Head of Finance / Expert in Residence [XIR]

Intro: Sequence is the AI-native billing and quote to cash platform for modern B2B teams, including Bridge (Stripe), incident.io http://incident.io and Cognition (Devin). Founded by serial entrepreneurs and backed by a16z, 645 Ventures and Salesforce Ventures with a recently completed Series A round https://www.sequencehq.

com/blog/sequence-announces-series-a, we’re now looking for our first Head of Finance / Expert in Residence. 🚀 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 enda@sequencehq.com with your resume and a quick note on why you think there’s a good fit. Public resources on Sequence: Youtube:
• Sequence Youtube Channel https://www.youtube.com/@sequencehq/videos Podcasts:
• Wharton Fin. Tech: Reinventing Billing & Quote-to-cash https://open.spotify.com/episode/7us5NAtkdq. CcZfj3hbt69t (Dec 2025): origin story, why Riya built Sequence after her first exit.
• Tech Finance with Sasha Orloff: E14: Revenue Models 101 & the New Stack https://open.spotify.com/episode/786u1QB6Y9woyWOkdvIGWC: pricing/revenue models, quote-to-cash thesis.
• Riding Unicorns: S6E5 https://open.spotify.com/episode/0sPZKpal2sfre. KxtaM2hLP (written recap https://readingunicorns.substack.com/p/s6e5-riya-grover-co-founder-and-ceo): M&A, founding story, enterprise product views.
• Bae HQ: Episode 207 https://www.thebaehq.com/podcasts/episode-207-riya: a16z round, category vision.
• The SaaS CFO with Ben Murray https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqg. SrDLHPks: AI-native B2B billing pitch.
• Converge Podcast https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yd7pDTiig_g (May 2024): "financial router" framing.
• Transcript of the Wharton Fin. Tech episode https://podcasttranscript.ai/library/reinventing-billing-quote-to-cash-with-sequence if you want to skim rather than listen. Written:
• USXP: From Oxford to a16z: building a US-first mindset at Sequence https://www.usxp.co/resources/from-oxford-to-a16z-how-riya-grover-built-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 https://www.thefpandaguy.com/future-finance/how-modern-finance-teams-are-automating-billing-and-revenue-workflows-with-ai-tools-riya-grover: guest piece on AI in finance ops.
• Sequence blog: Introducing Sequence 2.0 https://www.sequencehq.com/blog/introducing-sequence-20: her launch post for the AI-native rebuild.