FP&A Analyst

What do we do?

Paddle offers SaaS companies a completely different approach to their payments infrastructure. Instead of assembling and maintaining a complex stack of payments-related apps and services, we’re a Merchant of Record for our customers. That means we take away 100% of the pain of payments fragmentation. It’s faster, safer, cheaper, and, above all, way better.

We’re backed by investors including KKR, FTV Capital, Kindred, Notion, and 83North and serve over 3000 software sellers in 245 territories globally.

The Role:

As the Financial Analyst in FP&A, you will play an instrumental role in supporting financial planning, reporting, and operating performance analytics. You will work with people across the business to ensure sound, data-driven decision-making and a sustainable future for Paddle, and you’ll use data to provide actionable insights about the health of our business and what it means for the future. You will report to the Senior Manager of FP&A who has a track record for developing individuals and a commitment to creating opportunities for you to flourish and enjoy the work you do.

We are an ACCA Approved Employer, which recognises us as an organisation committed to providing L&D opportunities to ACCA members and trainees.

What you'll do:

Financial Planning & Forecasting

• Assist in the preparation of annual budgets, quarterly forecasts and financial reports for your designated business areas, which involves understanding their strategies and objectives and ensuring that we see the highest ROI (financial or non-financial) for every $ spent.

• Support long-term financial planning and cost-saving initiatives

• Analyse financial trends, key performance indicators (KPI’s) and operational metrics

• Maintain and expand our monthly financial and operational reporting for our executive team, board and investors.

Business Partnering & Stakeholder Support

• Ensure sound control over Paddle’s operating expenses by building relationships and helping the business navigate their costs and investments.

• Work with the FP&A team to support workforce planning, in conjunction with the Talent Acquisition team and People partners.

• Respond to financial queries from business functions.

Process Improvement & Reporting

• Support enhancements in financial reporting, automation and efficiency improvements.

• Continuously strive to improve the relevancy and quality of reports and raw data.

• Ad-hoc reporting, financial analysis and projects to provide clear insights.

• Strong skills in the forecasting tool (Pigment) and the use of accounting software (Netsuite, Xero), Excel/Google Sheets, and project management tools such as Asana.
  

We'd love to hear from you if you are:

• Proficient in financial planning, forecasting, structure, and insights - you love adding value!

• Able to manage, influence and present to key stakeholders - you are able to do the right thing, whilst maintaining relationships.

• Structured and coordinated in the way you work, you have excellent attention to detail and accuracy and leave very little room for error.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

• Experienced working in the technology industry, enabling you to manage multiple priorities and work in a fast-paced tech environment

• Keen to navigate a scale-up environment, with complexities and challenges - data quality issues, tooling migrations and building the foundations excites you.

• Looking to develop the way the team and Paddle operates… and develop yourself too in the process.

Everyone is welcome at Paddle

At Paddle, we’re committed to removing invisible barriers, both for our customers and within our own teams. We recognise and celebrate that every Paddler is unique and we welcome every individual perspective. As an inclusive employer we don’t care if, or where, you studied, what you look like or where you’re from. We’re more interested in your craft, curiosity, passion for learning and what you’ll add to our culture. We encourage you to apply even if you don’t match every part of the job ad, especially if you’re part of an underrepresented group.

Why you’ll love working at Paddle

We are a diverse, growing group of Paddlers across the globe who pride ourselves on our transparent, collaborative and respectful culture.

We live and breathe our values, which are:

Exceptional Together

Execute with impact

Better than Yesterday

We offer a full suite of benefits, including attractive salaries, stock options, retirement plans, private healthcare and wellbeing initiatives.

We are a ‘digital-first’ company, which means you can work remotely, from one of our stylish hubs, or even a bit of both! We offer all team members unlimited holidays and 4 months paid family leave regardless of gender. We invest in learning and will help you with your personal development via constant exposure to new challenges, an annual learning fund, and regular internal and external training.