Senior Finance Analyst (12-month fixed term contract)
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About us
At GoCardless we believe bank payments are the best way to pay and get paid. We also believe that bank account data is a powerful tool to make better, faster decisions. We’re making it easy to use both- for businesses everywhere.
GoCardless is used for domestic and international payments by 85,000+ organisations and counting, processing more than $30 billion across 30 countries. We are headquartered in the UK, with additional offices in Australia, France, Latvia and the United States.
The role
This is a great opportunity to join a high calibre finance team and make a tangible difference to the quality of their operations. You’ll be a valued business partner to stakeholders driving self serve revenue growth, helping the team to deliver on ambitious growth expectations for our variable revenue accounts (VRA) - the founding revenue stream of the business and one with ambitious growth expectations. The role will have two points of focus based on both sides of an ROI calculation: the primary focus being on revenues and understanding the ‘why’ behind the numbers, with a secondary focus on investment and how this shapes performance.
What excites you
- Be a credible and trusted business partner
- Own the budget and forecast process which enables you to deliver models & key analysis for a top down and bottom up planning approach
- Build investment models which are suitable for business input and speak to key metrics
- Consolidate key projects and learnings into digestible and engaging summaries suitable for relevant audiences ranging from non-finance employees to the Board
- Report weekly and monthly on revenue and performance metrics with accompanying analysis and commentary
- Respond to ad-hoc requests for data and insight
- Own the integrity of the rolling spend forecasts and close month end; must work alongside stakeholders to ensure high standards of inputs in order to deliver quality ROI reporting and inform decision making
- Manage one direct report who assists with cost management and ongoing revenue and KPI analysis
What excites us
- Confidence in engaging with stakeholders, especially non-finance professionals
- Enjoy working in Excel/Google Sheets to build financial models of varying complexity
- Capable with working with large data sets and funnel analysis
- Be inquisitive; passionate about interrogating data to understand the ‘why’
- Able to step back from the detail and present analysis at a high level to a range of stakeholders
- Cost management in a commercial context including:
- Accruals, Prepayments and Reconciliations
- Delivering a clean and consistent P&L and Balance sheet
(some of) The good stuff
- Wellbeing - stay healthy with dedicated support and medical cover
- Work away scheme - you can apply to work away from your country of residence for up to 90 days in any 12 month period (in accordance with our work away policy)
- Adaptive Working - Our hybrid workplace model fosters collaboration and flexibility, with in-office days determined at team level
- Equity -all permanently employed GeeCees receive equity so we can share in the success we achieve together
- Parental leave -to suit everyone embarking on life's great adventure
- Time off - generous holiday allowance, + 3 annual volunteer days, + 4 annual business-wide wellness days (‘GC Fridays’)
Life at GoCardless
We're an organisation defined by our values; We start with whybefore we begin any project, to ensure it’s aligned with our mission. We make it happen, working with urgency and taking personal accountability for getting things done. We act with integrity, always. We care deeply about what we do and we know it's essential that we be humble whilst we do it. Our Values form part of the GoCardless DNA, and are used to not only help us nurture and develop our culture, but to deliver impactful work that will help us to achieve our vision.
Diversity & Inclusion
We’re building the bank payment network of the future and our ambition is to move money anywhere, for anything, for anyone. If we’re going to achieve this goal, we need to build a team of ‘GeeCees’ that is as wonderfully diverse as the world we live in - with a multitude of perspectives, experiences & backgrounds.
We’ve got a long way to go, but here’s how we’re doing as of July 2024;
45% identify as women
23% identify as Black, Asian, Mixed or Other
10% identify as LGBTQIA+
9% identify as neurodiverse
2% identify as disabled
If you want to learn more, you can read about our Employee Resource Groups and objectives here as well as our latest D&I Report
Sustainability
We’re committed to reducing our impact on the environment, leaving a more sustainable world for future generations. In 2021 we became co-founders of the Tech Zero coalition, a group of businesses committed to taking climate action as part of the UNFCCC Race to Zero. We aim to reduce our impact and to create positive change on the natural world. Check out our sustainability action plan here.
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