Funding Analyst

About Wayflyer

Our mission is to give the world access to the best products by empowering great brands to reach their growth potential. Join us!

Wayflyer is revolutionising eCommerce by levelling the playing field for founders across the world. Our first product, the Merchant Cash Advance, solves a major pain point for brands: access to short-term finance to fund inventory and marketing spend. Since launching in April 2020, we’ve deployed over $3.3bn in funding to over 4,000 eCommerce founders across 11 countries.

We’ve helped companies like Wild, Dock & Bay and Branch take their businesses to the next level. Check out this video from Davie Fogherty, another one of our brilliant customers, giving a great explanation of what we do and how we helped The Oodie go from strength to strength.

We’re a fast-growing, venture-backed startup that serves a critical need for eCommerce entrepreneurs. You'll be joining an ambitious, collaborative team that's working on a huge opportunity.

We announced our Series B in February 2022 raising $150m in funding at $1.6bn valuation; backed by world-leading VCs including QED and DST Global.

Teams at Wayflyer are truly cross-functional. Regardless of your role at Wayflyer, you'll work with a variety of different disciplines and teams from around the world on a multitude of challenging projects and game-changing products to revolutionise the eCommerce landscape.

What you’ll do:

• Analyse financial & non-financial data of new and existing customers to gain an understanding of their business

• Understand and quantify the risks involved in running an eCommerce business and in Wayflyer providing funding to such a business

• Support and help co-ordinate regular calls with our customers to enhance our understanding of their business and funding requirements

• Work closely with management to build and implement new processes and products

• Support our sales and operations teams by understanding how they win and manage relationships with customers

• Learn about our existing portfolio, our portfolio management tools, knowing when to exit risky relationships etc

• Work with various departments and colleagues across the business

Knowledge, skills and experience:

• You have relevant experience in credit risk analysis or portfolio management

• You’re passionate about FinTech/eCommerce

• Degree educated or equivalent work experience in a Business or Finance related discipline

• You have the ability to understand management accounts and/or financial statements

• You are comfortable presenting findings and recommendations to stakeholders

• You’re articulate, a self-starter, and a detail oriented, go-getter

• You are commercial in nature, quantitatively inclined and can juggle risk mitigation with growth

• Studying towards (or intending to study towards) a professional accounting/finance qualification is a plus

• Experience in Excel, Word, PowerPoint; SQL experience is a plus

What is important to point out is that you can do most or all of the above mentioned and can point to your real experience doing it. You’ve probably done it at companies of different shapes, sizes and industries. Given what we do, experience in financial services, fintech and business-to-business organisations is particularly interesting to us.

On top of that, you’re amazing at prioritisation. You make sure you’re not spread too thin while also giving teams the support they need. You spend your time on the things that make a positive difference. People get why you’ve chosen to say ‘yes’, ‘no’, or ‘not yet’, and are ok with it.

What you’re like as a person and how you treat people is a big deal for us. People love working with you. You’re helpful and generous with your time and knowledge. People love helping you back. People know where they stand with you.

You’re always looking to learn and grow, on a personal and professional level. And you’re always looking to help others learn and grow by sharing your own knowledge and experience.

You know why diversity, equality, inclusion and belonging matters, and speak up when we can do better.

What happens next

We’ll review every application we receive. If we’re interested in taking your application further, we will be in touch to find out more about you and what you’re looking for.

What perks and benefits do we offer?

• Two company-wide wellness days per year

• Work remotely abroad for up to 60 days a year

• Employee assistance programme

• Medical insurance

• Generous parental and adoptive leave policies

• Equity scheme - so you can share in our success!