Strategic Finance Associate Manager

Checkatrade; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading home improvement marketplace is seeking an experienced Strategic Finance Associate Manager. The role involves driving financial initiatives, crafting smart capital allocation strategies, and ensuring compliance. The ideal candidate has a background in investment banking or consulting, advanced skills in Excel, and a knack for data analysis. Benefits include a competitive salary, health support, gym membership, and more. Ready to turn data into decisions? Join us and make an impact!

Benefits

Competitive salary + annual bonus

Health and well-being support

Gym membership

Birthday leave

Buy & sell holiday scheme

Paid charity leave

Qualifications

• Experience in investment banking, consulting, or high-growth commercial finance.
• Experience with financial modeling and advanced Excel.
• Ability to work with multiple stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Strategic Finance team to drive initiatives.
• Craft and implement capital allocation strategies.
• Shape quarterly and annual budgets and 5-Year plans.
• Monitor capital performance with actionable insights.
• Ensure compliance and sound financial practices.

Skills

Data analysis

Stakeholder management

Financial modeling

Excel proficiency

Large data sets handling

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Word

Job description

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Strategic Finance Associate Manager

Want to do work that really matters?
At Checkatrade, we're building the UK's go‑to home improvement marketplace. Every day, we help millions of homeowners find the right tradesperson for the job, fast, fair, and without the faff.

We're looking for an experienced and highly motivated Strategic Finance Associate Manager to join our team. This is an exciting time to be part of our organization as we navigate a period of significant growth and change.

Here at Checkatrade, we move at pace so you'll need to thrive in a fast‑paced environment. You'll be a pro at analysing data to offer timely commercial insights which both enable and challenge conventional thinking across the organisation. This opportunity will be central to appraising our initiatives and prioritising those which best deliver both our short‑term and long‑term goals. Ready to turn data into decisions? Sound good? If so, we'd love to hear from you!

What you’ll actually spend your time on

• You’ll partner with our Strategic Finance team and stakeholders to drive initiatives that redefine Checkatrade's product vision and journey.
• You’ll lead the charge of crafting and implementing smart capital allocation strategies and maximising ROI. You’ll also conduct detailed financial analyses like ROI assessments, cost‑benefit breakdowns, and scenario planning to appraise investments and M&A opportunities, being at the heart of our strategy.
• You’ll play a key role in shaping our quarterly, annual budget, and ambitious 5‑Year Plan.
• You’ll keep a sharp eye on capital performance, providing insights and actionable recommendations.
• As a committed advisor and challenger to stakeholders, you’ll help ensure every decision maximises value. And, of course, you’ll safeguard against financial risks, ensuring compliance and sound practices every step of the way.

What we’re looking for

• Experience working within investment banking, consulting, or high‑growth commercial finance. Big 4 experience is a bonus.
• Data wizardry – used to working with large data sets.
• Solid experience with Excel and Word. Advanced PowerPoint experience would be fantastic.
• Ability to work with multiple stakeholders.
• Financial modelling background. You don’t just build models—you master them!

Benefits

• Competitive salary + annual bonus or commission (role dependent)
• Health, well‑being and learning support
• Gym membership, Smart Tech Scheme and Cycle Scheme
• Birthday/Special day leave
• Buy & sell holiday scheme
• 1 week’s paid charity leave and much more!

The interview process

Screening call with one of our Talent Acquisition Partners.

Interviews will be held with the hiring manager and the CFO.

If you require any reasonable adjustments during our interview process, please discuss them with your Talent Acquisition Partner.

If this sounds like the place where you can do your best work, we’d love to hear from you, even if you don’t tick every box.

About us

We're Checkatrade – the UK's leading platform for finding a tradesperson. With more than 50,000 trades listed and over 6 million reviews, we help homeowners get jobs done right and help tradespeople grow their business.

We're growing fast, with big plans to become the go‑to brand for home improvements. If you care about great work, take pride in the details, and want to make an impact, you'll fit right in.