Data Analyst – Client & Partner
About us
Funding Xchange is turning the traditional credit process on its head – by holding the credit models of and strong relationships with more than 40 lenders we ensure lenders come to the small business seeking finance to make indicative offers through Funding Xchange. Putting business owners in control of selecting lenders.
Our lenders include the biggest ‘names’ in alternative finance including Funding Circle, iwoca, Market Invoice and Capital on Tap as well as smaller niche players that offer attractive products to sub segments of the market.
We have helped 100,000 small businesses understand their finance options by providing our technology to Price Comparison Websites like MoneySuperMarket and Money.co.uk to fuel their Business Funding channels as well as other partners such as Experian, Sage and Monzo. We have also integrated access to finance into payment solutions and cloud accounting software to provide a seamless experience for small businesses.
Funding Xchange is designated by HM Treasury as a Finance Referral Platform and works with nine UK banks to help their customers access finance solutions if they are not ready for bank finance.
Half fin, half tech we are VC-backed with offices at Barclays RISE in Shoreditch.
- Website:
www.fundingxchange.co.uk
- Job
Title: Data Analyst – Client & Partner
- Location:
London
The Role
Main opportunities
- Your
role will play a valuable role at the heart of a team that is developing
how analytics and insights can help our lenders and our platform partners
optimise their use of our platform and how they consider and launch new
products into the market and expand their knowledge of the SME lending
marketplace.
- Supporting
a series of analytics projects, often ad-hoc, sometimes on going, which
deliver valuable and unique insight to our primary clients and lenders
Key
responsibilities of role
- Building,
creating, developing complex relationships between datasets to create an integrated
platform for gaining business insights from the Funding Xchange platform
and data assets
- Customer
profiling of FXE users to build a picture of the businesses, people and
financial health of business users of the FXE service
- Undertaking
deep dives into our data to determine market positions, market changes,
leading indicators and historic patterns which lead to qualified insights
for our lenders and platform partners, which underpin their strategic
choices, product development, marketing strategies and ultimately
optimising their use of our platform
- Developing
and challenging the data to define and answer critical strategic questions
for our clients
- Supporting
both senior leaders and relationship managers to deliver these insights to
our clients
- Technical
– Work with the development team to help them enable the capture of data
for analytics / insights
Necessary education:
- Bachelors’
degree (Engineering, mathematics, computer science, economics, business)
or similar coursework or technical program
Experience required:
- At
least 5-7 years’ professional experience in a data analysis and consulting
role
- Exceptional
business analytics and quantitative skills and demonstrated experience
analysing complex data and communicating the results to others
- Advanced
Excel and Power BI user who can distil insights into visual graphs /
tables for use in PowerPoint presentations
- SQL expertise is a key requirement
- Experience
/ knowledge of financial services, fintech, technology
- Exceptional
written and oral communication skills able to simplify complex problems
for others
- Any
past programming / technical experience is an asset (as you will likely
pick-up our systems more quickly)
Key characteristics desired:
- A
questioning and challenging mindset, prepared to push the data to its
limits
- Detail-oriented,
self-motivated and highly organized with strong problem-solving skills
- A
questioning and problem-solving mindset
- Ability
to adapt to change and thrive in a fast-paced start-up environment
- Ability
to take ownership and actively contribute to improving processes and
quality of analysis
- Willingness
to continuously learn and grow as the role progresses
- Strong
professional and / or academic track record
The Benefits
- Excellent
offices in the heart of London’s Tech City
- Super-talented
teammates
- Real
opportunity to have impact and gain valuable fintech experience
- Plenty
of support in the role is offered in a small team environment