Job description
About Tala
Tala is on a mission to unleash the economic power of the Global Majority – the 4 billion people overlooked by existing financial systems. With nearly half a billion dollars raised from equity and debt, we are serving millions of customers across three continents. Tala has been named by the Fortune Impact 20 list, CNBC’s Disruptor 50 five years in a row, CNBC’s World’s Top Fintech Company, Forbes’ Fintech 50 list for eight years running, and Chief’s The New Era of Leadership Award. We are expanding across product offerings, countries and crypto and are looking for people who have an entrepreneurial spirit and are passionate about our mission.
By creating a unique platform that enables lending and other financial services around the globe, people in emerging markets are able to start and expand small businesses, manage day-to-day needs, and pursue their financial goals with confidence. Currently, over nine million people across Kenya, the Philippines, Mexico, and India have used Tala products. Due to our global team, we have a remote-first approach, and also have offices in Santa Monica, CA (HQ); Nairobi, Kenya; Mexico City, Mexico; Manila, the Philippines; and Bangalore, India.
Most Talazens join us because they connect with our mission. If you are energized by the impact you can make at Tala, we’d love to hear from you!
About the Role
We’re seeking a highly motivated and analytical Senior Financial Analyst, Corporate Planning to join our Strategic finance team. In this role, you will be responsible for financial forecasting and reporting activities; such as building a sustainable long-term financial model, preparing and conducting monthly financial reviews with key stakeholders as well as performing ad-hoc analysis. You will also collaborate cross-functionally across Finance and business teams to streamline processes, identify efficiency opportunities, and strengthen our reporting and financial controls. You will report to the Director, Global Corporate Planning.
An ideal candidate operates with significant autonomy and independence, one who is hungry to learn, enjoys working with numbers, identifies opportunities for productivity optimization and takes pride in the work. This candidate will have advanced financial modeling skills and the ability and the ability to influence the decisions of business partners through effective verbal and written communication
What You’ll Do
- Understand the key drivers of the business (e.g. origination, repayment, conversion, unit economics/lifetime value of customer) and collaborate with global cross-functional teams as needed
- Drive process improvements, scalability of financial models and development of reporting tools that provide business and financial insights
- Build and maintain global P&L to ensure an accurate representation of business performance
- Develop, prepare, and manage people-related metric reports for both informational and analytical purposes
- Conduct financial forecasting and analyses; present findings and recommendations to cross-functional teams and senior management. This includes performing actual spending review and flagging potential risks/opportunities to business leaders
- Partner with Accounting and Global finance teams on month-end close or other process to ensure validity of financial reporting and performance tracking against budget
- Help build self-service reporting and analytics platforms at a global scale to enable the organization leaders create accountability and mechanisms for financial planning
- Proactively assess process improvement opportunities to simplify, scale, automate and run more efficiently.
What You’ll Need
- 4+ years of experience in business finance, forecast & budgeting, or other finance-focused competency experience
- Demonstrated ability to work independently and adapt quickly in a rapidly changing environment
- Experience in managing multiple competing priorities effectively
- Strategic thinking with demonstrated business judgement and quantitative skills
- Expertise in financial modeling, forecasting, and business case development
- Strong understanding of financial statements
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate complex financial data into actionable insights.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to influence in an unstructured, cross-functional environment
Our vision is to build a new financial ecosystem where everyone can participate on equal footing and access the tools they need to be financially healthy. We strongly believe that inclusion fosters innovation and we’re proud to have a diverse global team that represents a multitude of backgrounds, cultures, and experience. We hire talented people regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
