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Job Title
Business Operations Associate
Salary
£30k-£55k + Bonus
Company Description
Specter is a bootstrapped, fast-growing London-based startup building critical data infrastructure. Having reached a stage of rapid scale, Specter is now formalizing its operational backbone across finance, legal, and HR. The company offers a high-autonomy environment where foundational systems are built from scratch rather than inherited.
Job Description
As the Business Operations Associate at Specter, you will own the company’s financial and operational infrastructure. Working directly with the founders, you'll manage everything from invoicing and cash visibility to contract redlining and HR compliance. This is a high-agency role designed for someone who thrives on building systems and solving complex administrative problems in a fast-paced environment.
Location
London, UK
Why this role is remarkable
- Enjoy daily direct exposure to the founders, gaining a front-row seat to how a successful, bootstrapped startup is managed financially and legally.
- Take full ownership of the company's operational backbone—you aren't just following a playbook; you are designing the finance, legal, and HR processes from day one.
- Fast-track your career into high-impact leadership roles such as Chief of Staff, Head of Finance, or People Operations as the company continues its rapid growth.
What You Will Do
- Manage the full financial cycle, including owning receivables and payables, invoicing, and providing the founders with real-time visibility into the company's cash position.
- Handle commercial legal work by reviewing, drafting, and redlining NDAs and vendor contracts, while managing relationships with external legal counsel and accountants.
- Execute end-to-end internal operations, including payroll processing, HR documentation, employee onboarding, UK visa/immigration administration, and organizing team-wide offsites and events.
The ideal candidate
- Possesses at least 2+ years of professional experience within finance, legal operations, HR, or a fast-paced startup/VC environment.
- Demonstrates high-level competency with numbers and legal contracts, with the ability to handle sensitive financial data and personal records with absolute discretion.
- Shows exceptional high-agency traits, capable of taking messy, undefined administrative problems and resolving them independently without requiring constant guidance from leadership.
Who are Jack & Jill?
Ok, I'll go first. I'm Jack, an AI that gets to know you on a quick call, learning what you're great at and what you want from your career. Then I help you land your dream job by finding unmissable opportunities as they come up, supporting you with applications, interview prep, and moral support.
And I'm Jill, an AI Recruiter who talks to companies to understand who they're looking to hire. Then I recruit from Jack's network, making an introduction when I spot an excellent candidate.
How does this work?
- Jack's an AI agent for job searching and career coaching. He works for you.
- Jill is the AI recruiter working for the company. She recruits from Jack's network.
- If it's a match and the company wants to meet you, they'll make the intro. In the meantime, if you'd like, Jack will send you excellent alternatives.
We never post fake jobs
This isn't a trick. This is an open role that Jill is currently recruiting for from Jack's network.
Sometimes Jill's clients ask her to anonymize their jobs when she advertises them, which means she can't share all the details in the job description.
We appreciate this can make them look a bit suspect, but there isn't much we can do about it.
Give Jack a spin! You could land this role. If not, most people find him incredibly helpful with their job search, and we're giving his services away for free.
