Company Description

We’re Checkout.com . You might not know our name, but companies like eBay, Spotify, Klarna, Uber, and Sony do, because we’re behind many of the digital experiences you use every day.

We are where the world checks out, enabling over 10 billion transactions yearly for more than one billion global shoppers.

Whether you want to book a holiday, order food, renew a subscription, or check out online, there’s a good chance our tech powers the payments behind the scenes. Our platform helps the most ambitious businesses deliver effortless digital experiences, at scale.

If you want to do career-defining work, you’ve come to the right place. We move fast, think globally, and believe great teams are built by hiring exceptional people with conviction, curiosity, and the desire to make an impact.

With 20 offices across six continents and London as our HQ, we’re shaping the future of fintech – and we’re just getting started.

Checkout.com is looking for a talented and driven Associate to join our Strategic Finance and Planning team in London . This is a critical function implementing new processes in a fast-scaling international organisation

As an Associate Finance Business Partner, you serve as a strategic advisor to our Finance, Legal, Compliance, and Marketing organisations. You act as the primary conduit between these departments and the central Corporate FP&A function, ensuring that annual budgets and quarterly forecasts are not just corporate requirements, but accurate reflections of your partners' operational needs.

Sitting at the heart of our financial planning, you transform raw data into tailored reporting and ad hoc analysis that empowers department heads and the CFO to make informed, high-impact decisions. Your role is to harmonise departmental growth—from headcount to P&L management—with the overarching financial health and scaling strategy of Checkout.com .

What You'll Be Doing

In this role, you will lead the planning and analysis for your assigned business areas while contributing to broader corporate financial processes:

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Business Partnering: Support Executive teams and their direct leadership by ensuring resourcing needs align with the business roadmap.

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Budget Management: Manage the budgeting process by gathering requirements, setting timetables, and ensuring all activities are completed by stakeholders and finance teams.

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Financial Analysis: Produce accurate and thorough financial analysis and commentary presented in a meaningful way to enable senior leaders to make financially sound decisions.

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Reporting: Assist in running key financial processes, including quarterly forecast updates and monthly management information (MI) packs.

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Process Improvement: Enact process changes and best practices to facilitate the flow of information between management accounts and FP&A in a fast-scaling international organisation.

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Decision Support: Provide financial insights and recommendations to support investment and project decisions.

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Data Integrity: Work cross-functionally to ensure data consistency, quality, and appropriateness within group budgets and reporting.

About You

The ideal candidate is proactive, organised, and capable of working independently in a fast-paced environment.

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Experience: 3+ years of specific experience in FP&A, strategic finance, or business analysis.

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Technical Skills: Advanced Excel and Google Sheets skills with a proven ability to synthesise data to form insights.

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Systems: Familiarity with business systems (Adaptive), alteryx, financial planning, and accounting tools.

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Communication: Excellent communicator with the ability to clearly articulate insights and influence/align stakeholders.

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Execution: Self-starter with a track record of identifying problems and implementing solutions with high attention to detail.

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Sector Knowledge: Experience in Financial Services and Payments is a plus, but not essential

Additional Information

Bring all of you to work

We create the conditions for high performers to thrive, through real ownership, fewer blockers, and work that makes a difference from day one.

Here, you’ll move fast, take on meaningful challenges, and be recognized for the impact you deliver. It’s a place where ambition gets met with opportunity, and where your growth is in your hands.

We work as one team, and we back each other to succeed. So whatever your background or identity, if you’re ready to grow and make a difference, you’ll be right at home here.

It’s important we set you up for success and make our process as accessible as possible. So let us know in your application, or tell your recruiter directly, if you need anything to make your experience or working environment more comfortable.

Life at Checkout.com

We understand that work is just one part of your life. Our hybrid working model offers flexibility, with three days per week in the office to support collaboration and connection.

Curious about what it’s like to be part of our team? Visit our Careers Page to learn more about our culture, open roles, and what drives us.

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