Senior FP&A Analyst

Senior FP&A Analyst
Reporting to:Finance Director
Location: London, United Kingdom
Who we are and why we exist
At Liberis – merchants matter most! We’ve been on a mission to provide small and medium businesses (SMEs) with accessible and responsive finance since 2007. SMEs account for most businesses worldwide and are critical contributors to job creation and global economic development. They represent about 90% of businesses and more than 50% of employment worldwide.Despite this, more than three quarters (77%) of SME businesses last year were unable to secure the traditional bank financing they desperately needed to grow and thrive. This has created a $5 trillion funding gap for SMEs globally.
That’s where Liberis steps in! To best help small businesses, Liberis has built the leading global embedded finance platform. Through this, Liberis provides partners with the technology and financial solutions necessary to offer personalised and accessible funding to their small business customers.
To date with ~20 global strategic partners and direct reach to more than 1 million small businesses, Liberis has provided $1 bn of funding in over 50,000 transactions, enabling more than 100,000 jobs to be created and saved. We are making a genuine difference to your local pub, hairdresser and online retailer!
We are in a very exciting period of growth, in the UK and internationally, with teams based in London, Nottingham, Stockholm, Atlanta, Munich and remotely. We are looking for talented and ambitious individuals to help us reshape business finance. How we work is as important to us as what we do – exemplified by our behaviours:
#1 Merchants matter most – our success is tied to our merchants'success
#2 Act like time is running out – the fastest company in a growing market will win
#3 Own every outcome – the hardest problems we faceare yet to be solved
#4 Communicate directly – we don’t have time to beat around the bush
#5 Prove it - every feature we build, decision we make and action we take,matters
#6 Empathy always - Liberis wins when every employee thrives
If our mission and behaviours resonate – get in touch!
Who are we?
The Finance team is at the spine of Liberis operations. Our mission is to support the future growth of the company by providing insightful financial information to management and investors.
We are currently a team of twelve, based in London with responsibility for partnering with our Global operational teams. You’ll join a dynamic, fast paced innovative team, made up of enthusiastic and experienced finance professionals.
Who are you?
You have experience working in FP&A (Financial Planning & Analysis) or Accounting and are keen to work in a rapidly evolving business. You’ll thrive on working within a growing team, be confident to interact with a range of stakeholders and challenge the existing processes to create a best-in-class functions. Enthusiasm, good communication and a self-starter are values that are desirable characteristics for this role.
You will have the responsibility to develop a deep understanding of the business, working with internal stakeholders at all levels to influence and drill deep into strategic objectives - significant given our plans for continued growth. The role will support our budgeting, forecasting, commercial decisions, and reporting (internal and external).
Responsibilities
Overall, your role as a key FP&A Analyst is crucial in ensuring the business's financial sustainability and growth. To achieve this, you will work independently and perform various tasks, including:
Financial reporting and analysis: Prepare and present weekly, monthly, and quarterly financial reports to executive leadership. Analyse financial and non-financial data to identify trends, forecast future performance, and provide insights into the business.
Budgeting and forecasting: Develop and maintain the company's annual budget, quarterly forecasts and refreshing financial models as required. Work closely with an array of budget holders to ensure that capital expenditure budgets and forecasts are accurate and aligned with company strategy.
Supporting commercial decisions: You will use your in-depth knowledge of business operating expenses to support commercial decisions. This will involve identifying and evaluating unit costs and process efficiencies, setting KPIs, forecasting and modelling costs, and reporting on cost performance.
Building relationships with internal stakeholders: You will proactively build relationships with internal stakeholders to ensure efficient reporting and forecasting across the business. This will involve communicating financial information in a clear and understandable way to support better-informed decision-making across the organisation.
Supporting our growth aspirations through capital raise processes, both equity and debt.
We think you’ll need
You're a qualified Accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA) with roughly 2 years post qualified experience in FP&A, ideally in a high growth scale-up environment.
Excellent Excel skills, including the ability to manage large data sets and financial modelling.
Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret data and tell the story.
Experience and knowledge of P&L, Balance sheet and Cash Flows
Demonstrated ability to drive process improvement and innovation, simplify and automate processes, and address weaknesses in internal controls.
Knowledge of finance systems, preferably SAP.
SQL and Power BI experience desirable.
What happens next?
Think this sounds like the right next move for you? Or if you’re not completely confident that you fit our exact criteria, apply anyway and we can arrange a call to see if the role is fit for you. Humility is a wonderful thing, and we are interested in hearing about what you can add to Liberis!
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