Senior FP&A Analyst

Thunes; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Thunes is seeking an Senior FP&A Analyst to partner with the Global Head of FP&A and senior stakeholders. You will drive critical forecasting, financial modelling, and strategic planning to support growth, delivering accurate insights and robust reporting.

The role involves cross-department collaboration in a fast-paced, data-driven environment, with emphasis on building scalable processes and delivering actionable recommendations to leadership.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in an FP&A role, preferably 3+ years.
• Strong financial modelling and analytical capabilities with the ability to translate financial data into clear, actionable insights.
• Commercially minded, able to communicate complex financial movements concisely.
• Strong stakeholder-management skills with finance and business partners.
• Detail oriented with a drive for accuracy.
• Experience with Financial Services/FinTech preferred.
• Excel macros and data visualization experience (Tableau/Power BI) preferred.

Responsibilities

• Support Group planning cycle (Strategic Plan, Budget, Rolling Forecasts).
• Prepare monthly performance reporting for Board and senior stakeholders.
• Assist in financial modelling and ROI assessments (new products, M&A).
• Prepare presentations and analyses for investors and lenders.
• Develop, streamline and maintain management reporting.
• Analyse financial data to assess portfolio and product profitability.
• Assist auditors and cross-functional teams on ad-hoc projects.
• Occasional travel may be required during planning.

Skills

Financial modelling

Analytical abilities

Stakeholder management

Communication

Attention to detail

Ambiguity management

Excel macros

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field

ACA / ACCA / CIMA (or equivalent) preferred

Tools

Tableau

Power BI

Job description

Thunes is the Smart Superhighway to move money around the world.

Thunes’ proprietary Direct Global Network allows Members to make payments in real-time in over 140 countries and more than 90 currencies. Thunes’ Network connects directly to over 12 billion mobile wallets, stablecoin wallets and bank accounts worldwide, as well as 15 billion cards via more than 220 different payment methods, such as GCash, M-Pesa, Airtel, MTN, Orange, JazzCash, Easypaisa, AliPay, WeChat Pay HK and many more. Thunes’ Direct Global Network differentiates itself through its worldwide reach, in-house SmartX Treasury System and Fortress Compliance Platform, ensuring Members of the Network receive unrivaled speed, control, visibility, protection, and cost efficiencies when making real-time payments, globally. Members of Thunes’ Direct Global Network include gig economy giants like Uber and Deliveroo, super-apps like Grab and WeChat, MTOs, fintechs, PSPs and banks. Headquartered in Singapore, Thunes has offices in 15 locations, including Atlanta, Barcelona, Beijing, Dubai, Hong Kong, Johannesburg, London, Manila, Nairobi, New York, Paris, Riyadh, San Francisco and Shanghai. For more information, visit: https://www.thunes.com.

Role Overview

The Senior Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) Analyst reports directly to the Global Head of FP&A and is a key member as we build the team with exposure to executives, investors and senior global stakeholders. The function will drive critical financial insights, forecasting, and strategic planning initiatives to support the company's growth objectives. Success in this position looks like consistently delivering accurate financial models and reporting, helping to build and embed the functions procedures and routines, and providing actionable recommendations that empower executive decision-making and holds the business to account.

The Role

This role involves day-to-day deep analytical work and cross-departmental collaboration, suited for a fast-paced working environment where data-driven decision-making is paramount.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the execution of the Group planning cycle including the Strategic Plan, Budget and Rolling Forecasts.
• Assist the finance team in the preparation of Group’s monthly performance reporting for Board, management and senior stakeholders against budgets and objectives.
• Support the Global Head of FP&A in robust financial modelling and forecasting assessing return of investment cases such as new products and M&A opportunities.
• Prepare presentations, memorandums and analysis for senior and external stakeholders such as investors and credit providers.
• Develop, elevate and streamline reporting processes and relevant management reports.
• Organise, maintain, and analyse financial data and other relevant data sets to help assess portfolio & product profitability.
• Assist with the preparation of schedules and assist both internal and external auditors in their inquiries.
• Support the finance team in various ad-hoc projects and initiatives.
• Occasional travel may be required during the planning process.

Experience & Qualifications

• Proven experience in an FP&A role, preferably 3+ years.
• Strong financial modelling and analytical capabilities with the ability to translate financial data into clear, actionable insights.
• You will be commercially minded, thinking systemically and able to communicate complex financial movements in a concise and engaging manner.
• Strong stakeholder-management skills, with the confidence to build relationships, influence outcomes and work effectively with senior Finance and business stakeholders.
• Working as part of a team, detail oriented and a drive for accuracy.
• Inquisitive approach to day-to-day tasks, with a desire to question & challenge data and a desire to understand the business
• Comfortable operating in an ambiguous environment managing changing and conflicting priorities.
• To be successful in this role, experience in Financial Services, FinTech or a regulated business is strongly preferred.
• This person does not need to have managed teams before, as this is an individual contributor role.
• Expert skill level in Microsoft Excel (macros, complex modelling) is required; advantageous experience includes AI agent / task creation and data visualization tools (Tableau/Power BI).
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field of study.
• ACA / ACCA / CIMA (or equivalent) preferred