Senior / Lead Data Scientist, Strategic Finance (FP&A)

About the Position

Most money apps talk at you. Cleo talks back ✨

We're not building another finance app. We're building the world's first AI financial assistant, one that actually understands your money and makes you better at it, and we're changing the world's relationship with money in the process 💰 For everyone, whatever their background or balance.

The proof: profitable, fast-growing, a unicorn with over $300M in ARR, and millions of people who now feel differently about their money.

We love original thinkers who challenge the status quo. We move fast, tell the truth, and there's nowhere to hide from good work here. If that excites you more than it scares you, you'll fit right in.

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Location

United Kingdom (Hybrid); United Kingdom (Remote)

Employment Type

Full time

Compensation

• UK Hybrid - Senior £75K – £95K • Offers Equity
• UK Remote - Senior £69K – £87.4K • Offers Equity
• UK Hybrid - Lead £95K – £120K • Offers Equity
• UK Remote - Lead £87.4K – £110.4K • Offers Equity

About the Role ✍️

We're hiring a Senior/Lead Data Scientist, Strategic Finance (FP&A) - the first role dedicated to owning and scaling the automation and intelligence layer within Strategic Finance. Working with the Director of Strategic Finance, Product, Data, Engineering, and the CEO's office, you'll be responsible for:

• Own and scale the automation and intelligence layer within Strategic Finance, architecting the models, tools, and systems that surface critical insights
• Build predictive models and decision-support tools driving core financial statements - revenue, gross profit, operating costs, and cashflow
• Turn one-off strategic analyses into scalable, self-serve tools for scenario planning, LTV modelling, cohort analysis, pricing, and capital allocation
• Work cross-functionally with Data, Product, and Engineering to define and maintain data models powering executive insight and operational decisioning
• Automate recurring finance workflows: investor reporting, covenant tracking, performance pacing, and financial close tasks
• Create intelligent, automated reporting for financial and operational metrics - trading updates, forecast variance analysis, board KPIs, and more
• Own the architecture for insight delivery - dashboards, semantic layers, and data pipelines underpinning financial and strategic reporting
• Act as the technical bridge within Strategic Finance, enabling faster decisions through automation and scalable systems
• Champion data governance and documentation for consistency, trust, and clarity across reporting
• Start as an IC owning end-to-end systems, with the opportunity to grow into building a team

Requirements

• 5+ years in data analytics, data science, BI engineering, analytics engineering, or hybrid data/finance roles, ideally in a high-growth, product-led company.
• Strong Time-series forecasting experience is a must
• Experience developing and owning predictive modelling systems at a company level.
• Ability to communicate analytical insights with influence at senior forums. Experience guiding internal decision-making at executive level.
• Hands-on experience with BI tools (e.g. Looker, Mode, Tableau) and data workflow tools (dbt, Airflow).
• Expert-level SQL and strong experience with scripting (Python preferred) for automation and data workflow orchestration
• Strong grasp of financial and operational metrics-ideally having worked closely with FP&A, Strategic Finance, or similar teams.
• A builder mindset: bias for automation, ownership, and delivering value fast.
• Interest in fintech and Cleo’s mission to make money easier and more human

Nice to Have

• Experience automating or supporting investor-facing reporting or board materials, ideally within a blend of consumer tech and financial services (e.g. AI, lending, credit, payments)

We Offer

We offer benefits package built to support you in and out of work. Benefits vary by country 🌍 and include meaningful equity, comprehensive health, dental and vision insurance, mental health support, a paid one-month sabbatical after four years, a learning and development platform, pension or retirement contributions, and location-specific leave entitlements.

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About the Company

Cleo's mission is to change the world's relationship with money. We can't do that without building a brilliant, genuinely diverse team - and making sure our hiring process gives everyone a fair shot, running a fair and transparent recruitment process in which every candidate is considered on their merits.

We're glad to make reasonable adjustments at any stage of the process. If there's anything we can do to support you in showing us your best, please let your recruiter or one of the team know.

We may use AI-assisted tools during the recruitment process to take support the team in different ways like taking notes or referring back to conversations. They do not replace the team and all applications are reviewed by a Cleo employee thoroughly!

Compensation Range: £69K - £120K