FP&A Manager - Marketing

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 2000 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 TEAM:

An FP&A Manager that can guide, measure and help drive efficient growth through strong investment allocation across a variety of Accession and Engagement marketing channels through deep partnership with the Marketing organisation. This role would serve as the primary Finance Business Partner to the Marketing teams.

ABOUT THE ROLE:

As an FP&A Manager you’ll be:

• Leading all annual, quarterly, and long-range financial planning for the Marketing teams whilst working closely with senior marketing leaders and channel managers to develop, understand, and track their execution plans against goals.
• Business partnering - Acting as a trusted advisor to the business, you’ll be collaborating closely with area and unit leaders to monitor and improve financial performance.
• Owning the business case tendering process for projects and initiatives in the Member Operations area - building and reviewing data driven financial models to determine financial viability (eg. ROI, Payback period) and continuous monitoring of performance/key metrics relating to those projects
• Owning, managing and continuously improving the key financial models within Marketing areas used to forecast Tide’s financial performance.
• Developing detailed financial models to perform scenario/sensitivity analysis and assess financial impacts of strategic initiatives.
• Using large and complex datasets to identify risks and opportunities, as well as analysing industry trends to provide actionable insights and recommendations to Senior Leadership and business stakeholders.
• Coaching and mentoring FP&A Analysts and Senior FP&A Analysts.
• Reviewing reports, financial models, analysis, and other work completed by FP&A Analysts and the wider Finance team.
• Developing and implementing policies, procedures, and controls to ensure completeness, accuracy, compliance and financial integrity.
• Developing and implementing continuous process improvements.
• Working with the FP&A and Transformation teams to successfully drive roadmap items for the recently implemented financial planning system (Anaplan).

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR: 

• Qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA or equivalent).
• Undergraduate or master’s degree in finance / accounting economics /mathematics.
• 7+ years of relevant / transferable experience, ideally within FP&A at a high growth scaleup within the technology sector.
• Strong business and financial acumen - understanding of platform business models, providing insights from data to drive financial performance improvements, etc 
• Exposure to investment decisions in marketing channels as a lever to drive efficient growth.
• Strong project management skills - can structure and manage complex cross-functional projects and meet tight deadlines.
• Highly effective communication skills - ability to synthesise data and metrics to tell a compelling story, tailor content to different audiences, strong writing and presentation skills. Maintains a high bar for separating signal from noise.
• Track record of developing process improvements that drive meaningful impacts for FP&A and the business.
• Sharp attention to detail with a proactive approach to problem-solving.
• Personable and able to build trusting working relationships.
• Proven ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and can manage multiple priorities effectively.
• Strong Excel/Google Sheets skills and experience working with dedicated financial planning software (eg. Anaplan) and/or data visualisation tools (e.g. Looker).

WHAT YOU’LL GET IN RETURN:

• A competitive salary
• 25 days holiday with the option to take 5 extra days of unpaid leave per year
• 3 days paid volunteering or L&D time off per year
• Personal L&D budget of £1,000 professional L&D budget per year 
• Group Life Insurance, Vitality Health and Dental Insurance
• Spacious brand-new office by Old Street station with an all-day snacks bar
• Enhanced family-friendly leave
• Access to a global mental wellbeing platform that provides 1:1 video therapy sessions with accredited therapists and unlimited chat therapy sessions
• Work from home budget
• Team socials - virtual and physical events
• Sabbatical leave

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.

At Tide, we thrive on diversity, embracing various backgrounds and experiences. We welcome all individuals regardless of ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability. Our inclusive culture is key to our success, helping us build products that meet our members' diverse needs. We are One Team, committed to transparency and ensuring everyone’s voice is heard.

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