Senior Strategy Manager, Funding Circle
Offers share scheme
3 days a week in office
Business finance that backs you and your business to succeed
Posted today
Business finance that backs you and your business to succeed
501-1000 employees
Posted today
Offers share scheme
3 days a week in office
501-1000 employees
Company mission
We back small businesses with the finance they need to succeed. At Funding Circle, we understand running a business is hard work so we provide a fast, hassle-free experience for businesses looking for finance - with SME experts based in the UK.
Role
Who you are
- 5-10 years of relevant experience ideally in a commercial, product or strategy role at a leading Fintech, or Strategy Consulting at a top tier firm
- Excellent problem solving and analytical skills, with the ability to draw strategic insights from analysis
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills - ability to work effectively and collaboratively with individuals from different parts and levels of the organisation with different backgrounds and perspectives
- Small business lending experience is preferable but not essential
- Passionate about Funding Circle’s mission and values
What the job involves
- We are looking for a Senior Strategy Manager in our Product & Strategy team
- This role sits in the Product & Strategy team who are responsible for the growth and performance of our business
- Working cross-functionally with a variety of teams, someone with the desire to take ownership, think holistically and be hands to drive Funding Circle’s Growth would be a great fit for this role
- Lead the development Funding Circle’s growth strategy, working with a broad range of stakeholders including the Executive Committee to define & refine our plans
- Collaborate with stakeholders across the business to analyse high priority opportunities, and then form recommendations of new growth areas or efficiency initiatives and improve existing business processes
- Bring together our Marketing, Risk, Sales, Technology, Operations and Product teams to then own and lead the implementation of those changes
- Delivering competitor reviews and briefings to the business – being the go to expert on emerging trends and other players in our current, future and adjacent markets
- Proactively problem solving, identifying and confidently mitigating any risks, issues or control weaknesses that arise in your day-to-day
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Funding Circle launched in 2010 and it was the perfect time in the market. After the financial crisis in 2008, financial institutions were hesitant to lend money. Loans to SMEs were at record lows.
This meant that Funding Circle's innovative platform - connecting investors and businesses directly - had immediate product-market fit and growth. Funding Circle remains incredibly focused on small businesses, and this set it apart from other lending platforms. The business has since expanded to the USA.
The company completed its IPO in September 2018 in a challenging economic environment in Europe and the USA. In 2020, however, trading in the group’s core UK market was helped by its participation in the government’s Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme – the company says it has been responsible for a quarter of CBILS loans by volume since it was accredited to join the scheme in April 2020. Funding Circle continues to be a leading SME financing platform, exemplified by its partnership with Bayview Asset Management, with whom it has surpassed £1 billion in funding for its Term Lending product.
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Company
Employee endorsements
Focus on employee wellbeing
"We've moved to a hybrid way of working at FC. We have lots of employee benefits, from lunch budgets (Just Eat), to retail discounts, gym/health..."
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Jan 2017
$103.1m
SERIES F
Apr 2015
$150m
SERIES E
Total funding: $375.5m
Company benefits
- Annual learning budget
- Private Health insurance covering pre-existing conditions
- 5% Matched Pension
- 25 days holiday (excl. bank holidays)
- Access to Wellhub (formally Gym Pass)
- Dental Insurance
- Just Eat for Business 2 days when in the office
Company values
- Think smart
- Obsess over the customer
- Make it happen
- Be open
- Stand together
- Live the adventure
Company HQ
City of London, London, UK
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Leadership
Lisa Jacobs
(CEO)Lisa is CEO of Funding Circle. She is responsible for driving the company’s strategy and overseeing Funding Circle's operations in the UK and US.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Funding Circle
Poonam Verma (Director of Talent Development, Culture & Belonging)
- It’s in our differences that we find our strengths!
- We celebrate and support the differences that make you, you. So we’re building a culture where difference is valued. We’re proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and affirmative action employer. We truly believe diversity makes us better. We particularly encourage applications from applicants from underrepresented backgrounds. We welcome applicants who may want to work flexibly
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