Finance Analyst

Job description

MyEdSpace is an education technology platform that connects the best teachers on the planet with the students who need them the most - wherever they are, whatever their means. Backed by $15m in Series A funding from some of the leading investors in the space, we're ready to scale - and we want you to help us build and scale MyEdSpace as part of a collaborative and ambitious team. We're on a mission to make a world-class education accessible to all. We believe that every child deserves access to quality education, regardless of geography or socioeconomic background, to achieve their dreams and build a brighter future. If you’re motivated by solving meaningful problems and creating real impact through your work on a societal level and make a real impact on the world - we’d love to hear from you! Job Title: Finance Analyst Location : London Office in Chancery Lane What You’ll be Doing You'll be a core part of a small finance function, reporting directly to the Finance Manager, with exposure to the leadership team, the board and our investors from early on Success in this role looks like management reporting the business trusts, a close that runs to a predictable rhythm, and analysis that changes what leadership decides Running our month end close to deliver management accounts that senior stakeholders can act on with confidence Building and maintaining our budgeting, forecasting and cash flow processes to inform and underpin company strategy Analysis and interpretation of business costs and performance against plan, providing insight throughout the business Owning the finance operations that keep the company moving day to day, from payroll through to payments Taking end to end responsibility for our year end audit, statutory reporting and compliance calendar Preparing analysis and materials for the board and our investors, with the opportunity to take ownership of the financial model over time Scanning the horizon for bottlenecks in the finance function before they arrive, and targeting them with better process and automation Designing and embedding the controls and routines a scaling business needs, so the function can grow without growing headcount Managing the relationships with the external partners who support our finance function What We’re Looking For A strong command of the fundamentals: financial statements, reporting, and the accounting that sits beh…