About this role
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 [email protected] 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 https://open.spotify.com/episode/7us5NAtkdqCcZfj3hbt69t (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/0sPZKpal2sfreKxtaM2hLP (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=qqgSrDLHPks: AI-native B2B billing pitch.
- Converge Podcast https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yd7pDTiig_g (May 2024): "financial router" framing.
- Transcript of the Wharton FinTech 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.
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 [email protected] 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 https://open.spotify.com/episode/7us5NAtkdqCcZfj3hbt69t (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/0sPZKpal2sfreKxtaM2hLP (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=qqgSrDLHPks: AI-native B2B billing pitch.
- Converge Podcast https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yd7pDTiig_g (May 2024): "financial router" framing.
- Transcript of the Wharton FinTech 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.
Tech stack
Salesforce
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