About the Role
Lupa is building an AI-native operating system for veterinary practices and pet parents, aiming to replace fragmented systems with an intelligent platform for scheduling, client communication, clinical documentation, and AI-driven care guidance. This role offers a chance to join a rapidly growing, well-funded startup making a significant impact in the animal health tech industry.
Responsibilities
- Own the month-end close process from start to finish, producing accurate reporting for leadership.
- Manage FinOps end-to-end, including accounts receivable, accounts payable, and cash management.
- Build the KPI reporting layer for real-time performance tracking and utilize AI for financial process automation.
- Business partner with commercial, product, and engineering teams on financial decisions.
- Build the budget and rolling forecast alongside the Finance Director.
- Own the analysis for key commercial questions such as pricing, unit economics, cost to serve, and market entry.
- Prepare financial data for board and investor reporting, including involvement in funding rounds.
Requirements
- ACA qualified (essential); ACCA or CIMA considered for the right candidate.
- Recently qualified or 0-2 years PQE, ideally Big 4 trained in audit, transaction services, or deal advisory.
- Strong academics and commercial sharpness for strategic conversations.
- Comfortable with ambiguity and high ownership, taking responsibility beyond the job description.
- Experience in a B2B SaaS or tech scale-up finance function (nice to have).
- Xero experience and/or financial modeling skills (nice to have).
- International exposure (nice to have).
Skills
- Financial reporting
- FinOps
- Accounts receivable
- Accounts payable
- Cash management
- KPI reporting
- AI automation
- Business partnering
- Budgeting
- Forecasting
- Financial analysis
- Pricing analysis
- Unit economics
- Cost analysis
- Market entry analysis
- Board reporting
- Investor reporting
- Funding rounds
- Financial modeling
- Xero
Location
- Paddington, London
Work Type
- In-person
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Recently qualified
- 0-2 years PQE
Education Level
- ACA qualified
- ACCA considered
- CIMA considered
About the Company
- Lupa is building a category-defining product, an AI-native operating system for veterinary practices and pet parents.
- The company has achieved 10x growth in twelve months, is the UK market leader, and is expanding into the US and Europe.
- Lupa has $25M in funding, over 1M pets on the platform, and a team of 50 people.
- Recognized as one of Europe's top 100 AI startups.
