Job Description

The role

A Founder's Associate takes work off the founder's desk and owns it. Not a support function. You will be given problems with no obvious answer and be expected to come back with a recommendation, then run it.

The mix changes month to month. Expect partnerships and business development support, investor and market research, operations, hiring coordination, and preparing the material that goes in front of banks, payment companies and investors.

It suits someone who has worked inside a bank or a fintech, understands how partnerships and product decisions actually move, and wants two years of experience compressed into one. You are expected to wear multiple hats with less hand holding.

What you will do

Own workstreams end to end and report back on outcomes, not activity
Keep the partner and investor pipeline current, and chase what is outstanding
Research companies, markets, regulation and competitors, and write up what matters in one page
Prepare briefing notes, documents and decks for external meetings
Sit in on partner and investor calls, write them up, and drive the follow ups
Coordinate hiring: sourcing, scheduling, first pass screening
Run day to day operations: vendors, invoices, expenses, tools, filing
Manage the founder's calendar, inbox and meetings

What we need

At least 2 years in banking, or at least 1 year in a fintech company
Exposure to product management or partnerships is preferred
Fluent written and spoken English.
Strong writing. You can turn a 60 minute meeting into 10 clear lines
Structured thinker. You break an open ended question into steps before starting
Confident with spreadsheets, shared documents and basic project tools
Discreet. You will see confidential material every day
Comfortable with ambiguity and with being told your first answer is wrong

Nice to have

Exposure to payments, compliance, merchant onboarding or KYB
Experience working directly with a founder or senior executive
Experience working with a team in another country
A degree in Finance or Business, but we welcome people with a diverse background.

What you get

Direct line to the founder and to every part of the business
Visibility into partnerships with payment companies and acquirers, and into fundraising
Room to grow into a product, partnerships or operations role as the company grows