Keep a tech startup's numbers honest. Prove it in the reports.
Gain real finance experience and create evidence you can show employers. You help a tech startup with its books, budgets, forecasts and investor materials, and you leave with real reports, models and a Tech Founder reference.
Open to every level, from first steps to leading the team. Voluntary and fully remote, up to three hours a day across a 60 Volunteer day term.
See the whole picture, from the first invoice to the funding round.
Early finance roles in large firms often mean one ledger or one report. In an early tech startup you see everything: cash, costs, pricing, forecasts and fundraising, and your numbers inform real decisions.
Real decisions
Your forecasts shape hiring, pricing and fundraising.
The whole picture
Bookkeeping to investor materials, in one place.
Evidence you can show
Reports, models and processes you built.
Find your starting point.
Tech startups need finance people at every level. Check which description fits you, what you should already know and what you would take on.
New to finance
Students, graduates and career changers who are careful with numbers.
- You should already know
- Spreadsheets and the basics of income, costs and cash.
- You would take on
- Bookkeeping support, expense tracking and simple reports with guidance.
From another field
People from banking, retail management, administration or analysis roles.
- You should already know
- How to read a budget and keep accurate records.
- You would take on
- Reconciliations, budgets and monthly reporting.
Already in finance
Accountants, part-qualified accountants and financial analysts who want startup experience.
- You should already know
- Management accounts, forecasting and financial modelling.
- You would take on
- Owning month end, the forecast and investor-ready numbers.
Ready to lead
Finance managers, controllers and CFOs, including people returning after a break or semi-retired.
- You should already know
- How to set up finance processes and advise a founder.
- You would take on
- Leading the finance team, setting controls and preparing for fundraising.
Seven finance roles, one pathway.
These are the finance roles tech startups recruit as they grow from first customers to fundraising. Start in one, then grow across the team as your Volunteer Terms add up.
Finance Lead
Owns the numbers: controls, reporting, forecasts and fundraising readiness.
Bookkeeper
Records transactions, reconciles accounts and keeps the books up to date.
Management Accountant
Produces monthly management accounts and explains the numbers.
Financial Analyst (FP&A)
Builds budgets, forecasts and the financial model.
Fundraising and Investor Relations Analyst
Prepares investor materials, the data room and investor updates.
Billing and Credit Control
Sends invoices, chases payments and keeps cash flowing.
Grants and Tax Relief Support
Gathers the evidence for grants and R&D tax relief claims.
Opportunities change daily. Create your free Volunteer profile to see live finance opportunities and apply.
What a Volunteer Term can look like.
Every tech startup is different. This example, a month end and forecast project, shows the kind of deliverables a finance Volunteer takes on, step by step.
Learn the business model
Understand how the startup earns money and what it spends.
Tidy the books
Reconcile transactions and categorise costs consistently.
Produce the monthly report
Build a simple management report with cash, costs and revenue.
Update the forecast
Refresh the 12 month forecast and cash runway.
Present to the founder
Walk the founder through the numbers in your weekly update.
Contributor, then owner, then lead.
Many Volunteers continue for up to three consecutive Volunteer Terms by mutual agreement. Each term can add responsibility, and every handover matters, because succession planning keeps the startup moving when you move on.
Contribute
Keep the books, track expenses and produce simple reports.
Own
Own month end, the budget and the forecast.
Lead
Lead finance, coach newer Volunteers and hand over documented finance processes.
Leave with evidence, not a list of courses.
Depending on your role and the deliverables you complete, a Volunteer Term can leave you with evidence a hiring manager can check.
Reports you produced
Monthly management reports a founder relied on.
Models you built
Budgets, forecasts and runway models.
Processes you set up
Month end, billing and expense processes.
Fundraising support
Investor materials and data rooms you prepared.
A Tech Founder reference
You can ask the Tech Founder you collaborated with for a reference.
Global connections
Connections with founders and finance professionals across 158+ countries.
AI does the sums. People explain what they mean.
AI now categorises transactions, reconciles accounts and drafts reports. The value of a finance professional shifts to judgement: spotting what looks wrong, explaining the story behind the numbers and advising the founder. Volunteers who combine AI tools with that judgement will stand out.
Faster closes
Use AI to categorise and reconcile, then review.
Better forecasts
Test scenarios quickly and explain the assumptions.
Trusted advice
Founders rely on people, not dashboards, to make the call.
Collaborate across the startup.
No team stands alone at an early tech startup. These are the pathways you will collaborate with most.
Operations
The operations team whose costs and tools you track.
Legal
The legal team you support on contracts and company records.
Sales
The sellers whose pipeline feeds your revenue forecast.
All career pathways
See every pathway, from market research to legal.
What happens after you click.
Four simple steps from sign up to your first deliverable.
Create your free profile
Sign up as a Volunteer. It takes a couple of minutes.
Set out your finance skills
Add your experience, the tools you know and any results, honestly.
Apply to opportunities
Apply to finance opportunities at tech startups, up to three live applications at a time.
Agree and deliver
Interview, sign the Volunteer Agreement, agree the outcome brief and deliver from Day 1 with daily and weekly updates.
Before you apply.
Can I join without a finance qualification? +
Is this paid? +
How much time must I commit? +
Will I sign off accounts or give regulated advice? +
Can this count towards my accountancy training? +
Will this help me get a job? +
Put your numbers behind real decisions.
Join a tech startup's finance team for a 60 Volunteer day term. Free, fully remote and flexible.
Create your free profile, set out your skills and interests, and apply for suitable tech startup opportunities. You can hold up to three live applications at a time.