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Job Description
Seeking a seasoned finance professional to lead financial planning, analysis, and strategy for a rapidly growing e-commerce company.
Wayflyer is revolutionising e-commerce by levelling the playing field for founders across the world.
Our first product, the Merchant Cash Advance, solves a major pain point for brands: access to short-term finance to fund inventory and marketing spend.
We're a fast-growing, venture-backed startup that serves a critical need for e-commerce entrepreneurs.
You'll be joining an ambitious, collaborative team that's working on a huge opportunity.
Reporting directly to the Chief Financial Officer, you will be responsible for:
- Leading the annual financial planning process, working with Business Unit heads to build their annual budgets and collaborating with the Revenue department on their forecasts.
- Analysing financial and operational results to better understand company performance and compare relative to budget.
- Developing and maintaining the overall corporate financial model, including scenario analysis and forecasting company liquidity requirements.
- Running a quarterly financial latest estimate process to provide management with the latest view of expected performance each quarter end for the current financial year.
- Working with budget owners on requests for additional spend throughout the year, including ROI analysis on new projects and presenting recommendations to the CFO.
- Collaborating with the data team on potential improvements to reporting and identifying opportunities for automation.
- Working with the capital markets team on modelling out the terms of new debt facilities and assisting with diligence requests as required.
- Working with the portfolio/credit team on changes to our pricing to analyse how it impacts our forecasts and unit economics.
- Preparing business cases to support new investment, strategic and other business decisions.
Requirements:
- Professional accountancy qualification (ACA/CIMA/ACCA) with 7+ years PQE and previous experience in an FP&A or similar commercial role.
- Experience with delivering analysis to and collaborating with senior stakeholders.
- High proficiency in financial modelling is very important.
- Systems experience such as SQL is an advantage but not essential.
- Excellent financial acumen and ability to understand and breakdown complex data and processes.
We offer a range of benefits, including:
- Two company-wide wellness days per year
- Work remotely abroad for up to 60 days a year
- 25 days annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
- Medical insurance
- Generous parental and adoptive leave policies
- Equity scheme - so you can share in our success