VP of Finance in London

What we are building at Conveo: Conveo is the AI research platform enabling fast, affordable, and high-quality consumer / B2B research. Global brands use our AI video interviewer to generate insights across marketing, product, and research teams.

What problem are we solving and why is this an important problem to solve: The current/traditional research methods companies rely on are slow, expensive, and superficial, thereby limiting the quantity and quality of research companies can conduct. Running great research also requires expertise which is a blocker to many companies. That directly affects how well companies understand their customers and how well they can serve them.

The team you will join: You will join an extremely talented team of incredibly passionate, high-energy people. We go the extra mile while having the best time of our lives. Our team has the combination of decades of market research knowledge, incredible engineering ability, and experience building companies.

How we operate: We truly care about our clients and the problem we solve. That means we humbly go the extra mile every time. We work hard and we have fun. To keep our quality bar incredibly high, we want to execute with the smallest possible team.

About the Role: We are winning Fortune 500 clients at warp speed while expanding internationally and growing our team. As VP of Finance, you will be the full owner and architect of Conveo’s finance function — owning end-to-end responsibility for converting Conveo's finance function into a bulletproof and scalable operation with necessary controls to scale through Series B and beyond. Through this role, you'll be the strategic designer, owner, and guardian of Conveo’s financials, be a core part of our leadership and work with the founders across all divisions, and drive the discussions for every significant call on capital, revenue and expenses, hiring, and growth.

Your Mission: Main responsibilities of your team include:

• Finance function architecture — design and optimise the finance function from 1 to 100 (team, responsibilities, financial systems, internal controls) that will allow Conveo to scale from ~45 today to 150+ people in only the next months.
• Finance team building — Build out the team to professionalise Conveo’s finance team.
• Financial Operations — Design and then manage your finance team to own AP/AR management, VAT, transfer pricing systems.
• Monthly close — Lead the team to structure the closing process of the books with our Big Four partner.
• Financial strategy & planning — Lead scenario analyses, KPI tracking.
• Cash & runway mastery — Give the company and investors real-time clarity on cash burn, scenario planning, and liquidity management, enabling fast and confident decision-making.
• Investor & board reporting — Own financial reporting for board and investors, financial due diligence/support in future fundraising, and build financial credibility that unlocks Series B funding.
• Business orchestration — Own hiring plans, ESOP plans, pricing, deal economics, capital allocation.

What we’re looking for: Must-haves include:

• 10+ years of strong experience across financial operations, accounting, audit, or financial control.
• Implemented and optimised financial systems and controls to bring structure and scalability to a startup.
• Accounting, reporting, financial control, compliance, AR/AP management, audit, and ERP systems.
• Owned monthly close with external auditors.
• Model mastery: three-statement, hiring plan, scenario analysis, and ad-hoc models.
• Has seen at least 1 ERP implementation/migration.
• Leadership experience, having led a team of financial controllers, accountants at venture companies.
• Experience of accounting and financial control experience at a startup/scaleup, ideally having set up the entire accounting system / ERP and books from scratch.
• Strong SaaS metrics understanding and FP&A experience.
• Fluent in English.

Mindset:

• Builder — creates accounting system with operational focus.
• Low ego — able to lead but also willing help with the grunt work.
• Precise — strong eye for detail and numerical accuracy.

Bonus:

• Familiarity with Belgian and/or UK local reporting/accountancy.
• Part of Series B or C fundraising as financial controller/accountant/financial ops manager.
• Experience with multi-entity consolidation.
• Managed financial operations for a startup before (accounting, ERP systems, AR/AP management, compliance).
• Experience with 409A, R&D subsidies, tax administration, transfer pricing.

What success looks like:

• Automated and efficient ERP/accounting-system with up-to-date figures and 100% accuracy.
• Conveo financially sound and prepared for Series B.
• Books closed on time every month, without exception.
• Keeping A/R and A/P on track in real-time.
• Live burn, runway, and KPI dashboard.
• Financial model actively driving decisions.

Why join us? Conveo closed its Series A round — with backing from Tier 1 investors. Design and own the finance ops function from Series A to Series B and beyond. Fortune 500 clients with exposure through industry events across the globe. Competitive compensation (including equity). Rapidly growing organisation with offices across London, Antwerp, New York, and upcoming cities.