FinOps Lead Contractor in London

Looking for a new way to work? You’re not alone. RORA is growing our exclusive team of FinOps Lead Contractors. We're looking for seasoned Finance Leads, Heads of Finance, or hands-on CFOs with startup/scaleup experience who crave more variety, impact, and freedom.

We’re currently at capacity for FinOps Leads, but new opportunities are coming soon. We’re opening this role early so we’re ready to move quickly when they do.

RORA builds embedded fractional teams for startups and scaleups, giving you access to some of the most exciting and innovative businesses in the world.

The role

As a FinOps Lead Contractor, you’ll be embedded within partner companies, working directly with founders and the C-suite of startups and scaleups to deliver impactful finance solutions. Your general scope of work includes:

• Leading small finance teams across the UK and India, providing technical mentorship and ensuring delivery of key projects.
• Overall management of finance operations including establishing best-in-class finance processes, implementing controls and building scenario-based financial models from scratch.
• Applying strong accountancy and finance expertise across bookkeeping, billing, preparation of statutory accounts, VAT, EMI options and CAP table management.
• Implementing tech solutions, finance apps and automating wherever possible.

Our Lead contracts tend to be fractional in nature (i.e. 0.5 - 2 days pw) so you can expect to work across more than one client in a typical working week.

Your profile

• Available at least 2 days pw, and able to be onsite in London 1 - 2 days each week.
• 5+ years in Finance, with experience in a senior finance role within a tech or e-commerce startup or scaleup.
• Finance credentials such as ACA or CIMA ideally.
• A strong understanding of what effective finance operations look like in smaller startups or scaleups (including the appropriate finance tech stack options).
• Proven ability to manage multiple projects, stakeholders, and competing priorities.
• Experience beyond finance - you’ve partnered with operations, sales, marketing, or other functions.
• Familiarity with cloud-based financial platforms typically used by startups, like Xero (strongly preferred) and tools like Dext, Pleo, Spendesk etc.
• Excellent communication and storytelling skills, both written and spoken.

It’s probably not for you if…

• You’re looking to fill a gap: we’re looking for individuals committed to contracting and you’ll need liability insurance in place before starting.
• You’re only interested in strategic work: flexibility and operational knowledge is key for us as we also 'do the doing.'
• You're looking for a fully remote role. You will need to be onsite in London at least once a week, often more.

Life at RORA

We aim to recruit the best so, naturally, we've put a lot of thought into what we give in return.

• A day rate of £400-£500 (depending on number of days & contract length) outside of IR35.
• Access to all our training and development sessions.
• Quarterly feedback.
• Regular team socials.
• Dog-friendly office (+ team) if you want to join us.

P.S. If you’re curious to learn more about us, check out our team handbook.

Sound good? Please apply! We carefully review your application form so please provide honest and reflective answers that are your own (and not AI generated!). You can expect the application process to take 5 - 10 minutes depending on how much info you provide - we ask for a little effort upfront in applying and in return we promise that we personally review all applications.

We promise transparency and fairness. This applies to both our recruitment process and the way we run the company. We're committed to fostering a diverse, healthy and supportive workplace for all. We’re an equal opportunities employer. We genuinely welcome applications from all backgrounds.