Senior FP&A Analyst (12-month Maternity Cover)

About Tide:

At Tide, we are building a finance platform designed to save small businesses time and money. We provide our members with business accounts and related banking services, but also a comprehensive set of connected administrative solutions from invoicing to accounting.

Launched in 2017, Tide is now used by over 1 million small businesses across the world and is available to UK, Indian and German SMEs. Headquartered in central London, with offices in Sofia, Hyderabad, Delhi, Berlin and Belgrade, Tide employs over 1,800 employees.  

Tide is rapidly growing, expanding into new markets and always looking for passionate and driven people. Join us in our mission to empower small businesses and help them save time and money.   

About the role:

We are seeking an accomplished Senior FP&A Analyst to join our team on a 12-month fixed-term contract basis, covering for a maternity leave. In this role, you will play a critical part in supporting the Global General and Administrative (Enablement) functions at Tide, including Legal, People (HR), and Finance. You will serve as a trusted advisor and strategic partner, providing financial insights, analysis, and guidance to drive business performance and achieve organisational goals. This role requires a deep understanding of financial principles, strong analytical skills, and the ability to collaborate effectively with senior leaders.

As a Senior FP&A Analyst you’ll be:

• Playing a pivotal role in the financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting processes for the G&A functions, ensuring alignment with overall corporate strategy
• Business partnering - working closely with budget owners to monitor financial performance, provide insights to drive improved financial performance, and seek revenue/cost/margin optimisation opportunities and efficiencies
• Collaborating with senior Leaders in People, Central, Legal, Finance, Talent Acquisition, PR & Communications, Internal Audit  to provide financial support and strategic advice
• Developing a deep understanding of the business areas you support, including their goals, challenges and key performance indicators (KPIs)
• Conducting detailed financial analysis, including variance analysis, scenario planning, and risk assessment
• Preparing and presenting financial reports, dashboards, and performance metric results to senior leaders
• Working with the Finance team to complete the monthly management accounts close and management reporting process
• Ad-hoc projects
  
  

What makes you a great fit: 

• You are a qualified accountant or working towards a designation (ACA / ACCA / CIMA equivalent)
• You have high proficiency and sound knowledge of Excel/G-Sheets financial modelling techniques
• You are confidently able to produce data driven, insightful, and cleanly formatted financial models that follow best practice design/presentation principles
• You have solid systems ability, in particular knowledge of FP&A systems including AnaPlan or equivalent experience in other FP&A systems
• You are data driven in everything you do 
• You have a proven track record with process improvements
• You are confident dealing with senior stakeholders across the business and owning your work with minimal hands-on management
• You are proactive & solution focused with exceptionally high attention to detail and sound analytical skills 
• You have outstanding organisational and prioritisation skills including the ability to work to tight deadlines
• You thrive in fast paced working environments
• You have a minimum of five years’ relevant / transferable experience
• You are personable and able to build trusting work relationships

What you’ll get in return:

• 25 days paid annual leave 
• 3 paid days off for volunteering or L&D activities
• Additional health & dental insurance
• Mental wellbeing platform 
• Fully covered Multisports card
• Food vouchers
• Snacks, light food, drinks in the office
• WFH equipment allowance
• Flexible working from home

Tidean Ways of Working

At Tide, we champion a flexible workplace model that supports both in-person and remote work to cater to the specific needs of our different teams. 

While remote work is supported, we believe in the power of face-to-face interactions to foster team spirit and collaboration. Our offices are designed as hubs for innovation and team-building, where we encourage regular in-person gatherings to foster a strong sense of community. 

Tide is a place for everyone

At Tide, we believe that we can only succeed if we let our differences enrich our culture. Our Tideans come from a variety of backgrounds and experience levels. We consider everyone irrespective of their ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, family or parental status, national origin, veteran, neurodiversity or differently-abled status. We celebrate diversity in our workforce as a cornerstone of our success. Our commitment to a broad spectrum of ideas and backgrounds is what enables us to build products that resonate with our members’ diverse needs and lives. 

We are One Team and foster a transparent and inclusive environment, where everyone’s voice is heard.

 

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