Strategic Finance Senior Associate

Relay is fundamentally reshaping how goods move in an online era. Backed by Europe’s largest-ever logistics Series A ($35M), led by deep-tech investors Plural (whose portfolio spans fusion energy and space exploration), Relay is scaling faster than 99.98% of venture-backed startups. We're assembling the most talent-dense team the logistics industry has ever seen

Relay’s Mission is to free commerce from friction. Today, high delivery costs act as a hidden tax on e-commerce, quietly shaping what can be sold online and limiting who can participate. We envision a world where more goods move more freely between more people, making the online shopping experience seamless and accessible to everyone.

THE TEAM
• ~90 people, more than half in engineering, product and data
• 45+ advanced degrees across computer science, mathematics and operations research
• Thousands of data points captured, calculated, analysed and predicted for every single parcel we handle
• An intellectually vibrant culture of first‑principles thinking, tight feedback loops and relentless experimentation

Relay’s Mission

Relay exists to free commerce from friction. Today, high delivery costs act as a hidden tax on e-commerce, quietly shaping what can be sold online and limiting who can participate. We envision a world where more goods move more freely between more people, making the online shopping experience seamless and accessible to everyone.

In this future:

• Delivery feels invisible—free shipping is the default, and logistical friction disappears from consumers' minds.

• Retailers of all sizes thrive equally online, whether selling a £5 item or a £500 one, as delivery becomes universally efficient and cost-effective.

Just as the internet eliminates friction from communication, Relay removes friction from the movement of goods, enabling broader participation and creating new opportunities for merchants and consumers alike.

The Opportunity

We are hiring a Strategic Finance Analyst to join Relay’s Finance function. You will work closely with senior leaders including the CFO and CCO, contributing directly to Relay’s preparation for a major Series B raise in 2026 and strengthening the analytical and operating backbone of the business.

In this role you will help build Relay’s forecasting engine, support the improvement of the financial model that will be developed for investors, and support key parts of the company’s operating cadence.

This position is ideal for someone who is highly analytical, structured, detail oriented, and excited to learn quickly in one of Europe’s fastest scaling companies. You will sit at the center of how Relay plans, forecasts, and executes, producing insights that influence decisions across the entire business.

This is a high impact role for someone who wants to grow rapidly, build core financial and strategic skills, and play a meaningful role in Relay’s fundraising process.

Key Responsibilities

Financial Modeling, Fundraising, and Investor Relations

• Enhance and maintain Relay’s financial model so it accurately reflects the company’s commercial and operational complexity while remaining clear, robust, and investor ready. The model will need to support cash flow and earnings forecasts, valuation, and SaaS or tech-style performance metrics in line with investor expectations.

• Conduct scenario modelling in close collaboration with Commercial, Operations, and Finance, testing sensitivities, evaluating strategic options, and ensuring assumptions remain grounded in operational reality.

• Support the fundraising diligence process by maintaining the data room, ensuring the accuracy and consistency of all financial and operational materials, and responding to prospective investor requests.

• Contribute to the development of the investor narrative and pitch materials, ensuring alignment between the financial model, commercial story, and the strategic positioning Relay presents to the market.

• Support investor reporting and communications including quarterly updates, metrics preparation, and insights that connect operational performance to the financial narrative.

Planning, Forecasting, and Governance

• Drive Relay’s planning and forecasting processes across the weekly, three month and the twelve month outlooks, acting as the coordination point to ensure all contributors meet deadlines and provide accurate inputs.

• Ensure all operational and commercial inputs are correctly captured, validated, and incorporated into the forecast, including customer volumes, pricing & operating costs.

• Develop and maintain the three month and twelve month forecasts, highlighting risks, deviations, and implications for the business.

• Identify and implement continuous improvement opportunities across forecasting templates, inputs, assumptions, and process discipline.

• Conduct cross-functional analysis on growth, cost, and margin drivers, delivering actionable insights.

Who Will Thrive in This Role

• Someone with strong foundational analytical experience, ideally gained in consulting, investment banking, or a similarly rigorous environment, who is looking to apply those skills in a fast-moving environment.

• A highly structured thinker with strong attention to detail and pride in producing accurate work.

• Comfortable working with numbers, models, and ambiguous business problems.

• A clear communicator who can synthesise diverse inputs into simple, structured outputs.

• Operates with ownership and a bias for action and continuously raises the bar on process quality.

  
  

Compensation and Benefits

• Generous equity, richer than 99% of European startups, with annual top-ups to share Relay’s success.

• Private health & dental coverage, so comprehensive you’d need to be a partner at a Magic Circle law firm to match it.

• 25 days of holidays

• Enhanced parental leave.

• Hardware of your choice.

• Extensive perks (gym subsidies, cycle-to-work, Friday office lunch, covered Uber home and dinner for late nights, and more).

Who Thrives at Relay?

• Aim with Precision: You define problems clearly and measure your impact meticulously.

• Play to Win: You chase bold bets, tackle the hard stuff, and view constraints as fuel, not friction.

• 1% Better Every Day: You believe that small, consistent improvements lead to exponential growth. You move quickly, deliver results, and learn from every experience.

• All In, All the Time: You show up and step up. You take ownership from start to finish and do what it takes to deliver when it counts.

• People-Powered Greatness: You invest in your teammates. You give and receive feedback with care and candour. You build trust through high standards and shared success.

• Grow the Whole Pie: You seek out win-win solutions for merchants, couriers, and our customers, because when they thrive, so do we.
  
  If these resonate, and you combine strong technical fundamentals with entrepreneurial drive, let’s connect.

Relay is an equal-opportunity employer committed to diversity, inclusion, and fostering a workplace where everyone thrives.