About 9fin
The world's largest asset class, debt, operates with the worst data.
Technology has revolutionized equity markets with electronic trading, quant algos and instantaneous news. However, in debt capital markets, the picture is completely different. It still behaves like it's in the 1980s; trillions of dollars of trades are placed over the phone, news is slow, and corporate credit information is imperfect and scattered.
Our mission is to change this.
9fin's proprietary technology delivers fast and comprehensive financial, credit, legal & ESG analysis. Our clients are able to make faster, more informed decisions, win more business and most importantly, save time.
Our fast growing list of clients include 9 of the top 10 Investment Banks, leading Asset Managers, Hedge Funds and Law Firms.
About 9fin:
The Role:
We have an exciting opportunity for an FP&A Analyst to join our London based finance team. This role will be an integral part of the finance function and instrumental in supporting the Senior FP&A leader and CFO in building world-class FP&A capabilities across a rapidly scaling international business.
Following the close of an oversubscribed $50m Series B fundraise, our first M&A transaction, and off the back of four years of > 100% year-on-year ARR growth, we are looking for someone who has the ambition and appetite to help build a best in class FP&A function, fit for $100m ARR and beyond. This role will focus on reporting prior period results, alongside forward-looking matters, including forecasting, budgeting and finance strategy work. You'll be interacting with senior stakeholders across the business, maintaining key internal dashboards, and working with others to improve the depth and quality of our financial analysis, helping to steer the company's continued success with data-driven insights.
This is a fantastic opportunity for someone with exceptional attention to detail, who loves solving complex problems and providing actionable insights through data. The ideal candidate will have outstanding interpersonal skills and love working in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.
What You'll Be Doing:
Maintaining, updating and iterating on key company dashboards, relied upon by teams and senior stakeholders across the business
Reporting monthly on financial performance, with a focus on analysing variance to budget, proactively spotting emerging trends and updating forward looking projections
Delivering high-quality management information and KPIs to support the CFO, Exec Team and board with strategic decision making
Designing and presenting beautiful graphs and visuals to clearly and effectively communicate data stories
Contributing to the budgeting, forecasting, and long-term planning processes across the group, ensuring robust financial insights aligned with strategic objectives
Driving continuous process improvement by assisting stakeholders with necessary changes, and designing / creating new processes from scratch.
Working closely with stakeholders across the business, especially sales, marketing, people and operations, to collect data, share insights and relay information clearly
What We're Looking For:
An advanced user of excel / google sheets, with excellent financial modeling skills and the ability to create meaningful analysis and insightful visualizations from scratch
Keen interest in the Saas business model and the metrics associated with measuring Saas performance
Accountable, with excellent attention to detail and comfortable working to deadlines with minimal supervision (your work will be relied upon by the most senior stakeholders in the business, including the CEO and the Board)
A commercial mind, with a demonstrable ability to identify and focus on the most commercially meaningful and insightful data
A storyteller who can extract key insights from complex data sets and communicate these insights in a concise, simple and engaging way to a wide range of stakeholders
Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to partner and influence
Driven, ambitious and self motivated, but humble
Strategic mindset with a hands-on, can-do attitude, able to dive into the details while keeping an eye on the bigger picture
Comfort with ambiguity: You're excited by the challenge of working in a fast-moving, evolving environment where change is constant
Experience with SQL and/or an interest in BI and analytics tools is a plus
Why Join 9fin?
Exciting Growth Stage: You'll be joining a fast-growing, well-funded company at a pivotal time-this is your chance to make a huge impact.
Work with Cutting-Edge Tech: Be part of a team at the forefront of financial technology, driving innovation and change in the way we think about credit risk.
Culture of Collaboration: We believe in working together, having fun, and supporting each other's growth. You'll be part of a passionate, talented team that's working on something bigger than just the bottom line.
Competitive Compensation & Benefits: Competitive salary, stock options, and a range of benefits to keep you healthy, happy, and motivated.
Benefits
We're a scaling start up, and we enjoy sharing our success, when the company succeeds, we always reinvest that in our people. We also offer huge amounts of responsibility, an abundance of opportunity for growth and a platform to truly excel.
Financial & Insurance
Competitive Salary (our salary bands are benchmarked at the top end of the market)
Pension (your minimum contributions are 4% with 9fin matching up to 7%)
Private Medical Insurance
Paid sick leave with Income Protection for long periods of illness
Group Life Assurance
Season Ticket Loan & Cycle to Work schemes
Time off
25 holiday days per year
Local public holidays (with the ability to exchange them for alternative days)
Hybrid working model, to allow you the flexibility to decide how, where and when you do your best work
Work abroad for up to 3 months a year
1 month paid sabbatical after 5 years of service
Enhanced parental leave & flexible working arrangements available
Training & Culture
A note from Kerry (CFO)
"Our recent (oversubscribed) $50m Series B funding round is testament to the opportunity and ambition of a company that is underpinned by best in class metrics (NRR > 140%, > 100% ARR growth for the last four years). Now is a really exciting time to join the business as we continue on our trajectory to hit unicorn status within the next two years. It is going to be quite the ride!
We have got to this stage without a dedicated FP&A resource, so there is a huge opportunity for this hire to be immeasurably impactful within a very short space of time. You will have unparalleled visibility across the business, working closely with senior stakeholders from day one, and delivering analysis and information that is invaluable to the exec team and board.
In this role, I am looking for someone with the appetite and ambition to support the design and build of a best-in-class FP&A function from the ground up - a function that is befitting for a category defining business on its way to unicorn status. With no sign of growth slowing, this role comes with huge scope for real ownership and personal development, and I will support you all the way. In return, you will demonstrate curiosity, humility and a willingness to collaborate and support across the entire business.
At 9fin we are a team with big ambition and high expectations of ourselves and each other, but we do this whilst creating space for fun and supporting each other every step of the way. If you are hardworking, love the detail, have a bias to action and want to help build a dynamic FP&A function that is central to driving the continued growth of this brilliant company, then this is the role for you."
9fin is an equal opportunities employer
At 9fin we are dedicated to building and promoting a fair and inclusive workplace where everyone can reach their full potential and truly belong. We recognize that building diverse teams enables a more creative and productive environment. If you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't perfectly align with the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You might just be who we're looking for - either for this role, or perhaps another.
