Operations Lead - maternity cover

Sequel is a community of the world’s best athletes investing in the world’s best startups, making a positive impact.

We are on a mission to help athletes build legacies for their families and for the world.

Sequel is a seed-stage company founded and backed by experienced serial entrepreneurs with several successful exits.

We are seeking an experienced Operations professional to join the team for maternity cover during a pivotal year as we accelerate our expansion into the US. Cover will begin early/mid-April and end in September 2025, with 2-3 weeks handover on both sides. The candidate must be able to attend 4 to 5 days a week at our offices in London, Westminster.

The successful candidate must be able to cover day to day operational management, finance, legal and compliance matters, as well as supporting the C-suite, and will ideally have had experience working in a startup.

Title: Operations Lead (maternity cover) 

Reporting to: CEO

Working hours: 9am-6pm (inclusive of a lunch break) 

Location: London office (Westminster)

Key Responsibilities:

In this role, you’ll ensure the continuity of our daily Operations related to our members’ investments, as well as ensuring progress on our ongoing other Strategic Projects. You’ll be trusted with key responsibilities such as:

• Investment Operations:
• Review legal documents for all of our investments and ensure safe transfer of funds
• Run fund administration for the Sequel Fund I and managing communication with LPs
• Risk management and compliance: 
• Ensure continued compliance internationally, reviewing regularly inline with growth
• Own all compliance processes (incl. KYC)
• Respond to issues / potential operational incidents, ensuring minimal impact
• Liaise with external counsel, and coordinate with our strategic regulated partners (custodian and principal)
• Finance:
• Liaise with external accountants to produce management accounts and statutory fillings across the US and the UK on time 
• Invoice/expense management, payroll.
• Support the C-suite with other Operations topics, for example on People or as required.

Our Values: 

We are here to win - not just to take part. Just like our clients who operate at the elite level of sport, we understand that in order to win; we need to put in the work. This means going the extra mile, being willing to do what others will not and holding ourselves to a higher standard. Some companies play to not lose, we play to win. We are proactive, decisive and have the courage to take risks.

We are adaptable - we understand in a world that is changing faster than ever before - the only constant is change. The average lifespan of a Fortune 100 company in 1958 was 61 years, now it is 18 years. We adapt to a changing world, constantly iterating, moving forward and staying relevant.

Impossible is an opinion - we are on a mission to build something which has never been done before from the ground up. It will be a hard journey full of challenges which are currently unsolved. Our culture is defined by the fact that when we are confronted with challenges, we work from the assumption that it is possible to overcome them.

We are transparent - we challenge each other. Regardless of title, seniority or reporting lines. We give feedback and we are hungry to receive it. We value honest feedback delivered with kindness, and we value people who ask questions.

Requirements

• You have 5+ years of work experience.
• You have previously worked in a startup in an operations/finance/compliance role, or you have a background in consulting or investment banking or audit. You have experience managing senior stakeholders, internally and externally.
• You understand key accounting and finance concepts, you can build basic financial models and have experience reviewing and negotiating contracts.

Other requirements:

• You are hard-working, professional, reliable, and have high attention to details. You are an excellent communicator: you will work with every team in the organisation.
• You are adaptable and willing to roll up your sleeves and work on time consuming and repetitive processes understanding we are an early stage startup.
• You have some experience as a manager.