The Role
We’re hiring a Head of Finance to own the company’s core finance function (from P&L through to board pack) while acting as a key strategic partner on fundraising, capital structure, and new financing vehicles for carbon removals. This is a high-ownership role at the center of company decision-making: you’ll turn complexity into clear options and make sure the business can grow without breaking its financial foundations.
What you will do
* Own CUR8’s finance operations: P&L, month‑end close, cash reporting, management accounts, and statutory reporting, ensuring accuracy and timeliness.
* Build and maintain a scalable finance “engine”: controls, approvals, spend policies, chart of accounts, and clear financial processes.
* Manage cash, treasury, payroll, vendor management and financial risk, including counterparty, credit/portfolio, FX, and basic regulatory/tax considerations across jurisdictions.
* Design and implement scalable finance processes, controls, and systems (including the finance tech stack).
* Lead financial planning and analysis: budgeting, forecasting, scenario modelling, runway management and portfolio/transaction analytics for CUR8’s products and structures.
* Own board‑level financial reporting and KPIs; provide clear, decision‑ready insights to support product, commercial, and strategy decisions.
* Partner with founders on fundraising including modelling, materials, investor conversations, and data‑room readiness.
* Work with legal and external advisors to design and maintain optimal entity structures for CUR8’s carbon finance products.
* Build and maintain financing models that reflect contract structures (e.g., offtake-backed revenue, repayment waterfalls, covenants, reserves).
What Success Looks Like (first 3-6 months)
* Fast, accurate close with clear management reporting and trustworthy KPIs.
* A forecasting + planning cadence leadership uses weekly/monthly to run the business.
* Fundraising readiness: institutional-grade model, clean data room, and smooth diligence.
* Finance processes that scale (controls, approvals, entity reporting) without slowing the business.
What You Bring (Requirements)
Must-haves
* 8+ years in finance roles spanning controllership/accounting and strategic finance (startup/scale-up strongly preferred).
* Proven ownership of month-end close, management reporting, and audit coordination.
* Strong FP&A skills: budgeting, forecasting, scenario planning, and KPI development.
* Excellent financial modelling skills (3-statement / scenario models; ability to model structured cashflows when needed).
* Experience supporting fundraising: diligence, data rooms, investor materials.
* Strong cross-functional and external stakeholder management (banks, lawyers, auditors, tax advisors).
* Finance systems implementation experience (Xero/NetSuite, expense tools, BI/reporting).
* High judgment, high integrity, and comfort operating with ambiguity.
Nice-to-haves (strong differentiators)
* Experience with SPVs, structured finance, project finance, receivables financing, or warehouse facilities.
* Familiarity with climate/carbon markets, offtake contracts, and long-dated delivery/revenue risk.
* Cross-border structuring exposure (UK + US entities, multi-currency treasury).
Benefits
About the perks:
* CUR8 is an equal-opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
* With a little bit of luck, we’ll save the planet (pretty good, isn’t it). But seriously - every time we transact, the world gets a little better.
* We’ll treat you with dignity; across competitive compensation, meaningful equity, generous time off, and a culture that’s inclusive for parents and respectful of boundaries (no late night emails!).
* We have our own bright lovely office in Old Street - which you will get to shape alongside us.
* Time and money to learn: every member of the team receives a £1,000 personal development budget to spend on up-skilling themselves and supporting the team.
* We offer 4 weeks per year to work from anywhere in the world.
* A great pension - we contribute 6% (salary sacrifice).
About our process:
Our process aims to give all of us the chance to get to know each other, our aspirations, and whether this is an exciting fit. It starts with an initial chat to tell you more about CUR8, what we’re looking for, and understand more about your goals. Next is a skills focused interview, which leads to an ideally in person final stage split over two parts: a working session with team and a 1:1 founder meeting.
Every deal you deliver helps remove carbon from the atmosphere—and our work really matters, every single day. If you’re passionate about reversing climate change, love collaborating with true experts, and want to have real impact—apply now! If you’re not a perfect match but will make CUR8 stronger, we want to hear from you.