Financial Analyst

The Role You are a proactive and commercially-minded analyst, adept at translating complex financial data into actionable insights to drive strategic decisions and support M&A activities. You will be a key member of the finance team, reporting directly to the Global CFO. Your Responsibilities You analyse large and complex financial data sets to identify trends, performance drivers, and commercial opportunities, presenting your findings clearly to senior management. You prepare detailed financial models and forecasts to support budgeting, long-term planning, and investment decisions across the business. You assist with Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) activities, including financial due diligence, valuation analysis, and integration planning. You develop and maintain key performance indicators (KPIs) and dashboards to monitor business performance against strategic goals. You partner with functional leaders (e.g., Sales, Operations) to understand their data needs and provide commercial insight to improve their decision-making. You produce high-quality financial reports for management and the board, explaining commercial performance with clarity and precision. You champion best practices in financial analysis and reporting, ensuring data integrity and consistency across the organization. You support the Global CFO with ad-hoc analysis and special projects, requiring discretion and autonomy. You stay abreast of industry trends, economic factors, and competitive landscape to provide a well-rounded commercial perspective. You are willing to work in person in our London studio to collaborate effectively with the finance team and other stakeholders. Our Responsibilities We will ensure you have meaningful and regular access to the Global CFO to support your personal development and career trajectory. We will actively reward performance with promotions, pay increases and a discretionary annual bonus. We ensure a collaborative and equal environment for all employees. We will support you in taking family leave and offer significant paid maternity and paternity. We will actively encourage you to take a competitive number of holiday days yearly, in addition to bank holidays. We will contribute to your pension scheme. We offer private medical insurance and a monthly 'employee wellness' benefits package. We fund relevant training opportunities to any employee looking to develop themselves and their career. We reward long-term service with financial bonuses and additional holiday. We will give you the opportunity to work from our other global studios with appropriate planning and application. Our Culture At Koto we encourage our team to be ‘rationally optimistic’ about the potential of our work, our clients, their businesses, and the power of brand. We pursue the best briefs, want to inspire meaningful work, and for those interested provide an opportunity to make the work of their lives. We are actively cultivating leadership, culture and spaces to encourage this. We work in person with an optional WFH day on Friday, and an additional two weeks remote a year. We believe this produces the best work, mentoring opportunities, collective learning and culture. We encourage autonomy in each member of our team, allowing them to manage their own time, hours and personal commitments appropriately to complete work.