About Kota
Kota is reimagining insurance and retirement benefits for the modern workforce.
Through our two flagship products—Kota Platform, the first fully integrated benefits platform, and Kota Embed, our embedded insurance solution—we're making benefits more accessible, valued, and global.
Today, we power benefits for tens of thousands of employees at Europe's most forward-thinking companies,
We are growing fast and building with intensity.
To support this, we're hiring our first finance leader.
The Role
This isn't a back-office role. You'll be a core part of the leadership team, working directly with the CEO and SLT to bring rigor, clarity, and transparency to how we plan, operate, and grow.
Key Responsibilities
* Build and run our finance engine: Own all core financial operations — including cashflow management, revenue & commissions recognition, payroll & EoR, accounts payable, expense management and related financial controls.
* Drive strategic planning: Lead budgeting, forecasting, and scenario planning across the business.
* Partner with the leadership team on business model evolution, hiring plans, and growth strategy.
* Level up internal reporting: Design and deliver clear, consistent financial reporting that helps the team make better decisions — and keeps stakeholders aligned.
* Install scalable systems: Introduce tools, processes, and automations that bring structure without friction.
* Own and evolve our finance tech stack.
* Lead regulatory reporting: Manage tax, regulatory, audit and company secretarial responsibilities with external partners.
About You
You are a startup-proven professional who has built or scaled finance functions at high-growth tech companies — ideally in SaaS, fintech, or in a regulated environment.
You're a full-stack operator who is equally comfortable running payroll as you are building board-ready forecasts. You don't need a team to make things happen.
Exceptionally structured, you bring clarity to chaos. You simplify complexity. You communicate clearly, make tradeoffs fast, and operate with high trust.
You're commercially minded, understanding how finance supports growth — not just tracking metrics, but shaping decisions around pricing, hiring, and go-to-market strategy.
Obsessed with excellence, you sweat the details, care deeply about doing things right, and strive for operational excellence that truly scales.
You lead through ambiguity, take full ownership of business-critical outcomes, and align stakeholders around shared goals.
You don't wait to be asked—you make it happen. Our values resonate with you: Have Integrity, Care Deeply, Own Your Ship, Raise the Bar, and Play to Win.