Head of Finance in London

The Team & Environment

• Reporting line: You will report into the CEO.
• Cross team collaboration: You will have access to and frequent touch points with other key leaders in the business to ensure financial alignment across the business.
• Hybrid working: If you live in London or within commuting distance, we’d like you to come into the office at least once a week. If you’re elsewhere in the UK, we ask you to come in once a month and for our Quarterly All Hands.

About the role

As our Head of Finance, you will be the primary architect of Greyparrot’s financial engine, joining us at a pivotal moment. Building on the existing systems we already have, this is a high-impact role that blends strategic leadership with operational execution. As the company grows there is a clear trajectory toward becoming VP of Finance/CFO. You’ll partner directly with the executive team to professionalise our fiscal landscape while remaining "hands-on" as we scale post-Series B.

We are looking for an experienced startup finance professional who understands the nuances of the B2B landscape and translates that into processes with best-practice accounting and FP&A frameworks. Ultimately, you will bridge the gap between where we are today and where we need to be as a global leader, ensuring our financial health supports our mission to tackle the world's waste crisis.

Core responsibilities

• Operational finances: Improving key operational processes e.g. purchasing/accounts payable, payroll; supporting managers as they utilise their annual budgets. Initially you would be hands on with this, ensuring all aspects are fit to scale, before moving into an overseeing position.
• FP&A: Driving the financial planning process and supporting strategic decision making from a financial perspective. This includes tracking key financial metrics across the business at board/exec level and manager level.
• Accounting: Initially being hands on with the management accounts, ensuring full alignment with business practices, before handing this over to someone in your team or external accounting firm. Overseeing transaction reconciliation, closing process and consolidation of a Dutch subsidiary and tax filings.
• General corporate support: e.g. Company cap table management, employee options cap table management, managing statutory filings process with lawyers. Ensuring cross country compliance with tax, customs and reporting requirements.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in finance roles, including as a finance leader of a B2B startup/scaleup.
• Degree in Accounting or Finance, or an accounting qualification e.g. CPA/ACCA.
• Proven experience with taking over existing financial systems (FP&A, accounting and general corporate) and professionalising them.
• Comfortable with multi-country operations, including managing multiple currencies, IT systems and international compliance.
• Experience with supporting across a business to obtain robust unit economics at varying levels of details.
• Experience of a business that manufactures and distributes product as part of a software solution.
• Ability to self-organise and prioritise tasks.
• An expert with Xero and hands on experience in reviewing and correcting external bookkeeping entries.
• Passion for addressing the waste crisis or other environmental issues.

About Greyparrot

The world is in a waste crisis. Currently we produce 2.1 billion tons of solid waste per year. Data collection of the waste we produce is non-existent, meaning no systematic transparency and no accountability. It means that recycling targets are not upheld, dumping of waste into our oceans remains nobody's responsibility, recyclables get sent to landfill or incineration, and producers get away with sub-standard packaging. Thus, recycling rates stubbornly remain at 10% and, unless we change, by 2040 the plastic stock in the ocean will have quadrupled - a problem that already costs society $1.5 trillion each year.

Our mission is to increase transparency and automation in waste management to accelerate the circular economy. Currently, our camera system and AI software are deployed in recycling plants and waste facilities around the world to measure material flows and provide waste analytics. We have compiled a team of experts to deploy our technology and we’re looking to expand our team.

On offer: Competitive London-based salary (salary band available upon application) + Employee stock option scheme. Customised hybrid working between office and home. 25 Days Holiday plus.