You’ll join at a moment of scale: the company has grown from $1M to $5M ARR in under a year, operates across the UK and US, and is preparing for its next phase of growth.

Your mission is to ensure the business has accurate, compliant, and scalable financial infrastructure — ready for rapid expansion.

What You’ll do

1. Financial Control & Accounting

• Lead month-end close for UK and US entities, ensuring completeness and accuracy.
• Oversee general ledger, reconciliations, and accounting policies.
• Manage accounts payable/receivable, revenue recognition, and intercompany eliminations.
• Prepare statutory and management accounts; coordinate with external accountants and auditors.
• Implement strong internal controls, approval workflows, and spend management policies.

2. Financial Reporting & Analysis

• Deliver timely, accurate monthly management reports with variance analysis.
• Support FP&A in forecasts, budgets, and board packs.
• Partner with leadership on gross margin, unit economics, and departmental spend analysis.
• Ensure consistent, transparent ARR, COGS, and operating expense reporting.

3. Cash & Working Capital Management

• Oversee cash forecasting and treasury across currencies.
• Manage collections, payments, and credit control.
• Optimize burn rate and cash runway to support capital efficiency.
• Collaborate on funding strategy and banking relationships.

4. Compliance, Audit & Governance

• Ensure compliance with UK GAAP/IFRS and UK & US tax laws.
• Lead year-end audits with auditors and tax advisors.
• Maintain corporate, tax filings, VAT, and payroll compliance.
• Oversee insurance, entity registrations, and risk management.

5. Systems & Process Enablement

• Drive migration from startup tools to enterprise ERP (e.g., NetSuite, Sage Intacct).
• Standardize finance processes across teams and geographies.
• Integrate finance systems with HRIS, CRM, and FP&A tools.
• Automate reporting, reconciliations, and expense management.

6. Leadership & Team Development

• Build relationships with People, GTM, and Operations teams.
• Promote financial ownership and data-driven decision-making.

What We’re Looking For

Experience:

• 5–10 years in finance or accounting, ideally within a SaaS or high-growth tech company.
• Experience managing multi-entity, multi-currency environments.
• Proven ownership of month-end, audit, and compliance cycles.
• Exposure to fundraising or investor reporting a plus.

Skills:

• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, or CIMA preferred).
• Strong technical accounting and financial systems background.
• Advanced Excel / Google Sheets and BI reporting skills.
• ERP or accounting software expertise (Xero, NetSuite, Sage Intacct).
• Understanding of SaaS metrics and recurring revenue models.

Mindset:

• Proactive and structured — thrives on building from scratch.
• Commercially minded — balances accuracy with business impact.
• Hands-on — comfortable diving into details while scaling processes.
• Collaborative — able to influence and partner cross-functionally.

What you can expect

• Impact: You’ll build the financial foundation that keeps the company running — clean numbers, reliable data, and control at scale.
• Scope: Own everything from month-end close to audit, cash flow, and multi-entity reporting as we scale
• Tools: Lead the move from startup systems to an enterprise-grade finance stack — automate, standardize, and level us up .
• Exposure: Partner with every function and the leadership team to ensure decisions are grounded in accurate financials.
• Culture: Ambitious, low-ego, and built for speed — we care about accuracy, not bureaucracy.
• Growth: Clear path to Head of Finance or Finance Director as we scale globally.

Why Wordsmith

You’ll be joining a company in full acceleration — Series A with $25M raised, 1000% ARR growth, and a product that’s reshaping how legal teams operate.

If you’re looking for more than just a job — a place to build, learn, and win — this could be the one.