Head of Finance & Operations at Fornax

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Job Title Head of Finance & Operations

Salary Not Disclosed

Company Description Fornax is a London-based clean-tech company making sustainable heating the obvious choice for every UK home. Operating as a fast-growing installer of heat pumps, Fornax provides flexible payment plans as an FCA Appointed Representative, maintaining a perfect NPS of 10 while scaling its commercial and operational engine across England and Wales.

Job Description You will own the financial and operational backbone of Fornax, building the commercial engine rather than just managing a back-office. Reporting to the CEO and COO, you’ll design revops, automate workflows, and embed compliance into customer journeys. This hands-on role buys back founder time by scaling a clean-tech market leader.

Location London, UK

Why this role is remarkable

• Unique blend of finance and product where you design commercial workflows, revops, and automation rather than performing traditional, siloed back-office accounting.
• High-impact leadership role reporting directly to the founders, with a mandate to build the operational scaffolding for a business with a perfect NPS.
• Strategic positioning at the intersection of climate tech and fintech, helping every UK home switch to sustainable heating through innovative financial products.

What You Will Do

• Manage end-to-end finance operations including bookkeeping, management accounts, board reporting, and lender due diligence to ensure flawless financial hygiene.
• Partner with the Platform Director to drive the automation roadmap, building the software systems that allow finance and ops to scale without adding headcount.
• Oversee people operations and HR administration, ensuring internal processes like onboarding, IT logistics, and supplier management run with precision and efficiency.

The ideal candidate

• Product-minded operator with experience in revops, investment banking, or product operations within a fast-moving startup or scale-up environment.
• Financially literate professional capable of designing compliant processes and managing straightforward accounting without needing a formal CPA or qualified accountant status.
• Disciplined executor who proactively challenges wasteful spending and initiates cost-optimization conversations to protect the company's financial health and runway.

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