Company details

HEADCOUNT

25-99

ORG TYPE

Startup

SECTOR

Finance

WEBSITE

https://www.scaleup.finance

About the company

Scaleup Finance sells fractional CFO services and a finance platform to startups and growing SMEs, covering everything from bookkeeping and payroll through reporting, budgeting, cashflow and fundraising support. The company started in Denmark in 2020 and now operates across Copenhagen and London. Scaleup Finance also positions the business as a tech plus services model, with automation and an “AI CFO” product called Nume discussed in recent hiring materials. Public profiles also point to meaningful venture funding and a client base in the Nordics and the UK.

Locations and presence

Scaleup Finance has teams in Copenhagen and London, and targets startups and SMEs across the Nordics and the UK. Roles are typically tied to office locations, with some explicitly in-office expectations.

Palpable Score

74.4

/ 100

Scaleup Finance offers real early-career entry points in finance and analytics, with job ads that explicitly promise steep learning through close work with experienced CFOs and client portfolios. The score is held back by mixed pay transparency across roles and a clear example of an unpaid internship, plus limited public evidence on long-run early-career progression beyond a few stated pathways and a small number of reviews.

Pillar 1: Early-career access

Score

16.0

/ 20

The company hires true early-career talent via student roles like Finance Assistant (Student Position, Copenhagen) with an explicit path to transition into full-time after graduation.
Scaleup Finance also posts student openings outside pure finance ops, including a BI Student Assistant role working in PowerBI and data work.
The company has also used internships (including a Junior Project Manager intern) alongside junior and mid-level finance assistant roles, which expands entry points but is uneven in quality due to compensation differences.

Pillar 2: Hiring fairness and transparency

Score

13.8

/ 20

The company’s early-career postings tend to spell out day-to-day work (client portfolios, reporting cycles, budgeting and models) rather than vague “do everything” scopes.
Scaleup Finance sometimes uses direct, named application routes (CV plus short motivation to a specific contact) and states ongoing review, which helps candidates understand what to send.
The company also shows signs of inconsistency in structure across roles, and at least one public employee review flags “internal chaos,” which can translate into a less predictable candidate and onboarding experience.

Pillar 3: Learning and support

Score

17.0

/ 20

The company frames the Finance Assistant pathway around learning from experienced CFOs and Finance Specialists, with steep ramp-through doing real client work.
Scaleup Finance explicitly describes close coaching in some entry roles, including daily dialogue with a Managing Director focused on teaching core finance disciplines.
The company runs an internal learning angle via Scaleup Academy-type work and repeatedly emphasises guidance, learning culture, and ownership as part of the role setup.

Pillar 4: Pay fairness and stability

Score

12.8

/ 20

The company shows some pay anchoring for juniors and early-career staff, including a £30–40k band shown for a London finance assistant role and externally reported pay ranges for Finance Specialist roles in the low £40k range.
Scaleup Finance lists a benefits set on public profiles including items like 25 days holiday, income protection, death-in-service cover, and equity, which supports stability beyond base pay.
The company has also advertised at least one unpaid internship, and several roles rely on “competitive” pay wording without ranges, which caps confidence in pay fairness for early-career candidates.

Pillar 5: Early-career outcomes

Score

14.8

/ 20

The company states a concrete progression pathway: Finance Assistants moving into Finance Specialist and even CFO Partner tracks, with wording that “many” full-time team members started in the student finance assistant role.
Scaleup Finance has at least one early-career review describing high responsibility and opportunity to grow, which aligns with the learning-heavy job design.
The company still has limited public outcome data at scale (only a small number of publicly visible reviews and salary submissions), so retention, promotion rate, and 12–24 month progression patterns cannot be validated strongly.

Useful links & resources

Scaleup Finance on Welcome to the Jungle (company profile): https://app.welcometothejungle.com/companies/Scaleup-Finance Scaleup Finance jobs on The Hub (example listings and student roles)Scaleup Finance on LinkedIn (company page)