UK Finance Manager

About Auror

At Auror, we’re empowering the retail industry to tackle theft and Organised Retail Crime, a $150 Billion problem globally. It’s high volume crime that’s increasingly organised in nature and is putting people, retailers, and communities at risk every day.

Founded in New Zealand 12 years ago, we’re working with some of the best and largest retailers in the world across the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the UK. Auror is connecting people and intelligence to reduce crime. We’re using technology for good.

Our mission is clear: reduce violent retail crime by 50% in 5 years. It's an ambitious goal - and one we believe is achievable. In partnership with our leading retail partners, we need people with the passion, determination, and innovation required to overcome one of the world's largest problems. If you’re looking to make a difference with and for the people dedicated to stopping crime, for good, then we want you on our team.

We're also embracing the potential of AI to supercharge our impact - whether that's enhancing the way we detect trends, support our customers, or improve internal workflows. As a company, we're committed to responsibly incorporating AI into how we work and what we build, and we encourage all Aurors to be curious about how AI can elevate their work, regardless of role or function.

The Role

As our UK Finance Manager (known internally as Finance Business Parter UK), you’ll play a critical role in delivering accurate, insightful, and meaningful financial information that drives decision-making and supports Auror’s growth across the United Kingdom and Europe.

You’ll own the financial reporting cycle for the UK region, ensuring the integrity of numbers and bringing them to life through thoughtful analysis and clear storytelling. You’ll also lead key operational finance processes, drive ongoing transformation initiatives, and act as a strategic finance partner to business leaders, providing commercial insight, challenging assumptions, and influencing decision-making.

You’ll be an experienced and highly trusted team player whose impact extends beyond day-to-day execution. You’ll help shape how the finance team operates, influence cross-functional decision-making and drive improvements that enable the broader business to scale effectively.

You’ll work closely with stakeholders across global Finance and the wider business, building trusted relationships and providing the insight that underpins decisions. You’ll thrive in an environment that values ownership, collaboration, continuous improvement, and strategic thinking.

Responsibilities

• Taking ownership of reporting across the UK region, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and timeliness. Preparing variance analyses and commentary that connect financial results to business performance.

• Maintaining reconciliations, journals, and compliance with accounting standards, internal controls, and IFRS reporting requirements.

• Partnering with stakeholders to explain financial results, challenge assumptions, and identify opportunities for improvement. Developing and maintaining financial reports and dashboards that drive visibility and accountability across the business.

• Identifying and managing financial and operational risks, ensuring high standards of accuracy, governance, and compliance across the region, including leading the establishment of core operational processes for new European markets.

• Owning UK tax and audit compliance, including leading UK audit process, annual corporate tax filings, VAT requirements and ensuring intercompany activity aligns with Auror’s transfer pricing policy.

• Payroll compliance, ensuring timely and accurate pay processing while adhering to required statutory and reporting requirements.

• Leading forecasting and planning cycles for the UK region, helping teams plan effectively and make informed commercial decisions.

• Owning AP and AR processes for the UK region, ensuring timely and accurate invoice processing, strong vendor & customer management, effective controls, and proactive visibility over cashflow impacts including FX and risk considerations.

• Leading finance transformation initiatives, including automation, process simplification, AI-enabled process improvements, and system enhancements.

• Supporting cross-functional initiatives and strategic projects, helping align finance operations with Auror’s broader growth objectives across UK and Europe and contributing to a collaborative, inclusive, and high-performing finance culture.

• Lead the finance workstream for expansion into new markets in Europe - preparing financial forecasts, considering risks, required processes and compliance obligations

• Proactively identify and escalate risks before they become problems, bringing analysis and a recommended course of action.

This role reports to Abby Apter, Director of Finance, NA.

I joined Auror in January, excited by the significant growth opportunities unfolding in North America. My experience spans a variety of company sizes and stages, so it is exciting to be building processes and directly contributing to the success of our team and the broader business. The Auror team is exceptional; they are genuine people who are passionate about their work and, more importantly, how they collaborate. Outside of work, I'm busy chasing my young son, heading up to the mountains to ski, enjoying the Denver sunshine while gardening, and fitting in Peloton workouts to balance out my love for sweets.

Requirements

You’re a technically strong accountant with a passion for transforming numbers into insights that matter. You’re detail-oriented and dependable, yet curious about the bigger picture - how financial performance connects to Auror’s mission, strategy, and growth.

You’re comfortable operating autonomously in a fast-paced environment while also elevating the performance of those around you through strong collaboration and communication. You bring sound judgment, strategic thinking, and the ability to independently lead complex initiatives and operational improvements.

• Experience: 5-7 years’ experience in accounting, reporting, financial operations, or finance business partnering roles — ideally within a fast-growing, multi-entity, or SaaS environment.

• Technical expertise: Proven ability to prepare and review financial reporting, manage regional compliance obligations, perform reconciliations, and deliver clear financial analysis and commercial insight.

• Compliance knowledge: Strong understanding of accounting, payroll, tax, and statutory compliance requirements across the UK and Europe.

• Analytical mindset: Strong data analysis and interpretation skills, with the ability to translate complexity into actionable insights and recommendations.

• Business partnering: Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to influence decision-making and build trusted cross-functional relationships.

• Tools & systems: Skilled in Xero or similar accounting software, Excel/Google Sheets, AP processes, and modern finance systems. Experience improving workflows through automation, system optimisation, and AI-driven process improvements that enhance accuracy, scalability, and operational efficiency is highly desirable.

• Ownership & impact: You take accountability for outcomes, proactively solve problems, and consistently deliver high-quality work that advances team and business goals.

• Collaboration & influence: You build strong, trusted relationships and communicate financial information clearly across teams, functions, and geographies.

• Curiosity & improvement: You love refining processes, enhancing accuracy, and leveraging technology to make finance more effective, scalable, and insight-driven.

We are looking for people who demonstrate a strong alignment to our Guiding Principles (you can find these on our Careers page).

With diversity and inclusion at the forefront of Auror’s guiding principles, we promote a culture that celebrates diversity and inclusiveness at Auror, regardless of, but not limited to, race, gender, sexual orientation, family status, religion, ethnicity, national origin, physical disability, veteran status, or age.

Benefits:

• Competitive salary range: Depending on the level of experience, a starting salary of £70,000 - £80,000.

• Annual bonus: Eligibility for a £4,125 bonus at the end of the financial year if we’ve hit our revenue goals together.

• Generous annual leave: 29 days of annual leave per year, plus public holidays, so you can properly rest and recharge.

• Employee share scheme: You’ll own part of a company making a real difference!

• Wellness days: We offer 10 paid Wellness Days per year, which can be used for mental or physical health, medical appointments, or to care for an unwell family member.

• Flexibility: We are hard-working and outcome focused, but recognise there is more to life than work. We promote a healthy work/life blend.

• Shorter work weeks (at full pay): Everyone gets Friday afternoons off, so you can start your weekend early, and do more of whatever it is that makes you happy.

• Focus on mental and physical health: We understand how vital our health is and have policies to support your wellness, including Wellness Days, and up to £375 for expert sessions every year.

• Private Medical Insurance: Auror covers the cost of your plan membership with Vitality, where you will also enjoy the benefits of their Vitality Programme for health and wellbeing.

• Family-friendly: We offer comprehensive paid parental leave - 12 weeks for birth parents and 6 weeks for non-birth parents following birth, adoption, or surrogacy, available to all Aurors from day one.

• Personal growth: We support our team to participate in courses, conferences, or events that will help them develop their skills.

• Team love: We have regular team lunches and social events where most (if not all) activities are during work hours.

What are the next steps?

If you’re excited about our mission and you have the experience and a passion for this role, please hit “Apply”.

If you’re not sure that you tick all the boxes but feel you’re close to what we’re looking for, please apply anyway! We’re proud that Auror is a place where everyone can learn and grow so we’d love to hear from you.

You'll be asked to submit a cover letter as part of your application. While this is optional we do encourage it, as we find cover letters can tell a story that resumes alone often cannot. Our hiring team love to understand what attracted you to this role and why you are excited about the opportunity to join Auror.

Once you apply, you’ll hear from us to acknowledge your application. If you have questions about any of the above, or if you have any accessibility requirements, we’ll be able to help you from there.