Senior Finance Analyst (3 Month Fixed Term Contract)

Location: Based in our Dalston office with flexibility to WFH

Reporting to: Head of Finance

Contract: Full-time, 3 Month Fixed term Contract

Salary: £50,000 per annum (pro-rated for the period of the contract)

About Fair Finance

Fair Finance is a social business with ambitious plans to revolutionise financial services to give everyone a fair chance. Our vision is to scale our alternative to the high-cost lending market and help reduce financial exclusion across the UK.

Over the last nineteen years Fair Finance has helped over a hundred thousand people access more affordable credit, start businesses or avoid eviction. Our work has helped influence Government policy and legislation, as well as demonstrate how purpose and profit can work together to change the financial system for the better.

The last few years of the pandemic and the Cost-of-Living crisis have really highlighted the importance of our work, and as such we have embarked on an ambitious program of growth and expansion to meet the challenges facing some of the poorest and most excluded in the coming years.

About the role:

We are looking for an experienced finance professional with an understanding of management and statutory reporting requirements who is confident using MS Excel to an advanced level. We are offering the opportunity to join our Finance Team on a fixed term contract. The successful candidate will report to the Head of Finance and will support the Finance Team to deliver and improve all management and statutory accounting, investor and bank reporting and other management information.

The role will be a mix of hands-on work and providing strategic input and ideas to support the development of a high-performing finance function and team.

About you

You are keen to make a difference and want to work in a changemaking organisation. You want to work in a values-driven organisation and be surrounded by people who want you to be successful. They will support you to make the right decisions for our clients and help us revolutionise financial services to make it more inclusive. You enjoy process improvement and reporting development in MS Excel.

You have experience developing financial reporting in MS Excel and MS PowerPoint whilst also improving existing work papers to operate more efficiently. You are a solutions-orientated and curious, with an appetite to continually review and improve processes.

You are a qualified financial professional or have significantly progressed with your studies. You are an effective communicator who is confident using accounting software.

Key Responsibilities:

Financial performance and management information – Process improvement with regarding to current management information and analytics to be delivered in a timely manner; challenge and advise the business to drive superior financial reporting performance.

Investor relations & Treasury - Assist with the management of investor and banking relationships and reporting.

Strategy & Planning - Support in development of short and long-term strategic financial objectives and oversee execution of those objectives.

Operational & Transactional Finance – With the aid of the Finance Administrator, oversee the progress of operational and administrative tasks that the Finance team are responsible for. Assist in ad-hoc requests from the business which the Finance team are tasked with.

Skills and Experience:

• Qualified (well progressed) finance professional with management and statutory reporting development experience.
• Advanced Excel and strong data manipulation skills.
• Strong analytical and decision-making abilities.
• Proven ability to multi-task and prioritise in a busy environment.
• Solutions-orientated and curious, with an appetite to continually review and improve processes.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience of working in high performance teams and managing change.
• Experience developing relationships with auditors and other external stakeholders.
• Experience of maintaining and utilising accounting software, eg Sage or Xero.

Why work for Fair Finance?

• Our work has helped influence Government policy and legislation.
• We have demonstrated how purpose and profit can work together to change the financial system for the better.
• We believe in employing, growing and building around exceptional people who share our values.
• We have created an environment where you can genuinely put clients before profits and make a difference to our clients’ lives.
• We will provide you with a supportive workplace surrounded by peers who want you to do well, with responsibility to make a real difference in the organisation and the opportunity to thrive and make the role your own.
• We are a diverse organisation full of people who understand the balance between achieving business objectives and our social mission.
• Our Head Office is in a shared workspace in Dalston, housing more than 300 creative businesses, social enterprises and charities.
• Hybrid working and work practice flexibility is offered.

Employee Benefits

• Annual holiday entitlement of 25 days in addition to UK public holidays (pro-rated for the period of the contract).
• An additional paid day off for your birthday.
• Staff receive an additional 'WFH Allowance' to allow even greater location flexibility.
• Private Health Insurance.
• Perkbox access for a wide range of discounts.
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP).
• Staff Loan Scheme (currently interest free).
• 3% matching contribution towards a stakeholder pension.

Successful applicants will be contacted on a rolling basis so if you are interested, please apply at your earliest convenience.