Strategic Planning Associate

Who you are

• The ideal candidate is proactive, organised, and capable of working independently in a fast-paced environment
• Experience: 3+ years of specific experience in FP&A, strategic finance, or business analysis
• Technical Skills: Advanced Excel and Google Sheets skills with a proven ability to synthesise data to form insights
• Systems: Familiarity with business systems (Adaptive), alteryx, financial planning, and accounting tools
• Communication: Excellent communicator with the ability to clearly articulate insights and influence/align stakeholders
• Execution: Self-starter with a track record of identifying problems and implementing solutions with high attention to detail
• Sector Knowledge: Experience in Financial Services and Payments is a plus, but not essential

What the job involves

• Checkout.com is looking for a talented and driven Associate to join our Strategic Finance and Planning team in London. This is a critical function implementing new processes in a fast-scaling international organisation
• As an Associate Finance Business Partner, you serve as a strategic advisor to our Finance, Legal, Compliance, and Marketing organisations
• You act as the primary conduit between these departments and the central Corporate FP&A function, ensuring that annual budgets and quarterly forecasts are not just corporate requirements, but accurate reflections of your partners' operational needs
• Sitting at the heart of our financial planning, you transform raw data into tailored reporting and ad hoc analysis that empowers department heads and the CFO to make informed, high-impact decisions
• Your role is to harmonise departmental growth—from headcount to P&L management—with the overarching financial health and scaling strategy of Checkout.com
• In this role, you will lead the planning and analysis for your assigned business areas while contributing to broader corporate financial processes:
• Business Partnering: Support Executive teams and their direct leadership by ensuring resourcing needs align with the business roadmap
• Budget Management: Manage the budgeting process by gathering requirements, setting timetables, and ensuring all activities are completed by stakeholders and finance teams
• Financial Analysis: Produce accurate and thorough financial analysis and commentary presented in a meaningful way to enable senior leaders to make financially sound decisions
• Reporting: Assist in running key financial processes, including quarterly forecast updates and monthly management information (MI) packs
• Process Improvement: Enact process changes and best practices to facilitate the flow of information between management accounts and FP&A in a fast-scaling international organisation
• Decision Support: Provide financial insights and recommendations to support investment and project decisions
• Data Integrity: Work cross-functionally to ensure data consistency, quality, and appropriateness within group budgets and reporting

Benefits

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance