Job description
Our everyday digital experiences are in the midst of a realtime revolution. Whether chatting alongside a livestreaming event, receiving realtime financial information, or working with colleagues in an online collaborative environment - consumers simply expect realtime digital experiences as standard. At Ably we’re not just witnessing this revolution, we’re powering it - at scale.
At the heart of our mission lies a commitment to putting developers first. Ably provides a suite of products to build, extend, and deliver powerful digital experiences in realtime, delivering billions of messages for millions of devices every day and supporting organizations like Split, Hubspot, Toyota and Genius Sports.
Working at Ably means helping to build the infrastructure and technology that will power and shape the future of the internet. The opportunity in front of us is immense. And we’d like your help.
About this role
As Ably continues to scale, we’re expanding our small but dynamic Finance team by hiring a talented and proactive Finance Assistant. You’ll take ownership of the bookkeeping function, working closely with our Finance Manager, Senior Financial Analyst and VP of Finance. You’ll play a key role in maintaining accurate financial reports, ongoing control activities, and optimizing processes to help the Finance function scale efficiently.
Day to day you will
- Oversee and manage bookkeeping. You’ll be responsible for maintaining accurate financial records, including accounts payable, accounts receivable, bank reconciliations, fixed asset register and preparation of VAT/OSS returns.
- Handle invoicing and payments. You’ll maintain revenue records, process customer and supplier invoices and ensure timely payments. You’ll also support and assist customers with invoicing and billing queries.
- Assist with payroll and expenses. You’ll support payroll administration, ensuring staff wages are processed accurately and on time, and review employee expenses in line with company policies.
- Reconcile financial accounts. You’ll regularly reconcile bank statements, credit card statements, and other financial accounts to ensure accurate reporting.
- Contribute to month-close process. You’ll support month-close reporting activities and gain exposure to annual accounts preparation.
- Strengthen financial controls. You’ll help maintain and improve financial controls, ensuring compliance with internal processes and accounting standards.
- Support financial analysis and reporting. You’ll provide ad-hoc support to the wider Finance team with financial analysis, reporting business insights to contribute to data-driven decision-making.
- Optimize finance systems. You’ll help to maintain and enhance the company’s finance tools and software, improving workflows and team efficiency.
It’s important that you have
- Proven experience as a Finance Assistant, Bookkeeper or similar role, ideally in a fast-growing startup or scaleup environment.
- Hands-on experience with accounting software (e.g. Xero, QuickBooks, Sage, or similar).
- Excellent attention to detail and a high level of accuracy in all tasks.
- Strong time management skills, with the ability to work independently and autonomously.
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with the immediate and wider team.
- A proactive attitude, with the ability to identify problems and provide solutions.
- A commitment to maintaining confidentiality and handling sensitive financial data responsibly.
What’s it like to work at Ably?
We’re tackling planet-scale problems and our ambitions are a testament to that. You’ll join a successful, deeply motivated and collaborative team that thrives on innovation, experimentation and autonomy. To get a sense of life at Ably, visit our careers page. You can also read about the origins of Ably’s core values on our blog.
We believe in fostering a culture that’s built on inclusivity and mutual respect among all team members, and we recognise that each individual is different and will want to be supported in their role in different ways. We provide a range of perks and benefits to aid folks’ development and wellbeing, allowing them to be their best selves and do great work.
- A remote-first and flexible work environment. UK-based teams come together in person once per month in our London hub (next to Old Street) and we get together as a company twice per year. Aside from that, you’re welcome to work wherever suits best for you.
- Equity. We’re a growing start-up and we want all team to members to share in the success of the company through our EMI share options programme.
- Enhanced holiday allowance. Our policy provides Ablyans with 28 days of paid annual leave (27 regular days, plus a day off to enjoy your birthday).
- Enhanced parental leave package, so that you can take the time you need to get to know your new family member, rest and recover.
- Home workstation budget of £500 on joining (and £150 p/a thereafter), so that your home office is set up to serve you well and that you have everything you need to work comfortably.
- Personal learning and development budget of £1000 annually, and 5% L&D time during working hours to focus on improving your skillset.
- Private healthcare with BUPA.
- Medical cash plan to cover a range medical and dental costs.
- Mental wellbeing coaching and counselling from Self Space.
- Monthly wellbeing budget via Juno.
- Life assurance and income protection.
- Access to Tech & Cycle to Work schemes.
- Weekly snack allowance for our end-of-week “Need To Know” meeting.
- A fully-paid one-month sabbatical after five years with Ably.
Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging at Ably
We believe our differences as individuals is what makes us great. Our people are at the heart of what we do, and we encourage everyone to be their most authentic self at Ably: we see inclusivity and openness as fundamental to creating long-term success as an organization. We encourage applications from all backgrounds regardless of age, disability, gender, sexual orientation, parental status, race, religion, educational background or neurodiversity. Ably has an amazing opportunity ahead of us, and we want anyone to be able to contribute to that opportunity.
If you enjoy working as part of a technology company, value open source, and love solving hard problems - then we’d love to hear from you, regardless of whether you fit the job description exactly or not. If in doubt, drop us an email; we’d be more than happy to give you some advice on your application.
