Senior Finance Analyst

Planet; London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

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 run 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

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 Senior Product Financial Analyst, you will be the business partner into the product team, responsible for owning the financial product P&L for acquiring and currency, and supporting the Vertical CFOs with regular reporting and analysis to help drive commercial success.

You will be comfortable analysing large amounts of complex 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

• Support the Vertical CFOs and their teams with regular reporting and business analysis, while helping to prepare materials used for C-suite and Board level reporting
• Work to improve process and efficiencies across the commercial finance teams
• Ingest and maintain complex data sets from various product systems to help the team drive commercial insights and support business planning
• Build and maintain regular reporting and insights
• Own Adhoc analysis to drill into problem areas as needed support where required

Who you are

• Experienced in analysing country / division / product performance and identifying trends and seeing where best practices can be shared
• A good communicator and adept at building relationships across teams, while exerting persistence and resourcefulness
• 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.
• Flexible and a genuine team player willing to go the extra mile to support others
• Experienced in payments and/or fintech preferred

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 – Apply now.

At Planet, we embrace a hybrid work model, with three days a week in the office.

Reasonable accommodations may be made in order to allow for an individual to perform the essential functions of this role successfully.