Strategy Associate London, England
Job description
The role
We are looking for a Strategy Associate. You will be part of the high performing Strategy and Product team which is pivotal for driving growth and innovation at Funding Circle.
Who are we?
Our mission is to build the place where small businesses get the funding they need to win.
We do this by uniting cutting-edge data and technology to deliver an unbeatable customer experience. With a decade of expertise under our belt, we've built a game-changer of a platform that's reshaping the landscape of SME lending. Say goodbye to lengthy applications and hello to lightning-fast decisions! In just minutes, SMEs across the UK can get an instant decision, giving them access to affordable funding in a flash.
99% of businesses are small businesses! And in most cases aren’t given the finance they need to grow. We’re here to change that because the world needs small business.
Want to learn more?
- We have a huge impact on the businesses that borrow through our platform, the communities they serve and the overall economy (last year £6.9bn of GDP generated). You can read our full Impact Report here: https://www.fundingcircle.com/uk/impact
- To see what our customers think, visit our Trustpilot page: https://uk.trustpilot.com/review/fundingcircle.com
- And we’re still evolving! With over a decade leading the industry with our award winning core loans offering we are now well on our way to solving more SME finance challenges transforming into a multi-product lending platform.
What will you be doing?
With a focus on growing Funding Circle’s Marketplace business, someone with a hunger to drive change through data driven insights would be a great fit for this role. Responsibilities include:
- Investigating and answering business critical questions. Analysing what the data tells us and then working collaboratively with cross-functional experts to develop and implement changes to optimise performance and drive growth.
- Working on a variety of interesting topics that will give you great exposure, understanding and influence on how to profitable grow and manage a business. Work ranges from analysing trends in performance data to optimise sales strategy to estimating the value of investing in new innovative technologies
- Communicating your insights and recommendations to a wide range of stakeholders to get buy-in including senior leadership.
What we’re looking for
The ideal candidate is:
- Curious to understand and solve complex problems by delivering data driven insights in an imperfect world. Able to take different approaches be that a quick assumptions based assessment in uncertainty situations or more in depth modelling utilising rich data sources
- Driven to make change happen, willing to test and learn in uncertain environments
- Comfortable working independently taking responsibility for your work whilst also collaborating with and influencing a wide range of stakeholders
- Highly analytical with strong Excel skills and ideally SQL/ Tableau experience
- Able to effectively draw out and communicate the ‘so what’ of your findings
- Dependable, tenacious, and able to deliver high quality work to tight deadlines
- Keen to be part of a close knit team in an exciting fast growth area of the business with the ethos of a start up but the benefits of being part of a larger company
- Keen to learn more about strategy and commercial management from friendly colleagues who are ex-top tier strategy consultants (McKinsey, Bain, BCG)
Why join us?
Our Circler proposition is designed to support employees both in and out of work, and it is anchored around four pillars: Health, Wealth, Development & Lifestyle.
We are committed to being full-time hybrid; three days from home for which we will help support your home working set-up and two in the office where you can take advantage of our free barista and subsidised lunches through JustEat. We support flexible working arrangements so please speak to our recruitment team if this is something you’d like to learn more about.
A few highlights:
Health: Private Medical Insurance through Aviva, Dental Insurance through Bupa, MediCash, free access to online therapy sessions via Spill and exclusive discounts with Hertility for reproductive health support.- Wealth: Octopus Money Coach, free mortgage advisor partnership and discounts across numerous retailers through Perks at Work.
- Development: Learning allowance and full access to LinkedIn Learning.
- Lifestyle: Gympass, Electric Car Scheme and more!
And finally, we have enhanced all of our parental leave policies - we actually won the AltFi Award for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Initiative of the Year 2022 for our Partner Leave policy. You can read more here: https://www.altfi.com/article/10158_the-altfi-awards-2022-here-are-the-winners
Research shows that some people are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single criteria. At Funding Circle we are committed to building diverse teams so please apply even if your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with the requirements. You might just be the perfect addition to the team!
Want to Build The Incredible? We’d love to hear from you.
