Head of Finance (CFO Track)

About Us We are a dynamic startup disrupting the logistics and e-commerce fulfillment space. We are looking for a Head of Finance who is ready to jump into the chaos, build a world-class financial infrastructure, and be a key strategic partner to the CEO/Founder and Board and a critical member of the Senior Leadership Team. You will sit at the centre of every important decision in the business — from pricing and partnerships to fundraising and scale. This is not a role for maintaining the status quo, it is for an operator who wants to define and drive our path to a profitable scale. The Mission: What You Will Achieve You will be the engine of our financial health and growth. Your 12-month mission is to transform our finance function from an operational necessity into a strategic advantage, ensuring we hit profitability while building automation that frees us to focus on growth. You will build a finance function that operates in real-time, where data, reporting, and decision-making are automated and continuously updated. This role combines hands-on financial operations with strategic leadership. Core Pillars of Success: - Drive Profitability: Ruthlessly manage our P&L. You will drive a clear path to profitability by improving unit economics, tightening cost control, and increasing pricing discipline across clients, warehouses, and carriers. - Financial Control & Liquidity: Own all cash flow management and financial forecasting. You will ensure invoices are sent promptly and bad debt is minimized, while managing all payment cycles for partners and employees. - Build, Automate & Augment: You will design and implement AI-driven finance workflows (AR, AP, reconciliation, reporting), to reduce manual work, improve accuracy, and enable real-time decision-making across the business. - Compliance & Governance: Oversee all external relations, including liaising with accountants, managing Companies House filings, tax compliance, and preparing Board materials. - Strategic Partnering: Own the financial side of commercial strategy, including pricing, rate cards, and negotiation of payment terms with clients, warehouses, and carriers. In your first 90 Days, you will: - Build a clean, reliable P&L with clear contribution margins - Stabilise cash flow forecasting and payment cycles - Identify top 3 levers to improve profitability - Implement initial automation in receivables/payables Application process: - We like to get to know you and your motivations in a 30 min chat with the Founder - If we both agree that there is a fit, we would like to get to know the way you work and communicate. For this, we will send you a take home exercise to prepare before the next call - In the next call, you will present your answers and recommendations to 2-3 people of the team - If you are successful we will make you an offer. Requirements Who You Are: Skills & Experience You are a self-starting, detail-oriented financial professional with a high-growth mindset. Non-Negotiables: - AI-native builder: proven ability to use AI tools (e.g. Claude) to design and deploy AI-driven finance systems and workflows (AR, AP, reconciliation, reporting), reducing manual work and enabling real-time, data-driven decision-making - Strong financial foundation e.g., Big 4, top-tier accounting, or equivalent experience - Proven ability to thrive in a startup environment, comfortable with ambiguity and the pace of rapid change - Expert-level attention to detail and ability to manage complex pricing models - Strong working knowledge of accounting software e.g. Xero Bonus Points (Nice to Have): - A science or engineering related degree - Prior experience in the logistics or e-commerce sector - Experience in Investment Banking/M&A Benefits - The ability to shape your role in a fast-growing, exciting, and evolving company at the forefront of the future of e-commerce - Experience a workplace that is entrepreneurial, fast-paced, outcome-focused, disciplined, but also highly collaborative team-oriented and fun - Significant opportunity for growth and personal development, and the chance to have a real impact - Flexible working to support families and varying needs. The team is fully remote but meet in person up to once a week when helpful. - We offer 25 holidays plus public holidays, plus your birthday, plus we take a company-wide holiday over Christmas - Mental health support through Spill counseling and free Headspace subscription Originally posted on Himalayas