Finance Associate

Finance Associate

This role offers a unique opportunity to work at the intersection of a pioneering venture builder, Blenheim Chalcot, and one of its leading FinTech ventures, Oakbrook. Blenheim Chalcot builds and supports disruptive digital businesses, providing the ecosystem and expertise for them to thrive. Oakbrook, a key company in our portfolio, is revolutionising consumer lending with its data-driven, customer-centric approach. As part of our team, you'll benefit from the agility and focus of a dedicated FinTech company while being connected to the broader network, resources, and innovation of a world-class venture builder.

The Role: 

The Finance Associate is a hands-on role at the centre of Oakbrook's monthly close and reporting cycle. You will own core finance processing — accounts payable, payment runs, bank postings and expense processing — alongside month-end processes including cost centre accounting, accruals and prepayments, reconciliations and recurring journals, and will deliver a suite of monthly internal and external reports to fixed deadlines. You will also play an active part in the team's automation agenda, taking ownership of automated processes as they go live and identifying further opportunities to reduce manual effort across the finance function.
This role suits someone who is accurate, deadline-driven and process-minded, and who wants exposure to a fast-moving fintech finance environment spanning management accounts, financial reporting and structured funding vehicles.

Key Responsibilities:

Finance processing and accounts payable

• Own end-to-end accounts payable processing: invoice receipt, coding, approvals, and ledger posting
• Prepare and execute supplier payment runs, and complete daily/weekly bank posting routines
• Perform supplier statement reviews and ledger reconciliations, resolving queries and differences
• Act as back-up for daily BACS files ahead of UK working hours

Month-end close and management accounting

• Complete cost centre postings, monthly accruals/prepayments, and recurring journals
• Reconcile intercompany balances between UK and India entities (GBP/INR)

Tax and compliance (UK)

• Prepare and file quarterly UK VAT returns (Making Tax Digital), including nil returns

Reporting

• Prepare recurring monthly reports (e.g. FLA, third-party servicer reporting, cost-to-serve) to fixed deadlines, reconciled back to the ledger

Automation and process improvement

• Take ownership of automated finance processes as they go live, and help identify further automation opportunities

Skills and Experience:

Essential

• Part-qualified accountant (CA Inter / ACCA / CIMA or equivalent) or a finance/accounting degree with 2–4 years' relevant experience
• Solid grounding in double-entry accounting, accruals/prepayments and reconciliations
• Strong Excel skills (lookups, SUMIFS, pivot tables; comfortable working in large multi-tab workbooks)
• High attention to detail and a track record of meeting fixed monthly deadlines
• Working knowledge of UK VAT: return preparation and filing under Making Tax Digital, filing deadlines, and awareness of VAT groups and reverse charge on cross-border services
• Clear written English for internal and external communication

Desirable

• Experience in financial services, lending or fintech, including exposure to partial exemption for VAT (given lending is a largely exempt supply)
• Exposure to ERP/accounting systems (e.g. Microsoft Business Central, Xero) and expense platforms
• Interest or experience in process automation (Power Automate, scripting, or AI-assisted tooling)
• Experience working with UK-based or international teams across time zones

About Oakbrook:

Oakbrook is a UK-based fintech consumer lender, providing unsecured personal loans to customers across the UK through our proprietary lending platform. We combine data-driven credit decisioning with institutional funding partnerships to deliver fair, transparent credit at scale. Our India team plays an integral role in the group's finance operations, working day-to-day with UK colleagues across management accounting, financial reporting and structured finance.

About Blenheim Chalcot:

Blenheim Chalcot is one of the leading venture builders in the world. We have been building exciting and disruptive businesses for over 26 years across sectors including FinTech, EdTech, GovTech, Media, Sport, Charity and more. These companies are all GenAI enabled and are some of the most innovative companies in the UK and increasingly around the world.

The BC team in India has been instrumental to the growth and success of Blenheim Chalcot. Established in 2014, Blenheim Chalcot India serves as a pivotal launchpad for those aiming to make a difference in the realm of innovation and entrepreneurship.

Blenheim Chalcot India is driven by a mission to empower visionaries to lead, innovate, and build disruptive solutions. We support our diverse portfolio of ventures and create impactful solutions that shape global trends. We provide a range of services to help new businesses get off the ground, including technology, growth (marketing and sales), talent, HR, finance, legal and tax, plus so much more.

What We Can Offer You:

• Be part of the UK's Leading Digital Venture Builder.
• Opportunity to learn from and collaborate with diverse talent across BC.
• Exposure to GenAI-enabled ventures and cutting-edge technologies.
• 24 days of annual leave & 10 public holiday days.
• Private Medical for you and your immediate family & Life Insurance for yourself.

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