OutThink Ltd
OutThink is the world's leading, AI-native cybersecurity human risk management platform, on a mission to put humans at the center of security operations. We're redefining how people engage with cybersecurity. We go further by giving business security leaders with the tools to prevent human-initiated security incidents. Founded in 2019, OutThink's team is 50+ and growing across our offices in New York, London, Barcelona and Bangalore. We serve some of the most prominent organizations worldwide including Whirlpool, Danske Bank, VINCI, and the Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank. Our people are ambitious and driven innovators from a diverse range of backgrounds, passionate about their work, and excited about the mission we're on. We're backed by leading VCs including Albion Capital and Molten Ventures, as well as innovation bodies including the European Innovation Council and UK Innovation & Research. This role is ideal for an up-and-coming whizz who feels constrained by traditional accounting/finance roles and is eager to make a broader impact beyond financial statements. Alternatively, you've already 'earned your chops' in early-stage B2B SaaS startups and are seeking your next challenge. One thing is certain - you'll need to bring a strong growth mindset to make a significant impact within our operations team. What you'll do Drive financial accounting and finops. This will be primary objective. You will lead account-level month-end closing reviews and procedures, ensuring timely completion and reporting. This will form 50-60% of your day-to-day, and you'll be looked upon to constantly find efficiencies to run a lean motion. Support with execution on day-to-day operational tasks. This will include reporting obligations, financial modelling, and office planning. You'll play a crucial role in ensuring our operations run smoothly as we navigate rapid growth. Build processes for scale. Continuously support with reviewing and improving our internal-facing and external-facing processes, policies, and procedures in a collaborative way. This includes keeping our internal wikis up to date, including across Notion and SharePoint. Key people operations. Take responsibility for key people ops activities including global payroll, employee benefits, and onboarding process for new hires to ensure a seamless experience. Whatever else comes our way. We're a small scrappy operations team and we'll look to you to go outside of your swim-lane to get things done. This may include organizing events like end-of-year functions and parties, recruiting events, social events, team retrospectives and off-sites, and company retreats. Your background First and foremost, a great attitude. We're pioneering on new frontiers. You've got the right attitude towards a sense of urgency, risk, and uncertainty about the future that comes with working at an early-stage scale-up. You'll be self-managing, self-motivated. This is an opportunity to be involved in an exciting journey and be a core foundational member of our team. Financial expertise. You possess a strong financial foundation, ideally with a degree in finance, accounting, or a related discipline. You have experience managing financial accounting, payroll, AR/AP, and cash flow optimization. Ideally, you have exposure to Xero, and NetSuite migration. Proven academic or other excellence. You have a strong educational foundation and can demonstrate a track record of exceptional performance - whether that be academics, sport, professional, or another domain of interest. Ideally, you have a degree in a numerate or semi-numerate discipline (e.g. accounting), and have 5 to 7 years of experience as a Chartered Accountant. Operational excellence. You have a proven track record of developing and implementing operational processes that drive efficiency and scalability. Collaborative working style. We value getting things done over rigid processes, so you will work well with others, knowing when to get consensus and when to push for closure with decisiveness. You're an effective team player with excellent interpersonal and communication skills. This role will require the highest levels of effective cross-functional collaboration across finance, operations, and growth.
