About us:

Uptick is a fast-growing B2B software company revolutionising the building compliance industry. With offices in London, Melbourne, and Denver, we empower fire service providers with a market-leading cloud platform that streamlines compliance, maintenance, and reporting. Thousands of field service professionals trust our software to improve efficiency, ensure safety, and drive business growth. Our software is trusted to maintain the compliance of millions across 6 countries.

With Private Equity backing, we are scaling rapidly in each of our markets via a mix of organic and inorganic growth to achieve our goal of making 100 million people safer where they work, live and play.

The role:

• Take ownership of day-to-day UK finance, payroll, management reporting, and KPI tracking.
• Support budgeting, tax compliance, and regulatory reporting.
• Work closely with the UK & North America Finance Director and UK leadership.
• Manage and mentor a Finance Executive currently studying for ICAEW ACA.
• Challenge the status quo and suggest best-practice improvements.
• Bring a hands-on, process-driven, and detail-focused approach.
• Apply strong finance and commercial acumen to drive rigour.
• Ideal for someone ambitious to grow into a Financial Controller role in 1–2 years.

What you'll do:

• Own the monthly UK management accounts (P&L, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow) and KPI reporting.
• Support budgeting, forecasting, and rolling forecast updates.
• Lead on UK tax compliance - VAT, PAYE, corporation tax - with support from external accountants.
• Manage day-to-day finance ops: invoicing, ledgers, supplier payments, customer billing, payroll & reconciliations.
• Support the Finance Director in preparing monthly ELT reporting packs.
• Help strengthen and embed financial controls across the business.
• Improve and streamline finance processes with a proactive, solutions-first mindset.
• Contribute to commercial and cross-functional projects as needed.

About you:

• CIMA/ACCA/ACA qualified (or part-qualified).
• 3+ years’ experience in industry or practice.
• Strong grasp of financial and management accounting principles.
• Experience managing tax filings (with support from FD and advisors).
• Confident using accounting tools (Xero preferred).
• Clear, confident communicator who works well with senior leaders.
• Commercially savvy with a business-first mindset.
• Hands-on, process-focused, and action-oriented.
• Comfortable in fast-paced, evolving environments.
• Ambitious and ready to grow into a finance leadership role.
• Bonus: if you have experience working in a startup, SaaS or rapidly scaling team.

Our culture begins with our values:

Care: Care about our customers, and care about what we do.

Excellence: Be excellent (not perfect). Have hard conversations.

Growth: Grow our customers, grow our people.