Corporate Finance Manager

Corporate Finance Manager

Department: Finance

Employment Type: Permanent

Location: London

Reporting To: Jason Wong

Description

You'll report to the Head of Strategic Finance and help run the planning, performance management and reporting that guide YouLend's decisions across the UK, EU and US as the business scales.

The remit is global, so you'll work with business teams in each region. It suits someone who wants to apply sharp analytical and problem-solving skills to real commercial decisions in a fast-growing company.

Key Responsibilities

• Build and maintain the models behind YouLend’s annual budget, quarterly outlook and longer-term strategic plan.
• Support the management reporting process, run variance analysis against budget and forecast, isolating the key drivers and translating them into clear, actionable recommendations for leadership.
• Act as a trusted finance partner to department heads, aligning their budgets and plans with overall business objectives.
• Improve the FP&A process and automate our forecasting and reporting.

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

What you'll bring:

• 5+ years in investment banking, private equity, strategic finance, FP&A or a related field.
• Advanced financial modelling and data analysis skills.
• Demonstrated track record of running a process from start to finish, coordinating across multiple stakeholders to consistently meet deadlines.
• Comfortable where not everything is defined and able to set their own direction; an ability to deliver high-quality work, fast.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to engage and influence stakeholders at all levels.
• Proactive and self-driven, with a strong sense of ownership; someone who constantly seeks opportunities to create and drive initiatives forward independently.

Nice to have:

• A Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) or other relevant industry certification, or MBA from a top-tier university Experience in a fast-growing fintech or scale-up Proficiency in SQL

Job Benefits

Why join YouLend?

• Award-Winning Workplace: YouLend has been recognised as one of the “Best Places to Work in 2024, 2025 and 2026” by the Sunday Times for being a supportive, diverse, and rewarding workplace.
• Award-Winning Fintech: YouLend has been recognised as a “Top 250 Fintech Worldwide” company by CNBC.

It's just getting fun

• We have developed powerful solutions, secured significant partnerships, and are growing rapidly.
• The global opportunity is still massive, and YouLend is a raw organisation where we are only just getting started.

Lots of upsides

• High-growth (>100% growth during 2022 and 2023), so clear outlook to compensation (bonus or share option appreciation) and career growth (through growth with the business).
• Well-capitalised with supportive private equity backing.
• Part of Banking Circle Group with a fully licensed Luxembourg bank, which can provide a balance sheet and support European expansion in otherwise complex regulated markets.

Motivating work environment

• A high-quality team that pushes each other to succeed through direct feedback and aligned incentives.
• Strong, transparent team culture: we have each other’s backs.
• Independent work environment where results matter.
• Data-driven culture and emphasis on speed (anti-red tape).

We offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes:

• Private Medical Insurance (via Vitality)
• EAP with Health Assured
• Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Leave
• Great office space (including a gym!) in Central London
• Subsidised lunch (via Feedr)
• Deliveroo allowance if working late in the office
• Monthly in-office masseuse
• Team and Company socials
• Sports clubs