Finance Business Partner, Croud
3+ days a week in office (The Bard Building, London)
Performance marketing agency
Open for applications
Performance marketing agency
501-1000 employees
Open for applications
3+ days a week in office (The Bard Building, London)
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To drive business performance and growth for ambitious brands through reinvention.
Role
Who you are
- Professional qualification (e.g. CIMA, ACCA, ACA), or at least part-qualified required
- Degree educated in Accounting, Finance, Economics, Business, or equivalent
- Proficient in financial systems and data analysis software; advanced knowledge of Excel/Sheets; SQL knowledge would be beneficial
- Strong financial modelling and analytical skills, with the ability to interpret complex data and provide actionable insights
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build relationships and confidently influence financial and non-financial stakeholders at all levels
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and manage multiple priorities effectively
- Meticulous attention to detail with a methodical and commercially driven approach
- Strategic mindset with a proactive approach to problem-solving and decision-making
- Strong business acumen and actively challenges the status quo
- A keen interest in technology, media and marketing
What the job involves
- The Finance Business Partner will build strong relationships with senior leaders, offering challenge, support, and influence in decision-making. Working closely with senior management, department heads, and cross-functional teams, they will deliver insightful analysis and guidance to shape business strategy, enhance profitability, and support sustainable growth
- Develop and maintain an understanding of requirements to succeed from strategic business units; understand the external environment including the competitive landscape and risks
- Act as a trusted advisor to senior management, department heads and project teams, offering financial guidance and support to drive performance improvements
- Challenge, support and influence financial and non-financial stakeholders to optimise decision-making processes and in particular, encourage the consideration of resource allocation
- Partner with senior management to develop and execute financial strategies aligned with business objectives
- Participate in budgeting, forecasting, and financial modelling activities to support business planning and decision-making
- Conduct scenario planning and sensitivity analysis to aid long-term outlooks and to support or oppose specific business cases
- Analyse financial performance, identify trends and provide actionable insights to enhance operational efficiency and profitability
- Prepare management reports (including Board and ad-hoc external reports), variance analysis, and commentary to communicate financial results effectively and to maintain a deep understanding of the business
- Support the Finance processes for consolidated accounting systems ensuring alignment with reporting, planning and analysis deliverables
- Collaborate with commercial teams to evaluate pricing strategies, cost structures and profitability of client and third party engagements
- Provide financial input and support for contract negotiations, particularly; rate cards, resource commitments and RFI/RFP support
- Review and advise on the Group’s sales commission and bonus policies
- Support M&A activities from initial due diligence to post-merger integration, encouraging alignment with strategic business objectives
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure the overall integration period and post-integration review is efficient and effective
- Contribute towards ad-hoc projects, particularly through involvement during vendor due diligence stages; including refinancing and private equity exit rounds
- Collaborate with BI and data teams to ensure an effective centralised data warehouse solution is maintained; advise on future business system requirements (e.g. ERP)
- Utilise data insights and analytics tools to track key performance indicators (KPIs), identify opportunities, and improve decision-making across the business
- Support senior management with strategic management processes; adopt storytelling techniques to drive growth and support the Group’s organisational strategy
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Marketing teams are often under-resourced and over-stretched, and the 24/7 nature of the field only amplifies these difficulties. Yet, digital marketing continues to be a vital part of businesses marketing strategy as the opportunities for business success online continue to grow.
Croud has a unique approach to assisting digital marketers. It's propriety technology supports planning, automation and delivery of digital marketing campaigns. Croud's capability to deliver this at scale is supported by their "Croud Control" platform, a digital platform that links over 2,300 on-demand digital experts known as "Croudies" to clients.
Croud continues to expand its network of "Croudies" and the digital products available to clients. For example, its in-house "Croud Creative" team provides instant creative resources to media teams allowing them to create world-class campaigns. It also continues to make acquisitions to strengthen its position, and remains well regarded in the space.
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Company
Funding (1 round)
Nov 2019
$40.3m
LATE VC
Total funding: $40.3m
Company benefits
- Work from home opportunities
- 25 days holiday a year
- Annual performance bonus
- Sale commission
- Recruitment referrals bonus
- Gym membership contributions
- Ride to Work scheme
- Rail card
- Season Ticket loan
- Free fruit, breakfast cereals and tea & coffee
- Free home office chair
- Life and income protection
- Medical cash plan
- Share option scheme
- Agile Working Policy
- Summer Fridays
Company HQ
London, UK
Leadership
Ben Knight
(Founder)Ben worked within search for over ten years, and realised there was a gap in the market to deliver a more innovative way of working, so founded Croud, to cater to clients' 24/7/365 demands
Luke Smith
(CEO)Luke started his career at News International and The Economist, then turned his hand to agency relationship management at Google, where his belief that the agency model was broken grew.
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