OutThink is the world's leading, AI-native cybersecurity human risk management platform, on a mission to put humans at the center of security operations. We're redefining how people engage with cybersecurity. We go further by giving business security leaders with the tools to prevent human-initiated security incidents. Founded in 2019, OutThink's team is 50+ and growing across our offices in New York, London, Barcelona and Bangalore. We serve some of the most prominent organizations worldwide including Whirlpool, Danske Bank, VINCI, and the Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank. Our people are ambitious and driven innovators from a diverse range of backgrounds, passionate about their work, and excited about the mission we're on. We're backed by leading VCs including Albion Capital and Molten Ventures, as well as innovation bodies including the European Innovation Council and UK Innovation & Research. This role is ideal for an up-and-coming whizz who feels constrained by traditional accounting/finance roles and is eager to make a broader impact beyond financial statements. Alternatively, you've already 'earned your chops' in early-stage B2B SaaS startups and are seeking your next challenge. One thing is certain - you'll need to bring a strong growth mindset to make a significant impact within our operations team. What you'll do Drive financial accounting and finops. This will be primary objective. You will lead account-level month-end closing reviews and procedures, ensuring timely completion and reporting. This will form 50-60% of your day-to-day, and you'll be looked upon to constantly find efficiencies to run a lean motion. Support with execution on day-to-day operational tasks. This will include reporting obligations, financial modelling, and office planning. You'll play a crucial role in ensuring our operations run smoothly as we navigate rapid growth. Build processes for scale. Continuously support with reviewing and improving our internal-facing and external-facing processes, policies, and procedures in a collaborative way. This includes keeping our internal wikis up to date, including across Notion and SharePoint. Key people operations. Take responsibility for key people ops activities including global payroll, employee benefits, and onboarding process for new hires to ensure a seamless experience. Whatever else comes our way. We're a small scrappy operations team and we'll look to you to go outside of your swim-lane to get things done. This may include organizing events like end-of-year functions and parties, recruiting events, social events, team retrospectives and off-sites, and company retreats. Your background First and foremost, a great attitude. We're pioneering on new frontiers. You've got the right attitude towards a sense of urgency, risk, and uncertainty about the future that comes with working at an early-stage scale-up. You'll be self-managing, self-motivated. This is an opportunity to be involved in an exciting journey and be a core foundational member of our team. Financial expertise. You possess a strong financial foundation, ideally with a degree in finance, accounting, or a related discipline. You have experience managing financial accounting, payroll, AR/AP, and cash flow optimization. Ideally, you have exposure to Xero, and NetSuite migration. Proven academic or other excellence. You have a strong educational foundation and can demonstrate a track record of exceptional performance - whether that be academics, sport, professional, or another domain of interest. Ideally, you have a degree in a numerate or semi-numerate discipline (e.g. accounting), and have 5 to 7 years of experience as a Chartered Accountant. Operational excellence. You have a proven track record of developing and implementing operational processes that drive efficiency and scalability. Collaborative working style. We value getting things done over rigid processes, so you will work well with others, knowing when to get consensus and when to push for closure with decisiveness. You're an effective team player with excellent interpersonal and communication skills. This role will require the highest levels of effective cross-functional collaboration across finance, operations, and growth.
Persado
What We Are Looking For We are looking for a visionary Group Financial Controller to lead our in-house Accounting team. Reporting directly to the VP of Finance, you will be responsible for the accuracy and integrity of our financial results, while elevating the quality of our external reporting. Collaborating with external advisors and our internal teams, you'll take the lead on diverse finance projects, driving innovation and efficiency in our financial processes. What You Will Work On Monthly Month-End Process: Lead the transformation of our existing global reporting processes. Drive forward automation, enhancing our reporting capabilities, fortifying controls, and improving financial outcomes. Work closely with Corporate FP&A to ensure clear reconciliation between statutory and management accounting records. Improve System Design and Integration: Oversee the transformation of system design and integrations, ensuring seamless flow of financial data across all our systems. Improve these processes to enhance efficiency and accuracy. Lead the Financial System (NetSuite) chart of accounts - designing a change process, ensuring communication with all relevant departments, and considering ways to improve insight from it. Annual Financial Statements and Audit Processes: Lead the production of our consolidated and subsidiary annual financial statements across several entities. End-to-end management of the annual audit process, managing the relationship with external auditors and other advisors. Foster cross-departmental collaboration to produce high-quality accounting technical papers for internal and external partners. Own Accounting Policies: Ownership of all accounting policies and procedures for the group, including keeping up to date with local requirements across the US and Europe. Responsible for interpreting accounting treatment of all new and existing customer contracts. Ensure that the accounting policy manual is up-to-date and on changes to / new accounting policies, including analysis of the impact of new accounting standards or preferred practices by the business. Manage End-To-End Financial Operations (FinOps): Working directly with the business and Legal to ensure interpretation of customer contracts, resulting in correct accounting and sales tax treatment, billing cadence and timely collection of cash. Manage all aspects of credit control. Management of Accounts Payable process, working with in-house Procurement function to ensure that adequate accruals are in place, invoices are matched off and payments to suppliers are made in a timely manner. Oversight of global payroll process across all Persado entities. Cash / Banking Management: Working closely with Corporate FP&A to maintain healthy short-term working capital; manage global banking portals and owning ultimate responsibility for the release of payments. Other Ad Hoc: Work closely with tax team on local income tax returns; responsible for reflection of correct accounting system in ERP. Assist with investor reporting and potential fundraising activities. What You Bring Chartered Accountant or equivalent. 8+ years of progressive experience in financial accounting and reporting, with at least 3 years in a supervisory or managerial role. Strong technical knowledge of accounting principles and standards, including US GAAP. Experience with financial consolidation, multi-entity accounting, and international operations preferred. Proficiency in financial analysis, budgeting, forecasting, and financial modeling. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to interact effectively with stakeholders at all levels. Proven leadership abilities, with a track record of building and developing high-performing teams. Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and ERP systems; experience with financial management software (e.g., NetSuite, SAP) a plus. What We Offer Achieve your life goals and work goals at Persado. Persado's hybrid working model empowers both remote and in-office work equitably! Competitive and equitable compensation Generous benefits packages globally 401k matching (USA); Pension Scheme (Certain EU locations) to prepare for your future We encourage professional growth through our dedicated enablement and training teams, as well as on demand tools and resources Employee Enrichment Fund to pursue a passion or upgrade your home office! Structured onboarding program to ensure a confident start and long-term success for new hires! Strong emphasis on career development and mobility, continuous feedback loops and performance management Flexible time off to support work-life harmony (including Summer Fridays and a one week Winter Holiday Break) ! 2 paid Volunteer days per year and charitable donation match Robust Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging initiatives; culture month celebrations, monthly diverse speaker series, commitment to bias-free recruitment, ERGs ( and growing)!
