Head of Finance

Junior AI; London; On-site; NOK 2,282,000 - 3,043,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private health insurance

Visa sponsorship available

Team lunch at London HQ

Third Space membership

Job summary

Junior, a fast-growing SaaS company, is seeking an experienced Head of Finance to run the full quote-to-cash cycle, accounting, and finance operations. You will own revenue recognition, cash management, and controls while partnering with engineers and data scientists to implement usage-based pricing models.

You will lead external audits, ensure GAAP/IFRS compliance, and guide fundraising activities as the company scales across multiple entities.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of finance experience including high-growth SaaS startups.
• 2+ years in finance leadership roles.
• Holds accounting certification (ACA/ACCA/CIMA or CPA).
• Strong US GAAP experience with IFRS/UK GAAP familiarity.

Responsibilities

• Own and manage the full quote-to-cash cycle including contract structure and invoicing.
• Drive cash management, revenue recognition, and monthly/ quarterly close processes.
• Lead automation initiatives using AI finance tools and scalable systems.
• Oversee compliance with GAAP/ IFRS and coordinate external audits.
• Support fundraising, banking relationships and finance operations.
• Collaborate with COO and C-Suite on FP&A and business insights.

Job description

About Junior

We’re building cutting-edge LLM-powered workflow tools to supercharge investment research for private market investors. Our clients include most of the global top 10 private equity and consulting firms - Junior already powers hundreds of billions of dollars invested annually. We’re a profitable, bootstrapped company with a growing team of 50+ based in London, NYC and Sydney. We 10x’d our revenue in 2025.

You can read more about the company mission & values here.

Role Description

You will own and manage our quote-to-cash cycle, finance operations, and accounting function with decision making authority on what should be in-housed, outsourced, and automated. Your responsibilities will include:

• Own and manage the full quote-to-cash cycle including

  • Quote & contract structure

  • Managing our invoicing system & generating invoices

  • Collections & cash application

  • Revenue recognition & the close

  • Working with engineers / data scientists to implement new invoicing models for usage-based pricing agreements

• Drive automation of repetitive tasks

  • Use AI finance solutions and leverage our technical staff to run a highly automated, lean finance function

  • Support new system implementations and accounting tool integrations

• Manage finance operations, internal controls & compliance including

  • Cash management across entities and currencies

  • Intercompany management: recharges, balances, funding flows and transfer pricing documentation with our advisors

  • Tax and statutory compliance

  • Ensure compliance with GAAP / IFRS, company policies, and regulatory requirements

  • Lead external audits and coordinate with auditors for timely completion

  • Provide guidance on treatment for accounting issues

  • Draft and maintain accounting policies and memos for key transactions

• Oversee our accounting and reporting (managing management account and / or external service providers):

  • Financial statement preparation in accordance with US GAAP / IFRS (for UK entity)

  • Month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close processes

  • Managing on-going accounting activities including AP, AR, payroll accounting, and cash management

• Keep Junior financing-ready and support fundraising

  • Opportunity to support in leading fundraising rounds

  • Own customer-facing financial diligence

  • Own banking and credit facility relationships

• FP&A and business operations

  • Collaborate with FP&A, operations, and cross-functional leaders to provide analysis and insights

  • Support budget vs. actual variance analysis

About You

8+ years of finance experience including high-growth SaaS startup; 2+ years of finance leadership experience:

• Holds accounting certification (e.g. ACA/ACCA/CIMA or CPA)

• 8+ years of combined experience including

  • 5+ years of experience at high growth SaaS startup(s)

  • 2+ years of experience managing complex quote-to-cash structures

  • bonus points for

    • 2+ years of experience as sole finance hire / head of finance

    • career start at top public accounting firm

• Versed in complex quote-to-cash structures: Junior uses highly bespoke usage-based pricing models with significant variation across customers and product lines — you will need to be versed in handling complex usage based pricing / quote-to-cash structures

• An owner: able to design / implement accounting processes for the ground-up

• Proficient in US GAAP, familiarity with IFRS and/or UK GAAP

• Flexible in approach — willing / able to be flexible and build an accounting system that fits to our business

• AI-native: daily user of LLMs such as Claude and familiar with AI finance tools

Why Junior

• Top 1% traction: 0-25+ m rev in 3 years, fully bootstrapped / profitable, top-tier customers inc. some of MBB, Big 4, Top 5 PE mega-funds

• Flat org structure: lean startup environment with ≤1 manager between each role and the c-suite

• Competitive salary + equity and first-class benefits inc:

  • Team lunch provided everyday at the London HQ!

  • Third Space membership

  • Private health insurance

  • Multiple all-expense paid offsites per year (last 3 trips include Crete, Greece; Cancun, Mexico; Barcelona, Spain)

  • Visa sponsorship available

Additional info

• Current finance stack (experience with our current tools is not required)

  • Payment processing / invoices: Stripe

  • Automated billing: in-house system access via Retool

  • Accounting: Xero (UK), Quickbooks (US)

• Reporting line: You will direct report to the COO & regularly communicate with the rest of the C-Suite