Financial London Guide & Learning Facilitator

Help people understand why finance exists—before explaining how it works.

Can you explain a financial concept through a story, a question or an everyday example?

Could you help a group understand debt, equity, risk and investment without relying on jargon?

Falcons of Fitzrovia is developing Financial London: The Architecture of Trust , a guided learning experience through the City of London. We are looking for an engaging guide and facilitator who can connect financial ideas with the people, places and decisions that shaped them.

Our audiences include financial-services graduates, corporate teams and senior executives. The experience combines London history, financial education, storytelling and discussion.

The experience

Our journey begins with a deceptively simple question:

What is a promise about the future worth today?

From this starting point, we explore how societies organise resources, assess promises and manage uncertainty. London’s historic financial locations provide the setting; illustrations and historical artefacts help make the ideas tangible.

One central lens is:

“Finance is the valuation of promises under uncertainty.”

We also explore how financial decisions allocate resources across time—and how those decisions affect people and society.

Four questions run through the experience:

• Time: When are resources needed and obligations due?
• Risk: What could change or go wrong?
• Trust: Why should we believe a promise?
• Record: How do we establish what was agreed and hold people accountable?

Your role

You will:

• Lead engaging guided experiences through the City of London.
• Explain financial ideas accurately in accessible, conversational language.
• Use anecdotes to help participants make decisions as lenders, investors and advisers.
• Facilitate discussion, invite different perspectives and explain the reasoning behind possible answers.
• Connect financial concepts with the history of the locations visited.
• Use illustrations, artefacts and practical examples to support learning.
• Adapt your delivery to graduates, experienced professionals and mixed-knowledge groups.
• Manage group movement, timing and participation confidently.
• Help refine the programme by identifying unclear explanations, historical inaccuracies and opportunities for stronger discussion.

This is an interactive learning experience. You should enjoy helping people reason through a problem as much as telling them an interesting story.

Topics you should be comfortable explaining

You do not need to be a specialist in every area, but you should have a sound understanding of:

• Saving, investment, opportunity cost and the time value of money.
• Credit, repayment capacity and the credibility of financial promises.
• Debt, equity, capital pooling and the role of markets.
• Money, banking, liquidity and solvency.
• Risk, diversification and insurance.
• Valuation, speculation, leverage and behavioural biases.
• Information, incentives, governance and accountability.

An ability to explain derivatives through practical examples would be an advantage. We also welcome thoughtful discussion of technology, AI and the wider consequences of financial decisions.

Essential qualities

• A strong grounding in finance, accounting, economics, or a closely related discipline, gained through study or professional experience.
• Excellent spoken English and confident communication with groups.
• The ability to explain complex ideas simply without sacrificing accuracy.
• A warm, engaging delivery style and genuine curiosity about participants’ questions.
• An interest in London’s history and the human development of trade, finance and institutions.
• Reliability, preparation and sound judgement.
• Willingness to learn the route, historical material and programme approach.

You should be comfortable saying “let’s examine that” or “I’ll check that” when a question deserves more investigation.

Desirable qualifications and experience

We particularly welcome applicants with one or more of the following:

• A master’s degree in finance, financial economics, economics, economic history or a related subject.
• ACA, ACCA, CIMA or CFA qualifications, or substantial progress towards them.
• Experience in banking, investment management, insurance, financial markets, accounting or corporate finance.
• Experience in teaching, training, facilitation, public speaking or tour guiding.
• An interest in anthropology, financial history or behavioural economics.

A master’s degree is desirable, not essential. The ability to make finance understandable and engaging matters more than the title of your qualification.

What you will work with

The programme has an illustrated playbook, a continuing fictional narrative and historical material to support delivery.

You will work with the FOF team to learn the experience and contribute to its development. We welcome guides who bring their own personality, relevant experience and thoughtful questions while maintaining the programme’s accuracy and learning objectives.

How to apply

Please send:

• Your CV.
• A short explanation of why this role interests you.
• A response of no more than 200 words to the following:

“An aspiring farmer asks to borrow 40 measures of barley and promises to repay 50 after the harvest. How would you use this story to introduce finance to a group of new graduates?”

Shortlisted applicants will be invited to deliver a brief explanation of a financial concept and facilitate a short discussion.

Help us turn a walk through London into a conversation about how people build trust, value promises and finance the future.

Pay: £50.00 per hour

Work Location: In person