Finance & Reporting Analyst in London

Location: London (Hybrid)

Reports to: Chief Financial Officer

About Us

Navigator is a fast-growing advertising technology business operating at the intersection of media, data, and commercial strategy. We work with publishers, advertisers, and data partners to deliver measurable outcomes across digital channels. As we scale toward our next major growth phase, the reliability and accuracy of our financial and commercial reporting is foundational to how we operate.

You will join a lean finance team alongside the CFO and Financial Controller, in a business where clean, accurate, well-structured output is genuinely valued and directly used by the most senior people in the organisation.

The Role

We are looking for a Finance and Reporting Analyst to join the finance function, reporting directly to the CFO. This is a production role. The right person will take ownership of the recurring reporting infrastructure that keeps the business informed — ensuring that the weekly CEO report goes out accurately and on time, that commission calculations are correct, that data partner tracking is reliable, and that the CFO has clean, structured output to work with.

This is not a role for someone who wants to set the commercial agenda from day one. It is a role for someone who takes genuine pride in getting the numbers right, who builds clean and maintainable models, and who understands that reliable analytical infrastructure is the foundation on which good commercial decisions are made.

There is a clear path here. As the business scales and your capabilities develop, the scope of this role grows. But the foundation is production quality and reliability.

Key Responsibilities

• Recurring Reporting
  • Produce and own the weekly financial and commercial performance report for the CEO and Board Chair. Accuracy and timeliness are non-negotiable.
  • Maintain the models, data feeds, and frameworks that underpin recurring reporting. If something breaks or produces unreliable output, fix it.
  • Support the preparation of the bimonthly board pack under CFO direction, ensuring data inputs are accurate and clearly presented.
  • Continuously look for ways to reduce manual effort in the reporting process through better structure, automation, or tooling.
• Commercial and Revenue Tracking
  • Maintain client-level tracking to monitor revenue against expectations and flag divergences for CFO review.
  • Track data partner costs against contractual commitments and flag discrepancies for investigation.
  • Investigate and document divergences between recognized revenue and invoiced amounts, working with operations to ensure records are accurate.
• Commissions and Reconciliations
  • Collate sales data and produce monthly commission calculations accurately and on time.
  • Reconcile commission outputs against invoicing and ensure accruals are correctly reflected.
  • Maintain clear documentation of methodology so calculations are auditable and reproducible.
• Process and Analytical Infrastructure
  • Maintain and improve dashboards that provide standardized visibility across key commercial metrics.
  • Identify manual or inefficient steps in reporting workflows and propose practical improvements.
  • Document processes clearly so that reporting is robust, not dependent on individual knowledge.

The First Year: Roadmap to Success

• Month 1 to 2: Orientation and Discovery
  • Understand the business model, data landscape, and existing reporting workflows. Shadow the CFO on weekly and board reporting. Map where data is reliable, where it is not, and where manual effort is highest. Build relationships with the CFO, Financial Controller, and operations team.
• Month 3 to 5: Ownership of Recurring Reporting
  • Take full ownership of the weekly CEO and Board Chair report. Maintain the models and frameworks that underpin recurring output. Establish a reliable, consistent reporting rhythm. Begin identifying where automation can reduce manual effort and proposing improvements.
• Month 6 to 9: Infrastructure and Accuracy
  • Own the commission calculation and sign-off process. Maintain and improve client-level and data partner tracking models. Ensure data accuracy across all recurring outputs. Deliver a meaningful process improvement that reduces reporting effort or increases output reliability.
• Month 10 to 12: Depth and Development
  • With core reporting running reliably, begin contributing to deeper analytical work under CFO direction. Support forecasting and budgeting cycles. Demonstrate the capability and judgment to take on broader analytical scope in year two.

By the end of year one, you will have built a reliable, well-documented reporting function that the CFO and business can depend on, and demonstrated the analytical capability to take on broader scope as Navigator grows.

About You

• 3 to 4 years of experience in a finance analyst, reporting analyst, or related analytical role, ideally within a technology, media, or advertising environment.
• Demonstrable experience producing recurring financial or commercial reports to a consistent standard with minimal supervision.
• Strong Excel or Google Sheets skills. You build models that other people can follow and maintain, not just use yourself.
• Comfort with BI tools such as Looker or equivalent is an advantage.
• Experience working with messy or incomplete data. You know how to reach a reliable output without waiting for perfect conditions.
• Attention to detail that you are genuinely proud of. Errors in your output bother you more than they bother anyone else.

How You Work

• You have begun incorporating AI tools into your workflow to reduce time on routine tasks. You understand that speed on production work should free up time for thinking, not replace it.
• You take ownership of your outputs. If a number is wrong, you want to know before anyone else does.
• You communicate clearly and directly, whether flagging an issue to the CFO or documenting a process for the team.
• You are organised and consistent. The reporting rhythm does not slip because of you.
• You are proactive about flagging problems and suggesting solutions, not just completing tasks as defined.
• You are comfortable in a fast-moving environment and do not need the process to be fully defined before you can operate effectively.

Why Join Us

• Foundation: Build the analytical infrastructure that a scaling adtech business runs on. Your output goes directly to the CEO and board from day one.
• Ownership: Real accountability for recurring outputs that matter, not a support function that prepares inputs for someone else.
• Growth: A clear path toward a broader commercial analyst or senior finance analyst role as Navigator scales and your capabilities develop.
• Flexibility: Hybrid working and a culture that values output over presence.
• Collaboration: Work alongside an experienced CFO who values accuracy, clear thinking, and takes development seriously.

How to Apply

Please send your CV and a short cover note explaining what you have produced, what you have owned, and why this role is the right next step for you. We are looking for someone who takes genuine pride in reliable, accurate output and wants to build on that foundation in a fast-moving business.

Navigator is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds.