Job Description

Key responsibilities:

• Group Accounting process owner for revenue recognition, accruals and prepayments, operational expenditure and transfer pricing/recharges
• Line manage the month end process to ensure accurate and timely month end results including insightful commentary and analysis to drive the right decision making
• Key operational partner for month end analysis, ensuring the month end figures are correct and that the wider finance team understand balances, movements and trends for the P&L, Balance Sheet and Cash Flow Statement
• Lead the Accounts Receivable process, working with the Financial Controller to assess AR ageing, collection strategy and ensuring strong end to end processes.
• Month end balance sheet reconciliations (deferred income, revenue accruals, prepayments, accruals and payroll)
• ERP Administrator
• Partnering the wider finance function to achieve company financial objectives
• Assist the Statutory Financial Accounting Manager in any statutory audit questions that involve operational accounting
• Main focal point for VAT compliance and communication with authorities
• Continuous review of financial processes and assessing for fit as the business scales
• Ad hoc analysis as required
• Lead and manage their team (one qualified accountant and one intern), ensuring that the team are appropriately coached and developed

Requirements:

• ACCA Qualified (or equivalent) with 4+ PQ years industry experience in accounting
• Experience managing and leading month end
• Enthusiasm for improving processes and continuously reviewing process adequacy as the business scales
• Extreme attention to detail
• Completer/Finisher & Self-Starter
• Strong effective communicator
• Excellent presentation skills
• Team player
• Ability to turn high ambiguity into actionable insight
• Experience using NetSuite preferred (though not essential)
• Mature attitude and steady hands
• Team management
• Comfortable working in a high growth and fast paced environment

Benefits:

• Competitive salary and share scheme
• Free babylon for you and your family
• One of the nicest offices you’ll ever see, located in the heart of Chelsea
• Free healthy breakfast, and snacks
• On site table tennis and video game competitions
• Regular social gatherings and an intimate, collaborative environment
• A real entrepreneurial spirit and drive to make a tangible difference in the world
• Free weekly yoga or football sessions
• Pension scheme
• Childcare vouchers
• BUPA health and life insurance

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• ACCA Qualified (or equivalent) with 4+ PQ years industry experience in accounting • Experience managing and leading month end • Enthusiasm for improving processes and continuously reviewing process adequacy as the business scales • Extreme attention to detail • Completer/Finisher & Self-Starter • Strong effective communicator • Excellent presentation skills • Team player • Ability to turn high ambiguity into actionable insight • Experience using NetSuite preferred (though not essential) • Mature attitude and steady hands • Team management • Comfortable working in a high growth and fast paced environment