis.

Skills

Financial modelling

Valuation skills

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Job description

Head of Strategic Finance @ RELAY

Relay is fundamentally reshaping how goods move in an online era. Backed by Europe’s largest-ever logistics Series A ($35M), led by deep-tech investors Plural (whose portfolio spans fusion energy and space exploration), Relay is scaling faster than 99.98% of venture-backed startups. We're assembling the most talent-dense team the logistics industry has ever seen

Relay’s Mission is to free commerce from friction. Today, high delivery costs act as a hidden tax on e-commerce, quietly shaping what can be sold online and limiting who can participate. We envision a world where more goods move more freely between more people, making the online shopping experience seamless and accessible to everyone.

In this future:

THE TEAM
• ~90 people, more than half in engineering, product and data
• 45+ advanced degrees across computer science, mathematics and operations research
• Thousands of data points captured, calculated, analysed and predicted for every single parcel we handle
• An intellectually vibrant culture of first‑principles thinking, tight feedback loops and relentless experimentation

The Opportunity

• Partner with the Founder and CFO to lead the end-to-end Series B fundraising process, from strategy to execution.

• Lead end-to-end investor relations, from sourcing and qualifying strategic partners to developing materials and managing ongoing communications and reporting.

• Collaborate with teams across Legal, Finance, and Operations to ensure investor diligence is backed by a rigorous and coherent financial narrative.

• Lead strategic financial planning, including long-range planning, capital allocation frameworks, and scenario modelling to support critical business decisions.

• Drive cross-functional financial analysis to assess growth opportunities, cost initiatives, and margin improvements.

Who will thrive in this Role?

• Experience carrying out deep analysis of companies/markets in a consultancy/corporate finance/VC/PE role

• Strong financial modelling and valuation skills; comfortable with SaaS or tech company metrics.

• Excellent communication and storytelling ability — able to distil complexity into a compelling narrative for investors. Ability to produce highly impactful and digestible investor/executive/board-focused materials.

• Highly organised, detail-oriented, and able to manage multiple workstreams under tight deadlines.

Who Thrives at Relay?

• Aim with Precision: You define problems clearly and measure your impact meticulously.

• Play to Win: You chase bold bets, tackle the hard stuff, and view constraints as fuel, not friction.

• 1% Better Every Day: You believe that small, consistent improvements lead to exponential growth. You move quickly, deliver results, and learn from every experience.

• All In, All the Time: You show up and step up. You take ownership from start to finish and do what it takes to deliver when it counts.

• People-Powered Greatness: You invest in your teammates. You give and receive feedback with care and candour. You build trust through high standards and shared success.

• Grow the Whole Pie: You seek out win-win solutions for merchants, couriers, and our customers, because when they thrive, so do we.
  
  If these resonate, and you combine strong technical fundamentals with entrepreneurial drive, let’s connect.

Compensation & Benefits

• Generous equity, richer than 99% of European startups, with annual top-ups to share Relay’s success.

• Private health & dental coverage, so comprehensive you’d need to be a partner at a Magic Circle law firm to match it.

• 25 days of holidays

• Enhanced parental leave.

• Hardware of your choice.

• Extensive perks (gym subsidies, cycle-to-work, Friday office lunch, covered Uber home and dinner for late nights, and more).

Fast and Focused Hiring Process

1. Talent Acquisition Interview - 30 min

2. Interview with CFO - 30 min

3. Onsite Stage

   1. Case study and deep dive with CEO and CFO - 90 min

   2. Values Interview with VP of Operations - 45 min

4. Decision and offer within 48 hours. Our process mirrors our pace of work.

Relay is an equal-opportunity employer committed to diversity, inclusion, and fostering a workplace where everyone thrives.