VP of People and Operations
Xelix
Date: 1 week ago
City: London, England
Contract type: Full time

About Us
We’re Xelix, an AI-powered Control Centre for Accounts Payable teams. We work with some of the largest global companies to automate and enhance their financial control processes. At the heart of our product, we leverage machine learning techniques developed by our AI Engineering team to provide a more sophisticated offering than existing solutions.
Things are going really well for us - we raised our Series A funding round from top investors, we’ve grown our team to almost 100, and we’ve won industry awards for our products.
About The Role
We're looking for a VP of People and Operations to help lead and scale our People, Operations, Finance and Legal functions. You'll work closely with leadership to ensure these areas run smoothly and scale in line with business need. You'll also help team leaders grow their departments and transition our finance and legal functions from outsourced to in-house.
What You'll Be Doing
People & Culture
Competitive salary
27 days of annual leave (including 3 days Christmas closing), with the option to roll over 3 days
Hybrid working with two days a week from our dog-friendly Hoxton office and on-site gym
Comprehensive private medical & dental cover with Vitality
Enhanced parental leave pay
Learning & development culture – £500 personal annual budget
We’re carbon-neutral and are working towards ambitious carbon reduction goals
Lots of team socials & activities
Annual team retreat
Want to learn more?
If you're a recruiting agency - we have an existing list of agencies we work with and we are not currently planning on expanding the list. Neither the Talent team nor hiring managers or the Support team will respond to cold outreach.
This is a full-time position, with standard working hours from 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM, Monday through Friday.
Accounts Payable Control Centre
AI-powered software that bolts onto finance systems to enhance AP controls, automate tedious tasks and deliver meaningful insights.
We’re Xelix, an AI-powered Control Centre for Accounts Payable teams. We work with some of the largest global companies to automate and enhance their financial control processes. At the heart of our product, we leverage machine learning techniques developed by our AI Engineering team to provide a more sophisticated offering than existing solutions.
Things are going really well for us - we raised our Series A funding round from top investors, we’ve grown our team to almost 100, and we’ve won industry awards for our products.
About The Role
We're looking for a VP of People and Operations to help lead and scale our People, Operations, Finance and Legal functions. You'll work closely with leadership to ensure these areas run smoothly and scale in line with business need. You'll also help team leaders grow their departments and transition our finance and legal functions from outsourced to in-house.
What You'll Be Doing
People & Culture
- Help shape hiring and retention strategies to attract top talent.
- Work with the People team to safeguard and evolve our culture.
- Oversee efforts to make our workplace authentic, diverse and inclusive.
- Help Develop learning programs that support employee and leadership growth.
- Guide and mentor People and Operations leaders to help them have maximum impact in their roles.
- Oversee company operations and scale processes across the business.
- Track key company OKRs and ensure business processes are delivering against company goals.
- Choose and roll out the right tools to support company operations as we grow.
- Support international expansion, ensuring smooth operations in the UK, US and beyond.
- Oversee financial reporting, budgeting, and compliance with the goal of bringing finance in-house.
- Ensure legal compliance and manage risks while transitioning legal functions from external to internal teams.
- A strong level of experience in senior HR/People and Operations roles, ideally in a fast-growing tech or SaaS company.
- Experience mentoring and empowering team leads.
- Strong strategic thinking—aligning people, operations, and finance with business goals.
- Passion for building and overseeing a high-performing workplace.
- Clear, concise communication and the ability to have immediate impact.
- Ability to execute at rapid pace whilst wearing lots of hats.
Competitive salary
27 days of annual leave (including 3 days Christmas closing), with the option to roll over 3 days
Hybrid working with two days a week from our dog-friendly Hoxton office and on-site gym
Comprehensive private medical & dental cover with Vitality
Enhanced parental leave pay
Learning & development culture – £500 personal annual budget
We’re carbon-neutral and are working towards ambitious carbon reduction goals
Lots of team socials & activities
Annual team retreat
Want to learn more?
- About us
- Xelix blog
- Xelix news
- Xelix glassdoor
If you're a recruiting agency - we have an existing list of agencies we work with and we are not currently planning on expanding the list. Neither the Talent team nor hiring managers or the Support team will respond to cold outreach.
This is a full-time position, with standard working hours from 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM, Monday through Friday.
Accounts Payable Control Centre
AI-powered software that bolts onto finance systems to enhance AP controls, automate tedious tasks and deliver meaningful insights.
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