Finance & Operations Associate (Maternity Cover)

We’re looking for an organised and versatile Finance & Operations Associate (preferably with a finance or investment background) to join Iterative on a 4-month maternity cover contract. This role is central to keeping our operations running smoothly across investment, finance, team activities and events, ensuring that nothing falls through the cracks during this critical period.

You will report to our Head of Finance & Operations and work closely with colleagues across multiple functions to keep our financial and operational backbone strong.

The ideal candidate will be highly responsive, efficient, proactive, and comfortable working autonomously in a fast paced, ever-changing environment.

What You’Ll Do

• Investment & Deal Execution – Support portfolio-related processes including circulating agreements, tracking signatures, and liaising with fund administrators, auditors, and external counsel.
• Audit Support – Coordinate investment and valuation confirmations and serve as the main point of contact with auditors.
• Finance Management – Handle invoice payments, expense claims, reimbursements, and reconciliations to ensure smooth financial operations.
• Expense Oversight – Track and manage team expenses, including processing claims, reimbursements, and preparing reports.
• Event Logistics – Plan and coordinate logistics for company-wide programs such as orientations, retreats, and offsites.
• Operations Support – Take on ad hoc tasks and provide cross-functional support to keep day-to-day operations running seamlessly.

Who You Are

• Organised & Detail-Oriented – You thrive on structure, ensuring processes are accurate, efficient, and well-documented.
• Finance & Ops Ready – You have prior experience in finance, accounting, or investment operations, or are eager to learn quickly.
• Clear Communicator – You’re proactive and effective in engaging with internal stakeholders and external partners.
• Adaptable – You can juggle multiple priorities and pivot quickly in a fast-paced environment.
• Collaborative – You’re approachable, a team player, and ready to roll up your sleeves to get things done, even in stressful situations.

What To Expect

• Fully Remote – You’ll be able to work remotely and (mostly) set your own schedule.
• Flexibility – You’ll have autonomy in your role, with the opportunity to help improve our finance & operations processes.
• Dynamic Environment – We’re an early-stage startup. Priorities can shift quickly, and you should be comfortable with a dash of chaos.

About Iterative

Iterative is an accelerator that invests exclusively in startups in Southeast Asia. Founded in March 2020 by Hsu Ken Ooi and Brian Ma, Iterative has raised $60M+ across 2 funds, invested in 65+ companies, 120+ founders and the total value of Iterative companies is now worth $1.2 billion.

Our investors include Cendana, K5 Global, Village Global, Goodwater Capital with participation from a large network of Silicon Valley founders and execs including Arash Ferdowsi (Dropbox), Achmad Zaky (Bukalapak), Andrew Chen (General partner a16z, Uber), Qasar Younis (Former COO YC, Applied Intuition), David Shim (Foursquare), Kum Hong Siew (Head of Airbnb Asia), Moses Lo (Founder, Xendit), and many more.

Iterative, as an organization, has 4 distinct functions and as a result, a team for each function.

1. Recruiting – Find startups for Iterative to invest in
2. Investments – Decide whether Iterative should invest in a startup
3. Iterative Founders – Help the founders Iterative has invested in
4. Support – Make Iterative a first class organization

Iterative is currently a team of 13 and growing quickly across each of these teams.

Vision

Increase the GDP of Southeast Asia through entrepreneurship.

Values

These are the Iterative values. They’re not for everyone but if they speak to you, you might be just what we’re looking for.

1. Iterate or Die – We take this literally. Ship early, get continuous feedback, and boldly experiment. If not the organization will die.
2. Empathy is Our Competitive Advantage – Our success depends on our ability to empathize with other people in the organization and the community.
3. Be Realistically Ambitious – The best strategy for making a big impact is to be realistic, have a plan and be ambitious.
4. Responsibility is a Privilege, Not a Right – Being part of Iterative means being given responsibility for a part of our business. Be a good steward of that responsibility by being accountable, diligent and open-minded.