Commercial Finance Lead, Tide
Marketing
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Business accounts for SMEs
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Business accounts for SMEs
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
Tide's mission is to transform the business banking market, and to save SMEs time and money.
Role
Who you are
- If you thrive in a fast-paced environment, have a strong commercial mindset, and excel at building relationships, we’d love to hear from you
- Undergraduate or master’s degree in finance / accounting / economics /mathematics
- 10+ years of relevant / transferable experience, ideally with some in a company operating in a mass market business spanning multiple countries with a number of product lines
- Strong business and financial acumen - understanding of platform business models, providing insights from data to drive financial performance improvements, etc
- Extensive exposure to investment decisions in marketing channels as a lever to drive efficient growth
- Strong project management skills - can structure and manage complex cross-functional projects and meet tight deadlines
- Highly effective communication skills - ability to synthesise data and metrics to tell a compelling story, tailor content to different audiences, and with strong writing and presentation skills. Maintains a high bar for separating signal from noise
- Track record of developing process improvements that drive meaningful impacts for Finance and the business
- Sharp attention to detail with a proactive approach to problem-solving
- Personable and able to build trusting working relationships
- Proven ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and can manage multiple priorities effectively
- Strong Excel/Google Sheets skills and experience working with dedicated financial planning software (eg. Anaplan) and data visualisation tools (e.g. Looker)
What the job involves
- We’re looking for a talented Commercial Finance Lead to partner with our marketing teams and play a pivotal role in shaping strategic decisions
- In this high-impact role you’ll be at the heart of our growth journey, combining your financial expertise with commercial insight to provide critical analysis, influencing marketing investments, and supporting business growth
- This is a fantastic opportunity to work at the intersection of finance and marketing, driving value creation and contributing to our success in a competitive market
- Leading all annual, quarterly, and long-range financial planning for the Marketing areas whilst working closely with senior marketing leaders and channel managers to develop, understand, and track their execution plans against goals
- Business partnering - Acting as a trusted advisor to the business, you’ll be collaborating closely with area and unit leaders to monitor and improve financial performance
- Owning the business case tendering process for projects and initiatives in the Marketing areas - building and reviewing data driven financial models to determine financial viability (eg. ROI, Payback period) and continuous monitoring of performance/key metrics relating to those initiatives
- Owning, managing and continuously improving the key financial models within Marketing areas used to forecast Tide’s financial performance
- Developing detailed financial models to perform scenario/sensitivity analysis and assess financial impacts of strategic initiatives
- Using large and complex datasets to identify risks and opportunities, as well as analysing industry trends to provide actionable insights and recommendations to Senior Leadership and business stakeholders
- Reviewing reports, financial models, analysis, and other work completed by Commercial Finance/FP&A Analysts and the wider Finance team
- Coaching and mentoring Managers/Analysts on the Commercial Finance/FP&A team
- Developing and implementing policies, procedures, and controls to ensure completeness, accuracy, compliance and financial integrity
- Developing and implementing continuous process improvements
- Working with the FP&A and Transformation teams to successfully drive roadmap items for the recently implemented financial planning system (Anaplan)
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Small businesses and sole traders are still underserved by most traditional banks. Tide solves that problem by offering speedy, affordable and effective financial services tailored to SMEs.
Since its launch Tide has gained considerable traction among small businesses. This is largely thanks to their fast onboarding times, low fees and the diversity of their products, which include a number of accountancy tools. Headed up by a former RBS, C&A and Optanus executive, Tide is uniquely positioned within the financial services market.
Having built a strong user base of over 500,000 in the UK, Tide has since launched in India, where it has an additional 50,000 users. Through further expansion into Europe and continual addition of 'first-of-its-kind' features, Tide is well set to secure a larger market share.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
40% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)
Jan 2023
$23.1m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Jul 2021
$100m
SERIES C
Total funding: $277.9m
Company benefits
- Discounted gym membership
- Personal learning and development allowance
- Enhanced family friendly leave
- Paid volunteering and charity work days
- Cycle-to-work scheme
- Option to buy extra holiday, or take a sabbatical
- Work from home opportunities
- Health insurance
- Flexible working
- Breakfast, snacks and hot drinks
- Private healthcare cover
- CBT and subsidized mental health apps
Company HQ
City of London, London, UK
Articles
Leadership
Dr Oliver Prill
(CEO, not founder)Started out as a consultant at McKinsey. Previously served as CEO of both C&A Bank and Optanus, and was COO of Kreditech Holding.
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