Finance Controller/Manager

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Job description

Role Description

We're looking for a Finance controller to join our team in either London or Amsterdam, helping grow Cheddar and accomplish our vision of making payments better for everyone. You will play an important part in Cheddar's success by working directly with senior management to guide financial management, planning and reporting obligations, business forecasting, and develop strategic analysis around key decisions and investments.

Roles & Responsibilities

Manage the preparation of operating budgets, oversee financial reporting including the creation and submission of financial statements, and perform essential duties relating to payroll.
Monitor and report variances, summarise trends and investigate budget deficiencies, communicating effectively with senior management.
Manage the company's working capital with management of Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable and bank reconciliations.
Help guide adoption of Cheddar as the primary payment solution for our customers
Support strategic decisions, including projects on pricing design and analysis, customer behavior analysis and economics, LTV / ROI of marketing efforts, market/competitive landscape benchmarking, and other data-driven analysis
Partner with Product, Operations, Compliance, Legal and other teams to support new product development and help guide the business
Execute financial models to help inform strategic partnership negotiations to accelerate growth of products
Support the financial planning process for our teams; including building/maintaining operating and financial models, and managing investment budgets for teams to ensure they have resource allocations to invest properly behind key initiatives
Report and analyze results and communicate important takeaways to senior team members within Management Accounts and on ad-hoc basis, including identifying opportunities or risks
Prepare analysis and support communication to product leaders, board members and executive staff
Ensure Cheddar meets its regulatory reporting requirements

Experience

Relevant experience within strategic finance, finance & strategy, or similar, preferably at a tech company, with excellent financial modeling skills
A Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Business, Economics, or other relevant field is preferred but not essential.
AAT/ACA/CA/ACCA qualification/part-qualification would be advantageous
Excellent proficiency in financial modelling, experience building well-structured and error-free Excel (or similar) models that include complex functions (there will be a case study)
Experience with SQL and data visualization tools (such as Looker or Tableau) is preferred, but can be taught.
Experience conducting industry and competitor researchWe're looking for a Finance controller to join our team, helping grow Cheddar and accomplish our vision of making payments better for everyone.

Perks

Salary £30-£40K
Flexible hours and work location
Annual retreat
Choice of laptop
Regular Socials
Flexible vacation policy
Learning and Development budget

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