Careers

Culture at Budgetly

We move fast and have fun actioning positive change. Budgetly is a fast-growing fintech startup that operates on a fully remote basis. We look far and wide to find the most talented people with a shared belief in our core values.

Fully Remote

Work from anywhere in Australia, or overseas away from home.

Employee Ownership

25% of Budgetly is owned by employees. We're truly in it together.

Trust Culture

We loathe bureaucracy and avoid micromanaging. Employees enjoy freedom and flexibility.

Growth Opportunity

Fast-growing fintech in a rapidly changing industry with real impact.

Inclusive Growth

We don't choose between people and profits. Inclusive growth reduces inequality and increases prosperity for everyone.

Meaningful Purpose

We're building the financial operating system for modern finance teams.

The best companies are reinventing their employee experience

This new way of thinking sees employees at the centre of the business rather than traditional top-down hierarchy. This changes everything. Trust culture gives employees greater freedom, flexibility and ownership.

Globally, every industry is shifting. Collaborative platforms and tools to communicate, manage and deliver from anywhere, any time encourages company-wide inclusiveness and builds trust.

85%

of employees are frustrated with expense reports

Incumbent banks are not suited to solve the problem. That's why we built Budgetly, a financial platform for the experience economy.

We live in the experience economy

With a shift from products to employee experience, employee loyalty has changed for good. Employees have new expectations. It's all about the experience.

Flexible hours and location

Not clock hours

Subscription tools

Not in-house software

Time saving

Not processes

Growth opportunity

Not job security

Trust culture

Not autocratic management

Meaningful purpose

Not only focused on profit

We're building Australia's first inclusive-growth startup

25% of Budgetly owned by employees

A fairer future for everyone

We believe in corporate social responsibility in investment decisions and that we don't have to choose between people and profits. Inclusive growth aims to reduce inequality and increase prosperity for both employees and investors.

In a decade, Deloitte Fast 50 will be full of inclusive-growth startups, because today's business leaders don't have to choose between profit or people, profits and people are inextricably linked.
Simon Lenoir, Budgetly Founder & CEO

Our Values

Embrace Change

We improve continuously through experimentation, feedback, and learning. AI and automation allow us to iterate faster, but speed does not replace craft. We refine our work repeatedly, improving both the visible product and the underlying systems. Small improvements compound over time. Craft means taking pride in the details that make systems reliable, scalable, and elegant.

Carte Blanche

Trust enables speed. We avoid bureaucracy by giving clear ownership and autonomy to the people closest to the problem. Work is organised through capabilities and lanes, with one accountable owner for each outcome. Clear ownership allows teams to move independently while staying aligned. Leaders provide context and direction. Teams make decisions and execute.

Find Wisdom in Data

Decisions should be informed, not assumed. We use data, experimentation, and AI-assisted analysis to understand problems, validate ideas, and improve outcomes. Metrics guide priorities. Evidence challenges opinions. Insight drives progress.

We All Own It

Ownership drives progress and shared success. Every initiative has a clear accountable owner, but outcomes belong to the whole company. We take responsibility for results, not just tasks. Budgetly’s growth is shared. Employees participate in the company’s success through equity, aligning individual effort with long-term value creation. Ownership means thinking like a builder and a shareholder: practising craft, improving systems, and creating value that compounds over time.

The Perks

Why you're going to love us...

You'll be invested

100% of employees have options in Budgetly.

Fully remote working

Our team is located all over Australia.

Home office budget

All the tools you need for your remote office.

More holidays

One extra week paid holidays for everyone. That's 5 weeks paid holidays.

Awesome people

Work with talented people who take pride in their craft. Diverse backgrounds and personalities make working at Budgetly interesting and loads of fun.

Financial freedom

Weekly payroll.

Health and wellbeing budget

Get access to online fitness and wellbeing apps. Choose your app such as Apple Fitness+ or Strava and we'll pay for it.

Flexibility

We believe in work/life balance. We trust you to manage your own time to achieve business and personal success.

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We're growing fast as one of the hottest Australian startups in a fast-changing industry. Find your next opportunity.

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Our Leadership Team

Simon Lenoir

Founder & Chief Executive Officer

Our fearless founder, Simon, is armed with experience gained from previous success in creating a Deloitte Fast 50 Business.

Hugo Sterin

Chief Technology Officer

Seasoned tech leader with a track record at Amazon Web Services (AWS), empowering digital businesses with cloud tech.

Lizzie Babarczy

Chief Marketing Officer

Experienced brand and marketing specialist with 20+ years in B2B, B2C, and SaaS marketing.

Robert Easton

Chief Financial Officer

Robert is a seasoned Accountant with 25+ years of experience, specialising in high-growth SME services businesses.

Peter Jotanovic

Head of Product

Accomplished product, research, and design leader with 14 years' experience as a business owner/operator.

Matthew Clements

Chief Revenue Officer

A SaaS sales specialist and startup culture enthusiast with a proven track record of driving growth.

Caitlin Clements

Head of People & Culture

A seasoned leader in Recruitment and People Operations, specialising in streamlining processes for high-growth tech companies.

Our History

Budgetly was built from direct operating experience. While scaling Rezdy, a global B2B SaaS platform, Simon Lenoir saw how difficult it was to control company spending without slowing teams down. Budgetly was created to fix that.

2019
Foundation Simon Lenoir founds Budgetly after experiencing spend management pain first-hand while scaling Rezdy. The mission: give finance teams real-time control without slowing anyone down.
2020
Controlled spending infrastructure Launch of prepaid expense cards with built-in budget limits, approval workflows, and real-time visibility. Early traction with Australian SMEs looking for an alternative to corporate credit cards.
2021
Product refinement Receipt capture, accounting integrations (Xero, MYOB, QuickBooks), and multi-entity support added. Product shaped by direct feedback from finance managers and bookkeepers.
2022
Move into regulated environments Adopted by NDIS providers, not-for-profits, and healthcare organisations needing auditable, participant-level spend controls. Compliance-grade reporting introduced.
2023
Platform expansion Bill payments, reimbursements, and subscription management added. Budgetly becomes a full spend management platform, not just a card programme.
2024
Early AI capabilities Introduced AI-assisted features across expense management, including automated receipt matching, bill processing, and anomaly detection to reduce manual work.
2025
Launch of Buddy AI Released Buddy AI, an AI assistant embedded in the platform to automate bill creation, receipt matching, fraud detection, and approvals.
2026
AI-driven financial workflows Expanding AI capabilities across budgeting, approvals, and reporting, connecting workflows more tightly and reducing the need for manual coordination across finance operations.

Today, Budgetly is building the financial operating system for modern finance teams.

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