What is ArK?

There are many consumer facing fintech products, but finance as a whole is virtually untouched by technology. Investment decisions are still being made off of pdf’s and “shark tank”-like processes rather than utilising the forecasting methods found at companies like Spotify or Google. This makes capital allocation riddled with bias and very ripe for disruption. At ArK we’re convinced that by putting data and tech at the heart of finance we can impact how money flows and, in turn, create a more democratised and unbiased economy.

Today we offer founders access to our machine learning platform AIM. Through connecting their raw data we can fully understand what they’ve built without any bias; connecting what has been achieved historically into a simulated 5-year future. This prediction is the foundation for the transformational loans that we are able to issue, and a tool that founders get to keep for business optimisation.

ArK was founded in 2021 by a six-time entrepreneur, a world-class AI technology developer and a veteran banker. Since then we’ve carefully grown our team to 70 - all pitching in with their experience to build something that none of us has seen before. ArK is headquartered in Stockholm with employees in Denmark, Germany, UK and the US.

Financial and Business Controller

As a Financial and Business Controller at ArK, you will be working in the Finance team reporting directly to the CFO, and in close collaboration with the Accounting team.

This is an exciting opportunity for you to be instrumental in taking ArK to our next level as we are becoming a global company, you will be part of driving our growth strategy. Your main responsibility will be to analyse, follow up & report results, monitor the profitability, costs & liquidity of the company and make sure that the company's internal efficiency is maximised.

You will be a trusted adviser and to add value that will assist in decision making. You will be responsible for the budget process, including forecast, follow up, analysing and reporting. Actively interface with the Management-, Business-, Operations- and Tech team.

Who are you?

• a passion for analysing numbers and constantly challenging the ways of working

• excellent communication skills. Critical to your success will be the ability to understand your stakeholders and deliver information in a clear and user-friendly manner

• the ability to challenge, coach and motivate as well as building relationships and guide behaviour to achieve objectives

• self-driven and high level of motivation

• thorough, with an eye for details

Experience

• experience from international company with controlling of multiple legal entities and operational tracking is a plus

• advance user of excel, with extensive experience in business modelling

• a good understand of accounting & tax, preferably within Lending business, IFRS9 is a plus

• experience from due diligence processes is a plus

• 3-5 years experience working in the Financial industry or a Tech company is a plus

What’s it like to work at ArK?

We believe that the key to a great team culture is great people having a great time together. Our team is one to be part of for the long run, because you won’t want to leave. Our unique combination of startup mentality, experienced team and ambitious vision make room for possibilities to grow into leadership roles, either going deep into tech or towards people management (or both!).

Does it sound interesting? We look forward to your application!