Intro:This is a truly unique role for a swiss army knife Finance operator. You will not just be our internal Finance leader, but a subject matter expert for our product & engineering teams, especially our revenue recognition squad. Given we sell to finance teams, you will also have an unparalleled opportunity to represent Sequence with your peers at events, customer / prospect calls and onsite presentations. In short, you will drive material value across Finance, Product & GTM. As noted, not a typical HoF position :)
This role will report directly to the Co-Founder / COO, and will initially be supported by our fractional, outsourced UK and US accounting teams.
Requirements:- Qualified accountant (CPA/ACA/ACCA/CIMA)
- Litmus test: are you able to close books autonomously if needed?
- 4+ years experience in fast-growing B2B SaaS / AI scaleups
- Litmus test: have you experienced a hypergrowth journey before?
- Able to work across London / NYC time zones (essential for supporting our product teams as inhouse finance expert)
- Proven track record of success for 2+ years in prior roles (we want someone who will stick around and play a central role in our growth journey for 3-4+ years and will offer equity accordingly)
- [Bonus] Capable of building FP&A model and preparing quarterly board updates
- [Bonus] Experience scaling from Series A to C+, comfortable in fast-paced environments
- [Bonus] Hands-on experience using comparable finance products (Maxio, Chargebee, Zuora, Stripe Billing)
- [Bonus] In-person in NYC or London (not required)
Responsibilities:- Overseeing month end close / reconciliation with our fractional teams
- Owning revenue recognition policy and audit readiness
- Hiring and bringing accounting fully inhouse
- Playing central role in product feedback and prioritization for our ASC 606 / IFRS 15 rev rec and billing modules
- Owning quarterly finance board pack
- Managing liquidity balances across bank accounts
- Establishing more robust and scalable processes & procedures across our finance stack:
- QBO (US ERP)
- Xero (UK ERP)
- Sequence (Accounts Receivable & Quote to Cash)
- Ramp (Accounts Payable)
- Gusto (US Payroll)
- Payfit (UK Payroll)
If interested, email [redacted] with your resume and a quick note on why you think there's a good fit.
Public resources on Sequence:Podcasts:
- Wharton FinTech: Reinventing Billing & Quote-to-cash (Dec 2025): origin story, why Riya built Sequence after her first exit.
- Tech Finance with Sasha Orloff: E14: Revenue Models 101 & the New Stack: pricing/revenue models, quote-to-cash thesis.
- Riding Unicorns: S6E5 (written recap): M&A, founding story, enterprise product views.
- Bae HQ: Episode 207: a16z round, category vision.
- The SaaS CFO with Ben Murray: AI-native B2B billing pitch.
- Converge Podcast (May 2024): "financial router" framing.
- Transcript of the Wharton FinTech episode if you want to skim rather than listen.
Written:
- USXP: From Oxford to a16z: building a US-first mindset at Sequence: go-to-market and US expansion.
- The FP&A Guy: How modern finance teams are automating billing with AI: guest piece on AI in finance ops.
- Sequence blog: Introducing Sequence 2.0: her launch post for the AI-native rebuild.
