Head of Finance AI Transformation

Relay Tech
London
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Finance & AccountingSkills: ["Communication","Stakeholder management","Problem-solving","Leadership","Strategic thinking"]

A high-impact, 0-to-1 build role leading the design and implementation of an AI-native finance function. You’ll rebuild core finance processes, deploy AI across workflows, and own the tech stack and operating model, partnering with founders, CFO, and engineering/data teams to deliver real-time financial insight and scalable systems in a hypergrowth environment.

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Relay Tech
Relay Tech
5 months ago

Head of Finance AI Transformation

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Job Summary

A high-impact, 0-to-1 build role leading the design and implementation of an AI-native finance function. You’ll rebuild core finance processes, deploy AI across workflows, and own the tech stack and operating model, partnering with founders, CFO, and engineering/data teams to deliver real-time financial insight and scalable systems in a hypergrowth environment.
Location: London
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Finance & Accounting
Seniority: Director level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Design the finance function from first principles and rebuild core processes (R2R, P2P, O2C, FP&A) to eliminate manual work.
  • •Deploy AI across high-leverage workflows, including forecasting, scenario modelling, automated reporting, close/reconciliation, collections, risk and anomaly detection.
  • •Build and own the technical stack with modular, API-friendly architecture, evaluating ERP vs lightweight tooling, build vs buy, and data design.
  • •Collaborate with engineering and data teams to translate financial logic into production systems.
  • •Redesign the operating model to augment humans with AI, defining roles that can be automated and ensuring scalable, real-time financial insight.

Pay and Benefits

Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Health InsuranceDentalEquityHolidaysParental LeaveGym MembershipCycle-to-work

Key Requirements

  • •Experience building finance systems and operating models end-to-end with measurable impact.
  • •Experience deploying automation or AI in real finance workflows, in production environments.
  • •Strong technical fluency and comfort working directly with engineering and data teams.
  • •Experience in hypergrowth startups or scale-ups, able to operate with ambiguity and pace.
  • •Ability to design and implement finance processes (R2R, P2P, O2C, FP&A) and make architecture decisions on ERP vs lightweight tooling.
Experience:FinanceAIStartupsScale-ups
Skills:CommunicationStakeholder managementProblem-solvingLeadershipStrategic thinking
Languages:English
Tech Stack:AIAutomationERPAPIsData designCloud

Company Brief

Relay Tech
Relay Technologies (relaytech.co) is an API-first, tech-enabled delivery network that optimizes e-commerce deliveries using AI-driven routing, real-time tracking and a distributed courier network to lower costs and emissions for retailers.
Industry: Last Mile Delivery
Company Size: Medium (51 to 250 employees)
Growth: Growth Stage Startup
Valuation: USD 100M to 250M
Funding: Series A
Headquarters: London, United Kingdom
Founded: 2022
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