Senior Commercial Finance Analyst London, England
Job description
About Us
The payments market is the most exciting technology market in the world today for good reason. McKinsey values it globally at over $2 trillion and it’s growing between 13-15% year-on-year. Some of the largest most dynamic brands are investing in this sector; Apple has ApplePay, Google has GooglePay, Amazon has AmazonPay, and it’s not just the Silicon Valley brands. Tencent owns WeChatPay, Alibaba owns Alipay and digital disruptors like Square, Stripe and Adyen all invest millions to grow the payments market.
Planet are a technology company that’s transforming payments by putting the customer experience first. We help our customers deliver a better experience for guests, shoppers, and consumers everywhere. We operate in a market that continues to evolve and expand, partnering with the world’s most prestigious brands across Retail and Hospitality, and with a network of Financial Services partners worldwide.
To meet consumer demands, payments must be simple, safe, and invisible. The only way to do this is to fully embed payments in the software and networks that runs business. By combining networks, software and payment technology, Planet’s creating a world of connected commerce, that makes payments feel good.
We’re growing organically, and with strong Private Equity investors, Advent International and Eurazeo, we’ve the financial capital and expertise to grow our capabilities and reach through acquisition.
Finance overview:
The finance function within Planet has a mission to support and help drive the commercial growth of the business through business partnering and insightful management data. We are looking for talented team members who are:
Analytical, data driven and curious about business performance drivers
Focused on driving efficient and effective processes
Comfortable in challenging and supporting business partners in achieving accelerated growth
Role Overview:
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Commercial Finance Analyst to work within the international payments space, reporting to the Senior Finance Director, Commercial Finance
This is a high-profile role with regular interaction with our leadership team within finance as well as the executive team and senior leaders across the group.
Reporting to the Senior Finance Director of Commercial Finance, you will be responsible for supporting business growth, increasing company efficiency / profitability and driving a greater understanding of the group P&L and provision of insightful MI and reporting to our different stakeholder groups.
You will be comfortable analysing large amounts of transactional data to identify the most critical insights, which will help to drive continued growth in this exciting business.
You will be required to build strong relationships across various teams and develop a solid understanding of the business dynamics across the different areas.
What you will do
Co-ordination of regular reporting outputs provided to the ELT, Board and Finance Leadership team.
Supporting the Budget / Forecast process across the Group, including template design, working closely with Vertical / Cluster heads to support with building the annual Budget and Quarterly Forecasts, evaluating previous iterations to support plan development.
Assisting with the production of models to project long term growth and including determination and review of key drivers.
Provide proactive analysis of the P&L and key performance drivers, and providing recommendations to address any variances, as well as responding to queries raised.
Delivery of competitor analysis, market trends and associated commentary.
Adhoc project support where required.
Who you are
Experienced in analysing country / division / product performance and identifying trends, risks and opportunities and seeing where best practices can be shared
A good communicator and adept at building relationships across teams
Must be logical, self-motivated, proactive, with strong analytical skills and a high level of intellectual curiosity
Excellent time management skills, demonstrating high levels of accuracy, thoroughness and reliability whilst coping under pressure
Strong system and advanced excel skills. Experience with Corporate planning tools advantageous.
Experienced working within a business that handles a high number of transactions
Flexible and a genuine team player willing to go the extra mile to support others
Why Planet
Planet is an equal opportunity employer where diversity is valued, and all employment is decided based on qualifications, merit, and business need.
Come and grow your career in the most exciting, fast paced technology market, with a business that delivers feel-good connected commerce. We would love to hear from you
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