Finance Assistant

About Lendable

Lendable is on a mission to make consumer finance amazing: faster, cheaper and friendlier.

We’re building one of the world’s leading fintech companies and are off to a strong start:

• One of the UK’s newest unicorns with a team of >250 people
• Among the top 10 fastest-growing tech companies in the UK
• Profitable since 2017
• Backed by top investors including Balderton Capital and Goldman Sachs and most recently OTPP (Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan) in 2022
• Loved by customers with the best reviews in the market (4.9/5 across 10,000s of reviews)

So far, we’ve rebuilt the Big Three consumer finance products from scratch: loans, credit cards and car finance. We get money into our customers’ hands in minutes instead of days.

We’re growing fast, and there’s a lot more to do: we’re going after the two biggest Western markets (UK and US) where trillions are held by big banks with dated systems and painful processes. We launched our loans product in the US in 2022 with more product launches to follow this year!

Join us if you want to

• Take ownership across a broad remit. You are trusted to make decisions that drive a material impact on the direction and success of Lendable from day 1.
• Work in small teams of exceptional people who are relentlessly resourceful to solve problems and find smarter solutions than the status quo.
• Build the best technology in-house, using new data sources, machine learning, and AI to make machines do the heavy lifting

About the role

We are looking for a Junior Finance Executive (Finance Assistant) to support our day-to-day transactions. You will work under the direction and supervision of senior team members and work across different parts of Finance where required. 

Responsibilities will include

• Recording invoices and expenses
• Reconcile the accounts payable ledgers and assist with making supplier payments
• Assist in managing our finance inbox and responding to queries
• Monitoring our payments inbox, engaging with 3rd parties to resolve various matters, exporting and analysing files from 3rd parties preparing them to be uploaded to our platforms
• Respond to internal helpdesk queries related to payments and work with the special operations team on various matters
• Assist with the application of payments received onto our platform for both UK and US
• Support on daily investor cash reconciliations and updating financial spreadsheets with daily transactions
• Support with various bank and accounting reconciliations across our multiple products
• Assist with ad hoc weekly, monthly, and quarterly accounting functions, such as preparing files for upload into the accounting system and supporting month-end processes and journals
• You will provide other support where required including filling and administration assistance

What do you need to succeed in this role

• Minimum of 1-2 years of experience of working in accounting, business financial environment or worked in the fintech space and want to move into a finance role
• Accounting qualification is preferred (such as AAT), but not essential
• Efficient with high level of attention to detail and accuracy
• Strong organisational skills are essential, with the ability to prioritise tasks and meet deadlines
• Good communication skills, with the ability to work collaboratively with other members of the finance team and across the wider business
• You’ll be energetic, motivated and have a proactive approach with the ability to problem solve
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel, G-Suite and experience using accounting software (e.g. Xero, Quickbooks, Sage)
  

The interview process:

We try our best to get things moving as quickly as possible. For this role, we’d expect:

• A 30-minute video call with one of the team
• Onsite Interviews with the FD and finance team

Life at Lendable (also check out our Glassdoor page)

• The opportunity to scale up one of the world’s most successful fintech companies.
• Best-in-class compensation including equity.
• You can work from home every Monday and Friday if you wish - on the other days, we all come together IRL to be together, build and exchange ideas.
• Our in-house chef prepares fresh, healthy lunches in the office every Tuesday-Thursday.
• We care for our Lendies’ well-being both physically and mentally, so we offer the highest coverage when it comes to private health insurance.
• We organise an annual trip with the whole company, to celebrate our milestones and reflect on our achievements.
• We're an equal-opportunity employer and are looking to make Lendable the most inclusive and open workspace in London.