Startup Operations Graduate

Novabook; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Novabook in London is hiring Startup Operations Graduates to join our AI-native accounting startup. You will explore two core functions: Operations and Accounting, building understanding of how a modern startup operates and how teams work together in an AI-first environment.

You’ll learn from founders who have scaled tech startups and gain hands-on experience with real problems, fast-paced ownership, and opportunities to grow with the company.

Qualifications

• Recent graduate or expecting to graduate soon.
• No prior work experience required.
• Strong academic background. STEM encouraged but not required.

Responsibilities

• Learn startup operations and accounting fundamentals.
• Contribute to solving real problems in a fast-paced, high-ownership environment.
• Collaborate with founders and cross-functional teams to understand how a modern AI-native startup operates.

Education

Recent graduate or about to graduate

Strong academic background

No prior work experience required

Job description

Location: Victoria, London (5 days in-office)

Salary: £30,000-£40,000 (salary & equity reviews frequent based on performance)

About Novabook

Novabook is an AI-native accounting firm founded by Stephen Wilks & Lukas Feddern. Our team previously founded, scaled and sold a technology company for $50M. We started Novabook to solve the problems we faced during this process. Our aim is to make the financial processes of starting, running and selling a business in the UK easier. We split our team in half, using Software & AI to automate accounting whilst also providing the best service in the world to young & growing startups.

We are a small, rapidly growing team of 50 people at the moment (18 people in the engineering & product team, 6 people in the sales & marketing team). Our first venture together was senecalearning.com, which scaled to 12M users and a successful acquisition in 2022.

After launching in May 2024, we already have 1000+ clients, millions in ARR and are growing quickly, this is an opportunity to join the ride at an early stage. We’ve raised over £10M in capital to scale Novabook.

Novabook was born out of our personal experiences with the shortcomings of traditional accountancy practices while running Seneca. After dealing with inefficient software and unreliable accountancies for 8 years, we believe it's time to tackle these challenges head‑on.

What technological problems are we solving?

Software that accounting firms currently run on is extremely outdated & disjointed. This results in a lot of manual work which is costly and error prone. We are building a suite of integrated products to automate 90% of the workflow within accounting firms. We are rapidly scaling our engineering team to facilitate this build out across workflow, payments, open banking, payroll & automated bookkeeping domains.

Culture

We are well‑funded but the hardest period of a start‑up is always the first couple of years, when the team is small, and you are heavily relied on personally. But this also exposes you to the most interesting period of a company’s lifecycle and also the period where you can learn the most & earn the most material rewards. You won’t be expected to work evenings & weekends, but you will be expected to work hard when on the job.

About the role

We’re hiring Startup Operations Graduates across several teams as we scale as an AI‑native company on an ambitious unicorn journey. We have graduate roles open that incorporate two core functions:

• Operations: Supporting how the business runs and scales day to day
• Accounting: Helping build strong financial foundations from early stage

You’ll start off building a core understanding of our operations, working on real problems and contributing directly to Novabook. As you learn and progress you’ll gain broad exposure to how a modern startup operates and how different teams work together in an AI‑first environment.

You’ll work closely with founders who have previously built and scaled a technology company, learning directly from experienced operators and getting hands‑on experience early in your career. This is a fast‑paced, high‑ownership environment designed for graduates who want responsibility, steep learning, and the chance to grow alongside the company.

What we’re looking for in you

• Recent graduate or expecting to graduate soon.
• No prior work experience required.
• Strong academic background. STEM encouraged but not required.

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