What We Are Looking For We are looking for a visionary Group Financial Controller to lead our in-house Accounting team. Reporting directly to the VP of Finance, you will be responsible for the accuracy and integrity of our financial results, while elevating the quality of our external reporting. Collaborating with external advisors and our internal teams, you'll take the lead on diverse finance projects, driving innovation and efficiency in our financial processes. What You Will Work On Monthly Month-End Process: Lead the transformation of our existing global reporting processes. Drive forward automation, enhancing our reporting capabilities, fortifying controls, and improving financial outcomes. Work closely with Corporate FP&A to ensure clear reconciliation between statutory and management accounting records. Improve System Design and Integration: Oversee the transformation of system design and integrations, ensuring seamless flow of financial data across all our systems. Improve these processes to enhance efficiency and accuracy. Lead the Financial System (NetSuite) chart of accounts - designing a change process, ensuring communication with all relevant departments, and considering ways to improve insight from it. Annual Financial Statements and Audit Processes: Lead the production of our consolidated and subsidiary annual financial statements across several entities. End-to-end management of the annual audit process, managing the relationship with external auditors and other advisors. Foster cross-departmental collaboration to produce high-quality accounting technical papers for internal and external partners. Own Accounting Policies: Ownership of all accounting policies and procedures for the group, including keeping up to date with local requirements across the US and Europe. Responsible for interpreting accounting treatment of all new and existing customer contracts. Ensure that the accounting policy manual is up-to-date and on changes to / new accounting policies, including analysis of the impact of new accounting standards or preferred practices by the business. Manage End-To-End Financial Operations (FinOps): Working directly with the business and Legal to ensure interpretation of customer contracts, resulting in correct accounting and sales tax treatment, billing cadence and timely collection of cash. Manage all aspects of credit control. Management of Accounts Payable process, working with in-house Procurement function to ensure that adequate accruals are in place, invoices are matched off and payments to suppliers are made in a timely manner. Oversight of global payroll process across all Persado entities. Cash / Banking Management: Working closely with Corporate FP&A to maintain healthy short-term working capital; manage global banking portals and owning ultimate responsibility for the release of payments. Other Ad Hoc: Work closely with tax team on local income tax returns; responsible for reflection of correct accounting system in ERP. Assist with investor reporting and potential fundraising activities. What You Bring Chartered Accountant or equivalent. 8+ years of progressive experience in financial accounting and reporting, with at least 3 years in a supervisory or managerial role. Strong technical knowledge of accounting principles and standards, including US GAAP. Experience with financial consolidation, multi-entity accounting, and international operations preferred. Proficiency in financial analysis, budgeting, forecasting, and financial modeling. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to interact effectively with stakeholders at all levels. Proven leadership abilities, with a track record of building and developing high-performing teams. Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and ERP systems; experience with financial management software (e.g., NetSuite, SAP) a plus. What We Offer Achieve your life goals and work goals at Persado. Persado's hybrid working model empowers both remote and in-office work equitably! Competitive and equitable compensation Generous benefits packages globally 401k matching (USA); Pension Scheme (Certain EU locations) to prepare for your future We encourage professional growth through our dedicated enablement and training teams, as well as on demand tools and resources Employee Enrichment Fund to pursue a passion or upgrade your home office! Structured onboarding program to ensure a confident start and long-term success for new hires! Strong emphasis on career development and mobility, continuous feedback loops and performance management Flexible time off to support work-life harmony (including Summer Fridays and a one week Winter Holiday Break) ! 2 paid Volunteer days per year and charitable donation match Robust Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging initiatives; culture month celebrations, monthly diverse speaker series, commitment to bias-free recruitment, ERGs ( and growing)!