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About the Role
Raisin is seeking a strategic, highly commercial, and growth-driven Chief of Staff to lead commercial expansion and strategic initiatives in the UK market. This role involves establishing institutional partnerships and executing high-priority projects, acting as the UK CEO's right hand to drive commercial growth and strategy.
Responsibilities
- Act as the local market strategist, translating UK client context, competitive dynamics, and customer feedback into growth opportunities and clear requirements for leadership.
- Lead business development initiatives to identify and execute commercial partnerships with banks, asset managers, wealth managers, and financial institutions across the UK.
- Partner directly with the UK CEO on complex commercial partnership negotiations.
- Evaluate commercial frameworks, conduct quantitative modeling, and negotiate terms for strategic accounts and commercial initiatives.
- Own and drive end-to-end execution of CEO-led strategic initiatives, ensuring cross-functional alignment across local teams and the wider Raisin Group.
- Draft strategic presentations, business cases, and commercial proposals for the UK CEO, Boards, and Group executive management.
- Collaborate with Group product and operational teams to champion UK commercial priorities and integrate required features into the product roadmap.
- Maintain rigorous documentation, project cadences, and operational alignment across all UK strategic priorities while navigating Risk, Compliance, and Legal clearance for new commercial structures.
Requirements
- A background in Investment Banking (especially FIG), M&A Advisory, Corporate Finance, Consulting or Strategic BD experience in financial services/fintech is highly desirable.
- Highly analytical and proactive mindset, avoiding reactive "firefighting" in favor of methodical, structured, data-backed execution and strategic planning.
Skills
- Strategic acumen: strong commercial instincts and a thorough appreciation for UK market dynamics.
- Commercial & Financial Rigour: Strong financial modeling, valuation, contract negotiation, and analytical skills honed in high-pressure environments.
- Stakeholder Management & Influence: Proven ability to influence, challenge, and align internal Group stakeholders, C-suite executives, and external partners.
- Versatility: Comfortable pivoting seamlessly between financial modeling, client-facing sales meetings, and internal project coordination.
- Communication: Exceptional written, verbal, and presentation skills suited for Board level interaction and external partner pitching.
Location
- UK
Work Type
- Hybrid working, in the office twice a week
- Wednesday is our core day in the office
Experience Level
- Chief of Staff
Benefits
- Employee Development Budget of £1,700 and 4 full training days per year.
- Breakfast, snacks, daily fresh fruit and drinks available.
- 28 days + Bank Holidays of holiday a year.
- One day birthday leave.
- Company stakeholder pension with a minimum employer contribution of 5%.
- Annual retreats in exciting European cities and other team building events.
About the Company
- Raisin is the world’s leading platform for savings and investment products, connecting consumers with banks in the EU, the UK and the US to offer better interest rates and diversified refinancing.
- Our vision is to offer savings and investments without barriers and thus open up the global 160 trillion euro market.
- Raisin currently employs more than 800 people from over 75 countries worldwide.
- The platform holds over 80 billion euros in assets from more than one million investors which have accrued over 5 billion euros in returns.
- We care about each other and foster an open and caring environment where everyone feels welcome and comfortable.
- Our culture is strongly driven by our ambitious team, which connects more than 75 different nationalities.
Equal Opportunity
- We value diversity and the unique experiences each individual brings. If you’re excited about this role but don’t meet every requirement, we still encourage you to apply.
- We are an equal opportunity employer and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for everyone, regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, or gender identity.