Finance Manager

The role

You will run Apollo's day-to-day finance operations, accounting, reporting and compliance. You will build the finance function from the ground up with the Head of Finance, using AI agents and automation to cut manual work. You report to the Head of Finance.

What you will do

• Run order-to-cash and procure-to-pay: invoices, payments, card expenses, customer and supplier onboarding, collections
• Run a repeatable monthly close with manual journals, accruals and reconciliations for every balance sheet account
• Produce a monthly management pack: P&L, balance sheet and cash flow, with budget variances and department and research-versus-commercial views
• Prepare and refresh the weekly 13-week direct cash forecast, with scenarios for the Head of Finance and COO
• Eliminate, simplify and automate manual processes and controls, and document critical workflows
• Manage the finance tech stack and support the Head of Finance in implementing new systems
• Support compliance with statutory accounts, taxes, transfer pricing, R&D tax credits, audits and grant expenditure requirements

Required qualifications

• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or CPA)
• At least two years' post-qualification experience at a small UK company
• Personally run monthly closes end to end to working day five, with supported reconciliations
• Produce multi-dimensional management accounts with variances to budget
• Experience with intercompany accounting and consolidation, and UK statutory reporting
• Experience with at least one overseas entity (US preferred)
• Built, materially improved or repaired a finance process, control or set of books
• Process invoices, card transactions and cash receipts and payments
• Fluent in a cloud ledger (Xero, QuickBooks Online, Campfire, Light, Rillet or DualEntry) and strong in spreadsheets
• Exceptional attention to detail and strong numerical ability
• Communicate clearly with non-finance colleagues

Nice to have

• 2+ years at a VC-backed or founder-led scale-up (Series A to C), ideally through a first audit
• 2+ years in deep-tech, R&D-heavy or software businesses, including R&D tax credits and grant reporting
• 2+ years with project or professional services accounting and subscription or usage-based revenue recognition
• Practical experience simplifying processes and implementing AI tooling in a live finance function
• Experience coordinating UK and US accounting and tax providers
• 1+ years with a modern AI-native ERP (Campfire, DualEntry, Rillet or Light)
• Daily use of AI agents and automation, including no-code tools (n8n, Zapier), MCP and coding agents
• Interest in AI safety and Apollo's mission

Benefits

• Competitive salary and benefits
• Flexible work hours and schedule
• Unlimited vacation
• Unlimited sick leave
• Up to six months of paid parental leave
• Comprehensive health, dental and vision insurance
• Retirement savings with competitive employer matching
• Lunch, dinner and snacks provided on workdays
• Paid work trips, including staff retreats, business trips and relevant conferences
• A yearly $1,000 (USD) professional development budget

Before you apply

• You must have the right to work in the UK; no visa sponsorship is offered for this role
• Hiring process: application form and CV, 30-minute initial conversation, 3-hour take-home assignment, two 1-hour technical interviews with the Head of Finance, 1-hour interview with the COO, then offe
• AI-powered tools assist with resume screening, but all resumes are screened by a human and final decisions are made by the team

About the company

Apollo Research is an AI safety organization working on the detection, study and mitigation of scheming in AI systems, and works with multiple frontier AI companies. The team is about 35 people in London and Europe, with a new San Francisco office opening.