Founder's Office - Strategic Finance - Relay

About Relay

In the future, commerce will be instant, local, and seamless. What we now call "e-commerce" will simply be how we shop.

Relay is building the logistics network that e-commerce should have had from the start. We're designed from the ground up for sustainability - environmental, social, and economic. By rethinking both the middle and last mile, we cut miles driven, reduce carbon emissions, lower costs, and return value to local communities.

Behind the scenes, we orchestrate this with cutting-edge tech: from smart routing and real-time planning to seamless tools that empower our ground teams.

We’re not just building the future, we're scaling it fast.

• We just closed a $35M Series A, the largest ever for a logistics tech startup in Europe.

• Brands like Vinted, TikTok, and Temu are choosing Relay to power their UK expansion.

• We're growing at a top 0.01% among all European Series A startups.

About the role

We’re looking for a Founder’s Office - Strategic Finance to work directly with our Founder and CEO, Jonathan Jenssen, in driving both our Series B fundraising process and the broader strategic finance agenda of the company. This is a high-impact, high-visibility role at the heart of our next phase of growth.

You’ll operate at the intersection of capital markets, strategic decision-making, and startup execution. From shaping our investment narrative and financial strategy to partnering on capital allocation and scenario planning, this role is ideal for someone who brings a deep understanding of both how investors think — and how to build the financial backbone of a scaling company.

As the Founder’s Office - Strategic Finance at Relay, you can expect to

• Partner with the Founder and CFO to lead the end-to-end Series B fundraising process, from strategy to execution.

• Develop and refine investor materials, including pitch decks, financial models, data rooms, and market positioning documents.

• Build and manage a robust investor pipeline and handle ongoing investor relations, including quarterly updates, board materials, and follow-up reporting.

• Lead strategic financial planning, including long-range planning, capital allocation frameworks, and scenario modelling to support critical business decisions.

• Drive cross-functional financial analysis to assess growth opportunities, cost initiatives, and margin improvements.

• Collaborate with teams across legal, finance, and operations to ensure investor diligence is backed by a rigorous and coherent financial narrative.

• Research and qualify venture capital and strategic investment partners aligned with our long-term vision and model.
  

We are looking for candidates who have

• Experience in venture capital, with exposure to startup deal processes and fundraising dynamics and/or hands-on experience leading Series B or later-stage fundraising rounds at a high-growth startup.

• Strong financial modelling and valuation skills; comfortable with SaaS or tech company metrics.

• Excellent communication and storytelling ability — able to distil complexity into a compelling narrative for investors.

• Highly organised, detail-oriented, and able to manage multiple workstreams under tight deadlines.
  

The qualifications and experiences above act as a loose guide to what we’re looking for. We’d still love to hear from you if you have more or less experience, so long as the core skills can be demonstrated.

Relay is offering

• Generous equity package

• Performance bonus in the form of equity

• High-performance culture with 2 promotion windows per year

• 25 days' annual leave, plus bank holidays

• Bupa Global Business Premier health plan – including mental, dental, and optical cover

• Enhanced Parental Leave: 20 weeks of fully paid maternity leave & 4 weeks of fully paid paternity leave

• Contributory pension scheme

• Friday office lunches

• Access to cutting-edge AI tooling

• Free gym membership via our co-working spaces

• Cycle-to-work scheme

• Regular team socials, events, and offsites!!