comind - Finance Manager
Requirements
• Professional accounting qualification (ACCA, ACA, CIMA or equivalent), or part-qualified with demonstrable progress towards completion • Experience working in a startup, or similarly fast-paced environment • 5+ years professional accounting experience, including at least 2 years in an operational role • Experience of accounting procedures including Purchase Orders, customer and supplier invoices, bank payments, fixed and current asset schedules, VAT, payroll • Experience of month end close procedures and reporting, consolidations, FX, HMRC payroll and VAT reports, and internal and external audits • Familiarity with Xero, Dext and ApprovalMax or similar packages • Experience in managing outsourced finance function suppliers, e.g. bookkeeping, VAT • Hands-on experience using AI tools (such as Claude) in a professional context, with the ability to demonstrate how you have applied AI to improve or build finance processes.
Responsibilities
• Oversee UK & US bookkeeping in Xero, working with an external provider to ensure timely month-end processes and consolidation across Xero and Excel. • Prepare financial information and commentaries for management and board reports • Support the Director of Finance with budgeting, long term forecasting and managing actual spend against budget • Manage purchase order and invoice processing in Dext and ApprovalMax • Process timely supplier payments via online banking • Ensure staff expenses are correctly submitted, approved and settled on time • Support payroll process with CoMind’s People team and an external payroll bureau • Support tax & other returns, R&D tax credit and grant claims, and external audits • Help evaluate, build, improve and monitor financial processes and practices to support the growth of the business • AI is fundamental to our culture — it's not just a tool, but a core part of how we work, collaborate, and innovate. We expect all team members to embrace AI in their daily work and continuously find new ways to use it effectively.
Benefits
• Company equity plan so all employees share in the success of the company • Private medical, dental and vision insurance (medical history disregarded) • Group life assurance at 4x annual income • Comprehensive mental health support, including unlimited access to 1:1 sessions with trained professionals • Unlimited holiday allowance (+ bank holidays) and one week of remote working per quarter • Lunch voucher (£10) every day for JustEat and free dinner on those days where you need to work later • Twice weekly deliveries of fresh fruit and an extensive selection of snacks and drinks • YuLife subscription, allowing you to turn your daily steps and meditation into discounts at a range of stores • DISCLAIMER - We use Granola, an AI notetaker, throughout our interview process to help capture notes. It's used only for note-taking during the conversation. Transcripts aren't saved to shared drives or stored externally. Let us know if you'd prefer we don't.
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