About us

At Lenkie, we're passionate about helping small businesses turn their big ambitions into reality. Our lending products reduce the friction involved in accessing finance and through our powerful cash flow management platform we empower small and medium-sized businesses to succeed. We have supported hundreds of SMEs across the UK with £100M+ funding.

We are a friendly and collaborative team with a fast-paced and high-performing culture. We are a fintech headquartered in London but have a distributed team across Nigeria, South Africa, and London. We're backed by world-class investors and since closing a £49M debt and equity Series A we have scaled our loan book by 5x in the last year.

About the job

We are seeking a strategic, analytical, and highly organized Strategy & Operations Lead to help drive company-wide strategy and performance as we scale. This is a broad, high-impact role that sits at the heart of the business, spanning strategic planning, leading cross-functional projects, and performance reporting.As a senior member of the team, you will work closely with our leadership team and stakeholders across the business to translate company strategy into clear priorities, support our fundraising efforts, and lead high-priority projects that shape how the business operates and grows.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic Planning & Performance Management: Lead the company’s quarterly goal-setting process, working with team leads to define priorities and targets, and tracking progress against key business metrics throughout the quarter.

• Fundraising & Investor Relations Support: Support debt and equity fundraising processes, including preparing financial models and data room materials and drafting investor updates, and help manage relationships with prospective and existing funding partners.

• Cross-Functional Strategic Projects: Lead and coordinate high-priority strategic initiatives – spanning areas such as pricing, product, and partnerships – working closely with teams across the business to develop recommendations and drive execution.

• Business Performance & Reporting: Own the design and delivery of performance reporting for the leadership team and investors, translating operational and financial data into clear, actionable insights.

• Process Improvement: Identify inefficiencies and opportunities for improvement across the business, and lead initiatives to redesign processes and implement better ways of working.

• Partnerships & Corporate Development: Evaluate and help develop new commercial and strategic partnerships that support the company’s growth ambitions.

Qualifications/Required Skills

• Minimum 5+ years of experience in strategy, operations, consulting, investment banking/private equity, or a related analytical role.

• Experience working within a financial services firm or a fintech startup is highly preferred.

• Strong financial modelling and analytical skills, with a keen attention to detail.

• Experience supporting fundraising processes (debt and/or equity) is a plus.

• Comfortable working with data and dashboarding/BI tools (e.g., Tableau, PowerBI, or Looker) to translate data into insights.

• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to distill complex topics into clear insights for a range of audiences, including senior leadership and investors.

• Proven ability to lead cross-functional projects and drive alignment across multiple stakeholders.

• Experience working in a small, fast-paced team and a willingness to take ownership of diverse tasks.

• A passion for the fintech space and helping small businesses succeed.

How we reward performance

• Competitive salary and employee stock options.

• Hybrid working environment, with 3 days per week in our London office.

• Opportunity to accelerate your career at a fast-growing startup.

• Professional development support to enhance your skills and career growth.

• Regular team and company socials.

• Opportunity to make a big impact in the lives of small business owners globally.