Senior FP&A Analyst - Operations

Job Description

About carwow

We’re on a mission to change the way people buy, sell or use a car by creating the world’s best online car marketplace. Since starting our journey in 2011, we’ve grown to become one of the most trusted comparison sites with over 12 million active users and an ‘excellent’ Trustpilot rating of 4.7.

carwow is backed by some of Europe’s most respected technology, marketplace and automotive investors, with $55 million Series D funding secured in December 2021. Over 400 carwowers from 25 nationalities work with us in the UK, Germany, Spain and Portugal. One of our goals for 2023 is to become a Top 10 European Start-Up to work for.

About the role

This newly created role sits within the growing finance team based in Victoria, Central London and will report directly into the Head of FP&A. The successful candidate will be supporting the Operations function for our rapidly scaling Sell My Car proposition. As a critical link between Finance, Operations and Marketplace Analytics, you will be responsible for providing understanding on performance whilst identifying and driving improvement opportunities. You will be the key finance business partner for the senior UK leadership team, in their forecasting, workforce planning and ad-hoc analysis needs.

Responsibilities

• Ownership of the rolling Sell My Car business forecast model, providing visibility on future volumes and supporting strategic investment decisions
• Business partnering senior stakeholders to provide insights and recommendations
• Develop and own the Operations performance reporting processes
  • Building/owning the Operations dashboard for analysing performance
  • Being the subject expert, challenging performance of the Operations sub-departments and clearly communicating the main risks & opportunities
  • Presenting the weekly story to Sell My Car leadership team
• Ad-hoc project analysis and modelling needs for the Sell My Car Commercial & Operations teams

Requirements

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Comfortable with ambiguity and taking ownership to drive projects forward
• Great time management and ability to meet deadlines with changing priorities
• Strong analytical capabilities with a curious and problem-solving mindset
• Advanced Excel and modelling skills, experience with Google’s products suite a bonus
• Newly qualified accountant, or qualified by experience

Benefits

🗺️ 🕔 Remote and hybrid working options: (2 days in the office)

💶 Competitive salary

🏢 Equity in the company (share options)

🏥 Vitality Private Healthcare

🏖️ 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays and Christmas Eve or an alternative (religious) holiday of your choice

💻 Tech: The latest core technology (Macbook or Surface)

🪑 Remote working: You'll receive a ‘home office allowance’ of up to £500/€550 to help get set up with everything you need to succeed at home

🌍 Remote working: New: ‘work from anywhere for a month each year' policy in place should you wish to use it

👶 Inclusive parental, partner and shared parental leave, fertility treatment and pregnancy loss policies

📚 Learning and development budget

💬 Social: Company wide collaboration such as bi-weekly product demos, tech lunch’s, coffee with the exec sessions, book clubs, social events

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Refer a friend and get paid!

🥪 Lunch & learns with internal and external speakers

Diversity and inclusion is an integral part of our culture. We know that diverse teams are strong teams, so we welcome those with alternative identities, backgrounds, and experiences to apply for this position. We make recruiting decisions based on experience, skills and potential, so all our applicants are treated fairly and equally.