People.io is giving people ownership of their data by creating a 'firewall for people'. See the short presentation below by our founder, explaining more about our product and vision.
We're looking for a highly organised and responsible Operations Executive to work closely with the CEO/Founder and Finance Director, playing a key role in the day to day operations of our highly-publicised Startup. If you're meticulously organised, possess the unique ability to bring order to chaos and always have 'a plan' - you're the one!
Having released our UK consumer app from beta in February, we've already hit 100,000 users and have recently announced our first official telecom partnership with Telefónica Deutschland in the form of an official co-branded app called o2 Get which is now available to their 44m customers in Germany, read some of the coverage on Techcrunch.
Recent news:
- #1 iTunes UK trending app (July ‘17)
- #4 iTunes UK Lifestyle app (July ‘17)
- Launched “o2 Get, powered by people.io” with Telefónica Deutschland
- Recognised as NASDAQ’s Rising Star of 2021
- Marketing Week, Top 100 Disruptive brand
This is an exciting opportunity to be at the centre of a world changing Startup as we scale from a successful UK and German launch, to multiple international markets alongside some of the most recognised brands in the world. Focussing on the day to day operations of the business, you'll be right at the centre of our team; ensuring we're always up-to-date with important administrative tasks, bookkeeping and business planning. Your passion and energy for keeping a fast paced Startup team and its founder organised will permeate throughout the team, playing a central role in our company's structure as continue to grow.
Recognised as the 2021 NASDAQ Rising Star and Marketing Week 100 Disruptive Brands, we've received investment from some of Europe’s most successful entrepreneurs, including Thomas Höegh (founder of Love Film / Arts Alliance), Mark Davis (co-founder of Betfair), Cyrus Kapadia (MD of Lazard) and Nick Robertson (founder of ASOS) in addition to corporate backing from Founders Factory (Brent Hoberman and Henry Lane-Fox) and Wayra Deutschland (Telefónica Open Future).
Featured in:
Techcrunch | AdAge | Die Welt | WARC | Financial Times | LS:N | Startup Valley | Les Echos
Responsibilities:
- Support the Founder/CEO directly, taking the initiative to action tasks or coordinate meetings on their behalf wherever possible; prioritising items that require urgent action.
- Organise business travel arrangements for the Founder/CEO and team, with a realistic detailed agenda and appropriate papers.
- Liaison with building management and vendors for all facilities issues.
- Help define a great on-boarding process and take the lead on coordinating team activities and lunches.
- Manage the accounts payable and accounts receivable processes, including posting purchase invoices, raising sales invoices, processing employee expenses and credit control.
- Managing your own personal development by actively taking on new responsibilities and roles, and providing short-term cover for others in the team.
- Assist the Finance Director on month end and year end processes, in preparation for monthly and annual reporting, as well as any external reporting.
- Deal with accounting/finance queries from clients, suppliers and other external parties (e.g. HMRC).
Requirements:
- A genuine desire to get hands-on in a start-up environment.
- Ability to handle administrative details independently, while exercising good judgment in keeping stakeholders adequately informed.
- Energetic and a passion to learn and develop your accounting and finance skills.
- Consistently maintain a professional and personable attitude due to the confidential nature of the work.
- Proven knowledge of bookkeeping and accounting principles, practices, standards, laws and regulations.
- Strong numerical skills, attention to detail and methodical approach.
- Advanced MS Office / Google Apps knowledge (Google Docs/Sheets/Mail, MS Word/Excel/Powerpoint).
- Very strong organisational skills and take personal pride in outputting high quality work.
- Be a natural relationship builder that is self motivated and often takes the initiative.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Reliable, conscientious and dedicated.
- Staying calm under pressure.