Strategy Analyst

YouLend is a rapidly growing FinTech that serves as an embedded financing platform for leading e-commerce platforms and tech companies. As a Strategy Analyst, you will support commercial forecasting and partner-level pricing, build analytical infrastructure, and provide insights that directly influence partner strategy and commercial performance.

Responsibilities

• Support the production and continuous improvement of commercial forecasts - inputs, outputs, scenarios, tracking, and variance analysis
• Build and maintain dashboards, self-serve data infrastructure and tools (e.g. in Metabase) used across Commercial, Risk, Ops, and Capital Markets Produce driver breakdowns and structured performance summaries (leads, conversion, funded amount, mix)
• Run monthly recalibration and variance decomposition to explain under and overperformance
• Identify weaknesses in forecasting and implement improvements to modelling, input structures, and processes
• Analyse partner performance and pricing dynamics for growth opportunities
• Size the impact of pricing to optimise for commercial changes
• Support the development of structured commercial proposals and pricing recommendations
• Track commercial levers (expected vs actual impact) and run retrospectives on implemented changes
• Monitor partner performance post-change and flag opportunities or issues
• Improve data structures to reduce manual work, duplication, and ad-hoc requests
• Make recommendations that guide partner strategy and commercial decisions across teams

Skills

• Interest in fintech, lending, and commercial strategy
• 1-3 years of experience in an analytical, data, or commercially oriented role - or a strong graduate with relevant quantitative experience (e.g. coding in Python, R, Stata, or SQL)
• Strong SQL capability (required) and modelling skills in Excel; Python preferred, though experience with other analytical languages also valued
• Ability to build from scratch: models, dashboards, analyses - not just work with existing outputs
• Clear, structured written communication: able to translate analysis into insight and recommendations
• High ownership mindset: you follow through and take responsibility for your outputs
• Comfortable working with ambiguity and bringing structure where processes are not yet fully defined
• Proactive: you look for improvements, not just instructions
• Curious about commercial outcomes, not just the numbers behind them
• A team-first mindset: collaborative and willing to work across teams to get things right
• Python preferred, though experience with other analytical languages also valued

Benefits

• Stock options
• Private Medical Insurance (via Vitality)
• EAP with Health Assured
• Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Leave
• Great office space (including a gym!) in Central London
• Subsidised lunch (via Feedr)
• Deliveroo allowance if working late in the office
• Monthly in-office masseuse
• Team and Company socials
• Sports clubs

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