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.
Business Operations Associate at Specter
Specter is a fast-growing, bootstrapped London startup looking for a Business Operations Associate to own their entire operational backbone. Working directly with the founders, you’ll build finance, legal, and HR systems from the ground up rather than just maintaining them. If you have 2+ years of experience in finance or legal ops and want full visibility into how a company actually runs, this is your chance. From managing cash positions to redlining contracts and handling payroll, you will have total ownership and a clear path toward Chief of Staff or Ops leadership. Join a high-agency team where your work directly enables scale.
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Location
London, United Kingdom
Compensation
£30k-£55k + Bonus
Company
Specter
Role overview
Specter is an AI-powered startup data and deal-sourcing platform focused on private markets. It provides real-time data and insights on private companies to help investors, venture capital and private equity teams, and other users make faster, more informed decisions.
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.
Who this is a fit for
- 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.
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.
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