Corporate Finance Manager

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

• 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.

• 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

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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).

• 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