Business Partner, Specialist

Company Description

We’re http://checkout.comCheckout.com http://Checkout.com. You might not know our name, but companies like eBay, Spotify, Klarna, Uber, and Sony do, because we’re behind many of the digital experiences you use every day.

We are where the world checks out, enabling over 10 billion transactions yearly for more than one billion global shoppers.

Whether you want to book a holiday, order food, renew a subscription, or check out online, there’s a good chance our tech powers the payments behind the scenes. Our platform helps the most ambitious businesses deliver effortless digital experiences, at scale.

If you want to do career-defining work, you’ve come to the right place. We move fast, think globally, and believe great teams are built by hiring exceptional people with conviction, curiosity, and the desire to make an impact.

With 20 offices across six continents and London as our HQ, we’re shaping the future of fintech – and we’re just getting started.

Job Description

Checkout.com http://Checkout.com is seeking a Strategy & Operations Associate to join the UK/EEA Commercial team. You will act as a key business partner to UK/EEA Commercial Leadership, delivering data-driven insights on trends and productivity.

Beyond reporting, you will support revenue forecasting and contribute to key GTM initiatives like territory planning and customer segmentation. You will operationalize commercial strategy by optimizing processes and leading cross-functional projects. We are looking for an analytical problem-solver with 2–4 years of experience who is ready to bridge the gap between data, strategic execution, and operational excellence.

What You’ll Be Doing

Commercial Analytics & Reporting

• Own the numbers: Use Salesforce, Looker, SQL and AI-enabled tools to query, validate and interpret commercial data; identifying trends and risks. Build and maintain dashboards to track key commercial KPIs and productivity metrics.

• Forecasting Support: Support the region’s revenue forecasting cadence and pipeline management process, ensuring data hygiene and accuracy.

• Insight Generation: Provide commercial reporting and deep-dive insights to drive business discussions and decision-making for leadership.

Strategic Planning & GTM Operations

• Strategy Execution: Assist in delivering company-wide GTM initiatives, including sales territory planning, verticalization, and customer segmentation.

• Process Improvement: Identify bottlenecks in the sales process and help map the customer journey to improve efficiency.

• Market Intelligence: Conduct analysis to support the shaping of the company’s commercial strategy and uncover new growth opportunities.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Project Management: Lead specific workstreams within cross-functional projects, working closely with stakeholders in Enablement, Product, Marketing, and Finance.

• Stakeholder Management: Present data-driven recommendations to various stakeholders to influence actions and strategic direction.

What We Are Looking For

• Experience: 2–4 years of experience in Investment Banking, Venture Capital, Management Consulting and/or Revenue/Business Operations or Strategy at a high-growth start-up.

• Analytical and Technical Skills: Analytical mindset for data interpretation and manipulation is non-negotiable. You should be comfortable manipulating large datasets to interpret complex data. This can be demonstrated via advanced Excel skills and/or experience with SQL.

• Strategic Thinking: Able to connect analysis to commercial implications, make sound recommendations, and distinguish between interesting data and insights that will drive decisioning.

• Communication: Strong communication skills to distill complex analysis into strategic, data-driven recommendations and engage in productive discussions with leaders.

• Collaborative mindset: Comfortable in interacting with executives and leading cross-functional projects, with a strong determination to collaborate with others.

• Agility: Ability to navigate in a fast-paced environment with confidence and calm.

• Advantageous skills: Experience with sales forecasting, territory planning, customer journey mapping, and sales process is advantageous. Salesforce proficiency is also a strong plus.

Additional Information

Bring all of you to work

We create the conditions for high performers to thrive, through real ownership, fewer blockers, and work that makes a difference from day one.

Here, you’ll move fast, take on meaningful challenges, and be recognized for the impact you deliver. It’s a place where ambition gets met with opportunity, and where your growth is in your hands.

We work as one team, and we back each other to succeed. So whatever your background or identity, if you’re ready to grow and make a difference, you’ll be right at home here.

It’s important we set you up for success and make our process as accessible as possible. So let us know in your application, or tell your recruiter directly, if you need anything to make your experience or working environment more comfortable.

Life at Checkout.com http://Checkout.com

We understand that work is just one part of your life. Our hybrid working model offers flexibility, with three days per week in the office to support collaboration and connection.

Curious about what it’s like to be part of our team? Visit our Careers Page https://www.checkout.com/careers to learn more about our culture, open roles, and what drives us.

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