The real economy employs 3 billion people in frontline jobs, yet frontline teams are still left to choose between paper and Excel or decade-old workforce management solutions to take care of the most important part of their businesses - their people.

Enter Sona, the Frontline Operating System; an end-to-end platform to manage a shift-based workforce and empower its teams. Sona upgrades the functionality you expect from any workforce management software - including scheduling, time & attendance, HR, and Payroll - with industry-specific plugins, dedicated features to empower staff, and a consumer-grade experience that simplifies frontline work for everyone.  

In just three years, we’ve already made a deep impact on the lives of tens of thousands of frontline workers and the operation of their organisations, grown the team to 100+, and following our recent $27.5M Series A fundraise, have secured the backing of notable VC’s including Felicis, Northzone, Gradient Ventures (Google), SpeedInvest, Antler, and Notion Capital plus notable angels like Tom Blomfield (Monzo).

It’s a hugely exciting time to be joining the team, as we’re still small enough that you’ll have a significant impact on the company, growth trajectory and culture, yet large enough that we have a great structure, experienced leaders and world-class benefits in place (such as being fully remote and flexible and working 4.5 days a week). More on working at Sona here.

About the Role

As Sona’s Financial Controller, you’ll own all of our financial processes, reporting and controls with the main goal of getting Sona audit-ready over the next year. US expansion is also on the way, so you’ll also be laying foundations for our expansion there. It’s an ideal role for someone. 

To excel, you’ll need to be excited about taking on a wide range of responsibilities in the small finance team of a fast growing and soon-to-be international startup, a deep understanding of UK accounting standards, and ideally some exposure to US accounting too.  

Responsibilities 

Day to day, you will be: 

• Overseeing and reviewing monthly, quarterly, and annual closing and reports for the UK entity.

• Coordinating and managing external audits and filings of financial statements.

• Monitoring and maintaining internal controls and risk management.

• Overseeing day-to-day US finance operations and preparing for US expansion

• Supporting budgeting and forecasting processes with variance analysis.

• Overseeing the day-to-day tasks and workload of the internal bookkeeper.

• Developing, implementing and promoting effective policies and processes within the finance function and wider business

• Managing treasury and working capital positions.

• Assessing and managing foreign exchange (FX) exposure.

• Management of company share options plan (CSOP).

Requirements

Everyone is different, but hopefully lots of the following apply to you: 

• Qualified Accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent).

• Proven experience as a Finance Controller or in a similar role.

• Experience in developing a finance team.

• Experience with US reporting and compliance.

• Knowledgeable on FRS102 - UK GAAP

• Experience using Xero & HubSpot is advantageous.

• Robust commercial finance experience, preferably in a SaaS business.

Benefits: 

• Salary: £70-80k

• 4.5 day standard working week 

• Share options

• Fully remote and flexible working

• 35 days annual leave (25 days standard plus 10 flexible public holiday days)

• Pension contributions matched up to 5%

• Comprehensive Health Insurance via Bupa

• Enhanced parental leave & pay

• Co-working space stipend

• Quarterly all expenses paid team retreats

• The latest Macbook and equipment for your home office

• Professional development budget

• Unlimited free books

Working at Sona

We take our health and mental health seriously, believing that we can only perform to our best when we are healthy, happy, and in control of when, where, and how we work. That's why we're fully remote and everyone works a 4.5 day week (you choose when you take the half day) with a fully flexible schedule.

We balance this with regular virtual stand-ups and all-hands so we're all aligned, and paid-for, in-person meet-ups so you can get to know your colleagues.

You can learn more about the team and what it’s like working at Sona here.