Applied is the platform for debiased hiring. We’re pushing back against outdated hiring practices by redesigning the process to be more inclusive, more data-driven, and better for candidates. Our product is born out of scientific research, data-driven methodologies and is leaving CVs behind to surface the best candidates. Our mission is to supercharge the worlds social mobility by upending how people get hired - come join us!

Given what we do, we’re keen to build diverse teams. We offer flexible working hours and as we've moved to a remote-first working style, we trust people to work enough hours to do good work, at times that suit you and your team.

You can read more about us in the New York Times, Harvard Business Review, TechCrunch and New Scientist and learn more about how we give Candidates useful feedback here.

The Role

We’re changing the way hiring is done, for good - and as such, we need to start scaling our Finance function to keep pace with the phenomenal growth rates we’re realising.

As the new member of the team, you'll not only be expanding our existing financial processing and reporting capabilities but also, help bring in new ideas and perspectives that will help improve the overall effectiveness and efficiency of the wider Operations Team (that the Finance function forms a part of).

We have a great starting point: 100s of customers that love us; a mature and standardised accounting process; an easy-to-use tech stack (e.g. Xero, Spendesk, Stripe) and not forgetting, a team obsessed with evolving processes, to ensure scalability and greater effectiveness and efficiency for the wider organisation.

In your first 6 months at Applied you'll be directly involved in:

• monthly Management Accounts preparation

• financial records maintenance (including registers and journal entries)

• invoice creation and submission (including chasing overdue debtors)

• bill loading and payables reconciliations

• subscription and customer account data / queries troubleshooting

You'll benefit from:

• Equity in the business

• Wellbeing benefit and access to Spill

• Remote working budget

• Internet stipend

• Learning & development budget + progression support

• Involved in other aspects of the business, from strategy, management and training, to shaping team culture

• Being part of something that's both commercially successful and socially important

We’re working remotely first and use Desana as our office subscription. Our general aim is to have 2 away days throughout the year so we can all meet in person at least a few times a year.

About Our Finance Team

A note about our team: we place high value on trust, communication, ambition, empathy, accountability, user & data driven decisions, and have a bias towards action and curiosity.

We’re a team who works across the business with many internal and external stakeholders. We understand the business objectives, the needs of the broader team and work with team leads and the CEO to prioritise accordingly. On the Finance team you’ll work closest with the CEO, Heads of Sales, Account Management and People Operations. It’s important to be comfortable working in an early-stage environment where there is uncertainty (fun!) that change can bring. We always try to get the right balance between pushing for growth / innovating and keeping the business out of risk.

Next Steps

Our process is progressive - Instead of submitting a CV, you’ll answer 5 work-related questions. Our goal is to assess your approach to a problem, and better understand what knowledge and skills you have. Our advice is to read the question carefully and answer in full as we won’t look at your CV or ask for a cover letter.

If you work at Applied, you'll need to search for things, so feel free to do this during the application as it isn’t a test. Your answers will be anonymized, randomized and reviewed by the team. We use these scores to shortlist for a first interview where we will do a case study session and then if successful a final interview where we will as a team, discuss values, motivation and give you a chance to do a reverse interview where you ask us questions.

Note on right to work:

We are working remotely but only accepting application in the UK for this role at the moment. We do NOT provide visas in order to move to the UK, so please only apply if you have a right to work in the UK.