Strategic Finance Lead

Lottie

Strategic Finance Lead managing financial planning and reporting at Lottie, a top care tech startup. Collaborating with leadership on board prep, fundraising, and strategic analysis.

Posted 4/14/2026full-timeLondon • 🇬🇧 United KingdomSenior💰 £75,000 - £90,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

SQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own the strategy planning, forecasting and reporting processes, providing clear and actionable insights.
Become the trusted finance partner to leadership, the commercial and product team.
Lead analysis on pricing, unit economics and cost optimisation initiatives across the business.
Lead and/or support the CEO on external matters such as: board meeting preparation, fundraising, investor relations, and M&A activity.
Play a key role in building out the function, including designing the tech stack from scratch and improving the planning cycles.
Define how finance supports and effectively challenges the wider business.
Create the models and narratives that drive how leadership evaluates opportunities and performance.
Implement robust cost and workforce management frameworks.

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years of experience, ideally with some combination of strategy consulting and in-house finance or commercial roles.
A commercially sharp operator who has owned end-to-end business planning, forecasting, and performance management.
Comfortable operating at both strategic and executional levels.
Display strong analytical and modelling skills with deep understanding of revenue dynamics, relevant business metrics and financial statements.
Demonstrate strong business partnering skills, with the ability to challenge department heads and earn their trust.
Proven ability to lead complex, cross-functional initiatives and align senior stakeholders around shared objectives and priorities.
You’re confident in data analysis (SQL, building out dashboards, etc.).

Benefits

Comp & perks

A very generous EMI share offering.
26 days + bank holidays.
Excellent employee compensation/benefits.
Hybrid office policy.

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Hard Skills & Tools

financial modelingdata analysisforecastingcost optimizationpricing analysisperformance managementrevenue dynamicsbusiness planningfinancial statementsworkforce management

Soft Skills

analytical skillsbusiness partneringleadershiptrust buildingcross-functional collaborationstrategic thinkingexecutional skillscommunicationstakeholder alignmentproblem-solving