Senior FP|amp|A

Job description
About Us

Duco is making waves! Financial institutions in the digital economy succeed or fail based on their ability to deal with complex data across their operations quickly and efficiently. Many of the world’s leading Financial Services companies trust Duco with the management and automation of their complex, mission-critical data. Duco brings together capabilities covering data extraction, ingestion, transformation, reconciliation, and reporting, all in one agile cloud-based SaaS platform.

Headquartered in London, with offices in New York, Boston, Wroclaw, Singapore, and Antwerp, Duco serves clients across the globe. Our customers include over 15 of the largest global international banks as well as asset managers, insurers, brokers, hedge funds, fund administrators and service providers.

About The Role

We are looking for a Senior Finance Analyst with a keen eye for data analysis. You will be responsible for extracting valuable insights from large data sets and communicating them to our commercial teams.

What you will be working on:
• Work alongside the CFO to drive the organisation to achieve Duco’s growth ambitions
• Support management decision-making through the development and reporting of, Key Performance Indicators
• Develop and support the execution of Duco’s strategy, being a driver of high performance & growth.
• Track Duco’s performance particularly in the context of SaaS ratios and industry benchmarks. Developing strategies, as a result, to help Duco achieve optimal performance and use of resources.
• Develop real-time performance analysis across the organisation
• Own forecasting and budgeting, including timetable management, presenting to management, preparing supporting board papers and disseminating targets across the business
• Perform ad-hoc financial and non-financial analysis to evaluate the quantitative and qualitative aspects of investment opportunities or business cases
• Financial Business Partnering - support the departmental heads with any financial queries
• Support with budget management, insight generation and business plan delivery
• Partner with the Financial Control team to produce high-quality Management Accounts including variance analysis and monthly board reporting
• Identify risks and opportunities
• Support M&A, strategic opportunities and the development of business cases, as opportunities arise.

Ideally, you will have:
• 5+ Years FP&A experience
• Highly proficient and capable accountant, with a commercial mindset, must be 10 years post qualified in ACA/CIMA/ACCA or equivalent
• Possess a sense of curiosity and seek to understand and identify business opportunities by digging into the numbers and processes
• The ability to challenge the status quo in a constructive manner
• Ability to prioritise multiple work streams and work at pace, whilst always paying close attention to the detail
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and influencing skills, as you’ll be negotiating and challenging a range of people, internally and externally
• Resilience and perseverance - life in a growth company is challenging, but rewarding and fun!
• Adaptive, positive and solution-focussed approach
• Experience in presenting complex analysis to non-financial stakeholders
• Experience in preparing Board reports and presenting to senior management
• Effective stakeholder management, demonstrating the ability to win as a team but equally able to challenge
• Top-class financial modelling skills (reporting packs and business plans) including advanced Excel and knowledge of financial reporting systems.

Nice to haves:
• Experience and understanding of SaaS metrics
• Some experience in banks, funds or insurance would be very useful
• M&A experience
• Adept at investment appraisal
• PE exposure
• An understanding of allocations and how to apply such models

Our benefits:
• A market standard salary aligned with your skills and experience. Reviewed annually
• A performance bonus, so we recognise and reward your effort
• Healthcare cashback scheme and private medical insurance
• Death in service cover of 4 x annual salary
• Employee Assistance Programme, for extra support outside of work
• £300 annual allowance to make your home working environment comfortable
• Unlimited annual holiday, because we trust our people to manage their own time off
• Flexibility around working hours, as long as you’re delivering what’s needed
• Flexible working policy, including work from home opportunities
• Opportunity to work abroad for up to 6 weeks per country per year
• Enhanced family leave provisions
• Personal learning and development opportunities (annual dedicated budget)
• Referral bonus if we hire someone great who you’ve recommended to us
• An Employee Equity Purchase Scheme, so you have a personal investment in the success of the company
• Employee of the Month and Employee of the Year awards
• 4 Volunteering days off that can be used flexibly based on the employee’s choice of initiative
• Salary Sacrifice Schemes - Cycle to Work, Tech Scheme

Want to do a little more research before you apply?

Head over to our Glassdoor page to learn about our benefits, culture and to find out what our team think about life at Duco. You can also find out more about us on LinkedIn

Disclaimer

Because we are committed to inclusivity, we strive to provide equitable opportunities for everyone. If you require accommodation during the recruitment process, please let us know at talent@du.co. Include your contact information, the role you're applying for, and how we can accommodate you.

During the interview process and after hire, Duco does not discriminate on the basis of race, colour, gender or gender expression, ****** orientation, marital or pregnancy status, national origin, age, disability, religion or creed, socioeconomic background or status, size, or any other protected characteristic