Location
London, UK (Hybrid: 3 days per week in office)

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Negotiable

About the Role
Ready to take your career global? Make your mark at one of the biggest names in payments. We’re looking for a Finance Analyst I (Sales) to join our ever-evolving team and help shape the future of global commerce. As a Financial Analyst, you’ll act as a trusted Finance partner to Business Development teams in Enterprise across regions by translating deal-level updates into actionable forecast insight, highlighting risks and opportunities, and supporting proactive commercial decision-making. You will work within Enterprise Finance as a Finance Business Partner, collaborating closely with regional Finance Business Partners and FP&A to understand Business Development as a key component of revenue growth.

This role involves partnering with BD Leads and regional teams through monthly deal review calls to understand deal status, risks, delays, and next steps. You will challenge forecast credibility by assessing deals by stage, probability, timing, ramp, and dependency risk/opportunity. Maintaining and improving BD forecast governance is key, ensuring deal-level data accuracy, clear documentation of assumptions, and understanding forecast movements.

You will prepare concise summaries of pipeline movements, risks, opportunities, and recommended actions for senior stakeholders including Finance and Commercial leaders. Collaboration across Sales Operations, BI/Data, FP&A, Accounting, and Compensation teams is essential, particularly on month-end queries, reporting, forecasting, and follow-up actions. Additionally, you will develop, automate, and present BD-related KPIs beyond the core forecasting process including ACV conversion, Speed of Delivery, Growth Contribution, and Seller Success. The role also supports hGP and hWP BD integration activities across processes, reporting, forecasting methodology, and target tracking.

Join a dynamic, inclusive, and global team where your contributions will help drive the future of commerce worldwide.

Experience
Bachelor’s degree in accounting or equivalent combination of education, training, or work experience. Experience supporting Sales, Commercial, or Business Development teams is a bonus. Knowledge of payment processing, fintech, acquiring, or merchant services is advantageous. Experience with pipeline forecasting, deal governance, CRM data, or revenue ramp modelling is preferred.

About you
Strong commercial curiosity with the ability to challenge assumptions constructively and influence stakeholders on forecast assumptions. Confident and concise communicator both verbally and in writing, able to partner with BD stakeholders and ask effective follow-up questions. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with high attention to detail, accuracy, and confidentiality. Ability to manage deadlines and prioritise competing deliverables. Ability to build effective relationships across Finance, Commercial, BD, and Operations teams.

Qualifications
Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Office tools. Strong Excel and data analysis skills including deal-level tracking and variance analysis. Ability to summarise complex pipeline data into clear leadership messages. Understanding of revenue forecasting, sales pipeline management, or commercial finance is preferred. PowerPoint/storytelling skills for leadership reporting are a plus.