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🕒 May 21

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PlayerData

WebsiteLinkedInAll Job Openings

51 - 200 employees

Founded 2017

⚽ Sports

🔧 Hardware

☁️ SaaS

💰 Pre Seed Round - PlayerData on 2022-04

Sports • Hardware • SaaS

PlayerData is a sports performance technology company that provides GPS-enabled wearable trackers, indoor positioning systems, and a connected smart ball alongside cloud-based analytics and an AI-assisted app. The platform captures and streams athlete movement and workload data (via GPS, IMU, LPS) over 5G/cellular/wifi, delivering realtime and post-session insights to coaches, teams, and recruiters to optimize training, reduce injury risk, and support talent discovery. PlayerData combines specialized hardware (trackers, vests, connected ball) with SaaS analytics and live data features for professional, collegiate, and grassroots sports organizations.

📋 Description

• Reporting directly to the CEO, the VP Finance will serve as Playerdata's senior finance leader • Responsible for building and running a proactive, forward-looking finance function • Own financial planning and analysis, cash management, reporting, and controls • Play an active role in supporting investor relations and preparing the business for its next fundraising round • Build and maintain bottoms-up budgets, rolling cash flow forecasts, and long-range financial models • Develop and own a suite of KPIs and financial reporting that provides the leadership team with timely, actionable insight into business performance • Conduct scenario analysis and financial modelling to support commercial and strategic decision-making • Provide proactive analysis of the financial implications of key business decisions • Own the month-end close process, driving accuracy and timeliness • Strengthen financial controls, purchasing processes, and data capture across the organisation • Manage and develop one direct report (staff accountant), based in Edinburgh • Work closely with the CEO and leadership team as a trusted financial partner, contributing to commercial strategy, pricing, and operational planning • Lead financial preparation for future fundraising activity, including investor-facing models, data room management, and due diligence support

🎯 Requirements

• Experience in a finance role within a high-growth startup or scale-up business, ideally at Series A to C stage • Strong FP&A capabilities with demonstrable experience building financial models, forecasts, and budgets • Experience working in lean, fast-moving organisations where hands-on execution is expected alongside strategic contribution • Familiarity with SaaS or subscription-based business models is advantageous • Prior experience supporting fundraising processes and engaging with investors or boards • UK accounting knowledge preferred; professional qualification (ACA, ACCA, or CIMA) is an advantage

🏖️ Benefits

• Private Health Insurance • 401(k) with company match or Salary Exchange Pension in UK • Flexible PTO and remote work options • Mental health and wellbeing support through Perkbox • Perks at work discounts on major brands • Group Life Assurance