Relay
Finance Associate
1mo ago
Europefinancial reportingledger reconciliationmanagement accountspurchase-to-payaudit readiness
Finance Associate assisting with monthly financial close, reporting, and purchase-to-pay management at Relay.
Responsibilities
- As a Finance Associate at Relay, you'll:
- 1+ years of experience in a startup or high-growth environment experience
- Proactive and willing to take ownership
- Willing to question existing ways of working and improve processes
- Interested in building better processes, not just running existing ones
- Happy working across different areas, including AP, AR, reporting, and operations
Conditions
- Generous equity, richer than 99% of European startups , with annual top-ups to share Relay’s success.
- Private health & dental coverage , so comprehensive you’d need to be a partner at a Magic Circle law firm to match it.
- 25 days of holidays
- Enhanced parental leave .
- Hardware of your choice .
- Extensive perks (gym subsidies, cycle-to-work, Friday office lunch, covered Uber home and dinner for late nights, and more).
How to apply
- Hiring Manager Interview - 45 mins
- Final Interview with the CFO - 45 mins
- Decision and offer within 48 hours , our process mirrors our pace of work, typically completed in a week.
Other
- Relay is fundamentally reshaping how goods move in an online era. Backed by Europe’s largest-ever logistics Series A ($35M), led by deep-tech investors Plural (whose portfolio spans fusion energy and space exploration), Relay is scaling faster than 99.98% of venture-backed startups. We're assembling the most talent-dense team the logistics industry has ever seen
- Relay’s Mission is to free commerce from friction . Today, high delivery costs act as a hidden tax on e-commerce, quietly shaping what can be sold online and limiting who can participate. We envision a world where more goods move more freely between more people , making the online shopping experience seamless and accessible to everyone.
- THE TEAM • ~110 people , more than half in engineering, product and data • 45+ advanced degrees across computer science, mathematics and operations research • Thousands of data points captured, calculated, analysed and predicted for every single parcel we handle • An intellectually vibrant culture of first‑principles thinking , tight feedback loops and relentless experimentation
- Assist with the monthly close - pulling actuals, reconciling ledgers, and drafting management accounts commentary
- Support the FC and CFO with internal and external reporting
- Keep the accounts clean and audit-ready at all times
- Day-to-day management of purchase-to-pay from request through to payment
- First point of contact for procurement queries across the business
- Manage supplier relationships and keep the AP ledger tidy
- Automate invoicing, maintain the debtor ledger, and chase outstanding balances
- Support working capital management and liaison with our financing partner
- Produce regular finance reports and support ad hoc analysis
- Spot inefficiencies and help fix them.
- Support our first statutory audit - prep, documentation, and fielding queries
- Help embed a controls first culture as we formalise processes for scale
- Aim with Precision: You define problems clearly and measure your impact meticulously.
- Play to Win: You chase bold bets, tackle the hard stuff, and view constraints as fuel, not friction.
- 1% Better Every Day : You believe that small, consistent improvements lead to exponential growth. You move quickly, deliver results, and learn from every experience.
- All In, All the Time : You show up and step up. You take ownership from start to finish and do what it takes to deliver when it counts.
- People-Powered Greatness : You invest in your teammates. You give and receive feedback with care and candour. You build trust through high standards and shared success.
- Grow the Whole Pie : You seek out win-win solutions for merchants, couriers, and our customers, because when they thrive, so do we. If these resonate, and you combine strong technical fundamentals with entrepreneurial drive, let’s connect.
- Relay is an equal-opportunity employer committed to diversity, inclusion, and fostering a workplace where everyone thrives.