RapidAIM Financial Controller

About
Us 

We are a team of passionate individuals from 15 countries developing the world’s first biosecurity platform built to combat critical pest threats to human health, food security and the environment.  

With a deep commitment to trust, integrity and collaboration, Flyttr has become the trusted partner of governments, industries, philanthropies and communities seeking to make bold advancements on the biggest pest threats of our time. We work with urgency because lives and livelihoods depend on it. Successful candidates will find Flyttr to be an exhilarating place to do their best work and will find that every person at Flyttr plays a critical role in a dynamic, exciting, team-oriented culture. 

 
Purpose of the Job 

Flyttr is a multi-national business with operating hubs including established finance teams in the UK and Brazil. The group is now building its US finance function as it expands its US footprint through its pest-monitoring business under the RapidAIM brand in California and US government-funded research programs based in San Antonio, Texas. This role is a key part of that new team, with primary responsibility for financial planning, reporting, control and commercially focused business partnering for RapidAIM. The role will provide decision support to RapidAIM leadership, challenge assumptions, translate financial performance into practical actions and help shape pricing, growth and investment priorities. It will also provide limited, periodic support to US research programs where required. 

You will report to the US Finance Director and work closely with Group FP&A, the wider Group Finance team in the UK, RapidAIM leadership and the finance team in Brazil. You will be a trusted finance partner to the RapidAIM leadership, bringing constructive challenge, clear analysis and forward-looking insight to operational and strategic decisions. 

Responsibilities 

RapidAIM
Financial Management 

• Business partnering and decision support: Act as the finance partner to RapidAIM's US leadership and commercial team. Build strong relationships across sales, operations and product; provide timely analysis and constructive challenge; translate financial and operational data into clear recommendations; and support decisions on pricing, customer and product profitability, growth, resource allocation and investment. 
• Budgeting & forecasting: Own RapidAIM's US budget and rolling forecasts
  covering the US and Brazil, and feeding into the group budget and forecast process led by Group FP&A. 
• Management reporting and insight: Prepare accurate, timely management accounts including KPIs, variance analysis and cash flow reporting for the US Finance Director, Group CFO and RapidAIM leadership. Lead performance discussions, explain the commercial drivers behind results and agree practical actions with budget owners. 
• P&L reporting: Produce an accrual-based P&L view of RapidAIM
  by country alongside a cash-based report, including device cost of sales and capital expenditure. 
• Balance sheet: Monitor and control the business’ balance sheet, perform regular reconciliations and agree intercompany balances. 
• Inventory & device leases: Maintain
  physical controls over inventory (materials and finished goods) and devices leased
  to customers. 
• Revenue & collections: Oversee invoicing, collections and customer contract terms for US lines of business for US and overseas customers, working closely with the Commercial team. 

Financial Control & Compliance 

• Financial controls: Design, document and maintain robust financial controls and processes for the US business, building these from scratch where needed. 
• US tax & statutory: Coordinate US GAAP reporting, lease accounting and federal and state tax compliance, including payroll, sales, franchise and property taxes across Texas and California, working with external advisors. 
• Service partner management: Manage US service partners (payroll, tax, audit, legal) to ensure accurate and timely service.  
• Payroll: Support the People Team with payroll compliance for RapidAIM employees. 

Research Program Finance Support 

• Periodic finance support: Provide ad hoc support to the US Finance Director, US finance team, and Group FP&A on research program cost tracking, forecasts, audit queries and proposal budgets when required. 

Skills, Experience, and Education Requirements 

• Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or a related field, with significant relevant accounting and financial management experience. CPA, CMA or equivalent professional accounting qualification preferred. 
• Relevant experience: Typically 5+ years of demonstrable experience across FP&A and financial management, ideally in a growing or early-stage US business where you have helped build finance processes. 
• Financial management & control: Strong technical grounding in US GAAP, management reporting, cash flow management and month-end close. 
• Commercial acumen and business partnering: A strong track record of partnering with senior non-finance leaders, influencing decisions through clear financial insight and constructive challenge, and translating analysis into practical recommendations and measurable actions. 
• Government contract exposure: Some familiarity with US government contracts or grants would be helpful but is not essential; the role’s principal focus is commercial finance and business partnering for RapidAIM. 
• Systems: Advanced Excel and financial modelling skills. Knowledge of MS365 Dynamics ERP would be helpful. 
• Communication skills: Strong written and oral communication skills, with the judgement to handle sensitive commercial and people-related information with appropriate discretion. 
• Working ethos: A self-starter comfortable with building structures and formulating processes, able to prioritise independently against competing deadlines across two businesses. Available for occasional travel within the US, California most likely. 

Behavioral Requirements 

• Commitment to, and passion for, the Flyttr mission and values. 
• Responsive to the needs of an international business working across different time zones, adapting working patterns in-line with business requirements. 
• Positive, humble, co-operative and professional always. 
• Works with urgency and solves things promptly. 
• Resilient and persistent in an innovative and constantly changing environment. 
• Proactive, resourceful, and comfortable building processes from scratch. 
• Values collaboration and works effectively with global colleagues.