Senior / Lead Data Analyst, Strategic Finance (FP&A) in London

Cleo is on a mission to fundamentally change humanity's relationship with money. Imagine a world where everyone, regardless of background or income, has access to a hyper-intelligent financial advisor in their pocket. That's the future we're creating.

Cleo is a rare success story: a profitable, fast-growing unicorn with over $200 million in ARR and growing over 2x year-over-year. We value talent that combines top technical ability with collaboration and positive impact. If you're driven by complex challenges, and the potential to shape something transformative, this may be your perfect fit.

About The Role

We're hiring a Data Analytics Lead - Strategic Finance (FP&A). This is a high-impact role at the intersection of finance, data, and strategy. You'll report to the Director of Strategic Finance and build insight delivery systems, models, and automations that power decision-making across FP&A and long-term financial strategy. You'll work closely with Product, Data, Engineering, and the CEO's office to turn data into actionable insights that accelerate decision-making at every level. This is the first role fully dedicated to owning and scaling the automation and intelligence layer within Strategic Finance. You'll architect and scale models, tools, and systems that surface critical insights and enable faster, smarter decisions. This is an individual contributor role with future leadership potential—perfect for someone who wants to own end-to-end systems today and grow into building a team tomorrow. If you're a builder with a deep understanding of financial metrics, a bias for automation, and a drive to turn complex data into actionable insight, you'll thrive here.

What You'll Be Doing

• Build predictive models and decision-support tools driving our financial statements—from revenue, gross profit, operating costs, and cashflow.
• Turn one-off strategic analyses into scalable, self-serve tools powering decision-making across scenario planning, LTV modelling, cohort analysis, pricing, and capital allocation.
• Work cross-functionally with Data, Product, and Engineering to define and maintain data models that power executive-level insight and operational decisioning.
• Automate recurring finance workflows such as investor reporting, covenant tracking, performance pacing, and financial close tasks.
• Create intelligent, automated reporting workflows for financial and operational metrics—think trading updates, forecast variance analysis, board KPIs, and more.
• Own the architecture for insight delivery—dashboards, semantic layers, and data pipelines that serve as the foundation for financial and strategic reporting.
• Act as the technical bridge within Strategic Finance, enabling faster, smarter decisions through automation and scalable systems.
• Champion data governance and documentation to ensure consistency, trust, and clarity across all internal and external reporting.

What We're Looking For

• 7+ years in data analytics, BI engineering, analytics engineering, or hybrid data/finance roles, ideally in a high-growth, product-led company.
• Experience developing and owning predictive modelling systems at a company level.
• Ability to communicate analytical insights with influence at senior forums and guide internal decision-making at executive level.
• Hands-on experience with BI tools (Looker, Mode, Tableau) and data workflow tools (dbt, Airflow).
• Hands-on experience building data models and dashboards in BI tools like Looker, Mode, Tableau, Superset; automation tooling such as Streamlit, Airflow, and dbt for data modelling.
• Strong grasp of financial and operational metrics—ideally having worked closely with FP&A, Strategic Finance, or similar teams.
• A builder mindset: bias for automation, ownership, and delivering value fast.
• Interest in fintech and Cleo's mission to make money easier and more human.

Nice To Have

• Prior experience automating or supporting investor-facing reporting or board materials.
• Experience in environments blending consumer tech and financial services (e.g. AI, lending, credit, payments).

What do you get for your hard work?

• A competitive compensation package (base + equity) with bi-annual reviews, aligned to quarterly OKR planning cycles.
• Work at a fast-growing tech startup backed by top VC firms (Balderton & EQT Ventures).
• A clear progression plan with support for growth, leadership, and impact.
• Flexibility and a global, distributed team with hybrid options for London-based employees and travel support where applicable.
• Open benefits including pension, private medical insurance, parental leave, sabbatical, and more.

Welcoming Everyone

We strongly encourage applications from people of colour, the LGBTQ+ community, people with disabilities, neurodivergent people, parents, carers, and people from lower socio-economic backgrounds. If there's anything we can do to accommodate your situation, please let us know.