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Boku is a global payment infrastructure platform connecting billions of consumers to their preferred payment methods. The company operates across 60+ countries, supports 200+ local payment methods, and powers payments for major digital businesses including Spotify, Meta, Microsoft, Netflix, and Tencent.
We are seeking a commercially minded, hands-on FP&A Analyst to support budget planning, forecasting, and performance insight across the business. This is a high-impact role combining robust financial control with the ability to translate operational drivers into forward-looking performance views.
Key Responsibilities:
- Support annual budget and monthly forecasting cycles, ensuring plans are robust and aligned with business priorities
- Prepare monthly, half-yearly, and annual performance reports including Board-level Finance governance packs with accurate actual-versus-budget and actual-versus-forecast analysis
- Partner with departmental leaders and budget holders to improve financial accountability, challenge assumptions, and support informed decisions
- Collaborate with the Commercial team, Business Partners, and Head of FP&A on ad-hoc requests and commercial activities
- Build and maintain high-quality financial models, scenarios, and sensitivities to support business cases, investment decisions, and transformation initiatives
- Develop forward-looking views of trends including headcount, vendors, technology, and operating expenditure, escalating material risks early
- Improve FP&A processes, reporting, and planning tools to increase efficiency, data quality, and self-service stakeholder insight
- Contribute to Finance-wide projects and provide ad hoc analysis for senior leaders
Success will be measured by: timely and accurate forecast delivery, high-quality Board reporting with clear commentary on drivers and risks, improved financial accountability through business partnering, error-free financial models delivered on schedule, and successful process improvements that enhance efficiency and data quality.
The role is based in London and operates on a hybrid working model, with office attendance aligned to team and business needs.
Requirements:
- Essential: Professional accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, or CIMA) with strong academic background
- At least 2 years' post-qualified experience, or 3+ years' experience in FP&A, corporate finance, or related analytical finance role (candidates transitioning from financial control into FP&A will be considered)
- Relevant FP&A, commercial finance, or business-partnering experience within Financial Services, Fintech, or Banking
- Strong experience with budgeting, forecasting, month-end variance analysis, performance reporting, and business case preparation/assessment
- Demonstrable financial modelling capability with strong Excel and PowerPoint skills
- Experience working with complex, large data sets including scenario analysis and translating data into clear recommendations
- Commercially minded with ability to balance attention to detail with big-picture thinking
- Strong stakeholder-management skills and confidence engaging senior, non-finance audiences
- Sound understanding of operating rhythms, controls, and commercial drivers within regulated financial-services environments
- Desirable: Familiarity with AI-enabled finance tools (Claude, ChatGPT) and ability to apply them to workflow automation, analysis, and planning
- Confident business partner who can influence stakeholders and challenge with credibility
- Detail-oriented, proactive, naturally curious, and clear communicator
- Comfortable managing competing priorities and delivering high-quality work to tight deadlines
- Collaborative and pragmatic mindset motivated by improving Finance's support to the business
