Finance Associate in London

Tilt is at the forefront of commerce, building a net-new way to buy and sell online. As we scale our systems and sharpen how we plan, report and budget, we're hiring a Finance Associate to sit at the centre of the finance function. This is a rare opportunity for someone who wants more than a transactional finance job. You'll get direct exposure to board and investor materials and the decisions founders are making day-to-day, and a real hand in building the function as we grow.

About Tilt

Tilt’s mission is simple: Make Commerce Alive. From static store website builders to impersonal marketplaces, today's ecosystem is aging fast. It was built for transactional experiences, not for the new generation of merchants who grow through attention, community and personality. In the UK alone, millions of shoppers have signed up to Tilt. Our platform has helped sellers go from zero to £1M+ in earnings, and hundreds more earn above the UK median income. And we are just getting started.

Your Mission

You'll sit at the centre of the finance function as Tilt scales: the systems, the reporting, the budgets, everything else runs on. Regular visibility with the founders comes with it. This isn't a transactional finance job. You'll own the financial data that everything else gets built on - which means you shape how leadership sees the business, too. What the numbers mean. Where the risks sit. Where the opportunities are. You'll get exposure most associate-level finance roles don't offer: input into board and investor materials, a direct line to the decisions founders are making, and real ownership over how the function is built from here.

What You'll Do

• In your first 0–3 months: Get fluent in the ledger and core transaction reconciliations. Own the day-to-day accuracy so leadership can trust the numbers they're working from. Support statutory and management reporting, Accounts Payable processing, and regulatory compliance. Start contributing to ad-hoc analyses that feed directly into business decisions.
• In 3+ months and beyond: Help prepare materials for leadership, board, and investor conversations. See first-hand how finance shapes company direction. Bring a point of view to the numbers: flag trends, risks, and opportunities proactively, not just report what happened. Work across departmental teams (product, growth, marketing, operations) as finance's connective tissue, translating data into recommendations non-finance stakeholders can act on. Take on increasing scope as you build context. This is a role designed to grow with the person in it.

Who You Are

You've worked in finance, accounting, or FP&A long enough to know your way around a ledger and a reconciliation, not just the reports that come out the other end. You're commercially curious. You want to know why the numbers move, not just record them, and you're motivated by being close to how a business actually runs. Prior experience in a finance, accounting, or FP&A-adjacent role. Marketplace, e-commerce, fintech, or fast-growing startup experience is a strong plus. Working SQL proficiency: comfortable writing queries to pull, join, and reconcile data across systems. This is a hands-on data role. A meaningful share of the work is querying and reconciling transaction-level data directly, not just working from pre-built reports. Substantial proficiency in Excel. Detail-oriented and dependable with the fundamentals: the strategic work only works if the underlying data is trustworthy. A confident communicator who's comfortable in a room with senior stakeholders, not just behind a spreadsheet. You'll get direct support as you build the context to run those conversations independently.

Nice to have

• A prior stint in investment banking, private equity, or management consulting.
• Hands-on experience with Xero (or similar cloud accounting software), Snowflake or another SQL data warehouse, and/or Stripe/Stripe Connect.
• Exposure to marketplace, two-sided platform, or multi-currency/multi-market businesses. Familiarity with GMV, take-rate, or cohort-based metrics is a plus.
• Familiarity with both GAAP and IFRS accounting standards.
• AAT qualified, or studying towards ACA/ACCA/CIMA.
• Prior experience supporting external audits.

Why Tilt

You'll get broad, hands-on exposure across brand, lifecycle, and content - the kind of range that's hard to find early in a career. You'll learn directly from senior operators and grow fast, with real ownership from the start. You'll have a direct line to product, engineering, and leadership - when you spot something worth doing, you'll be heard. You'll be joining a mission-driven team backed by world-class investors. You'll work alongside curious, kind, and wickedly smart teammates who care about getting things right. You'll help redefine how millions of people shop online.

Location: On-site (5 days a week from London, King's Cross office)

Perks & Benefits

• 29 days off, plus UK bank holidays.
• Your birthday off, no questions asked.
• Share options to become a true stakeholder in our success.
• 3% pension contribution from Month 2 (auto-enrolment).
• Unlimited phone/video and in-person therapy (phone therapy covers partner and dependants 16–18 years old).
• 24/7 phone GP, including private prescriptions (including partner and children).
• MacBook and tech budget to get you set up your way.
• Gym membership.
• Free Deliveroo if you're working late.

We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and experiences, and we're committed to fostering an inclusive, diverse workplace. If you don't meet every single requirement in the job description, please don't be put off from applying. We value potential and a willingness to learn over ticking every box — your unique perspective could be exactly what we're looking for. Let us know if you need any adjustments during the application process — we're happy to help.