Financial Accountant

Our Vision
To be the world's most trusted global payroll partner, simplifying pay for all employees.

Our Vision
To be the world's most trusted global payroll partner, simplifying pay for all employees.

Empowering global work forces with seamless, compliant, and innovative payroll and payment solutions, enabling businesses to thrive in a connected world.

Our fundamental beliefs at Cloud Pay are built on core values of professionalism, passion, empowerment, innovation, and teamwork. We value our employees and strive to create a great workplace where everyone is valued, heard, inspired, and encouraged to bring their authentic selves to work. We're committed to providing an excellent employee experience through fulfilling projects, empowerment to make a difference, and an environment that inspires innovation.

The role will support Group adherence to financial regulations and standards, maintaining robust internal controls. Continuous Improvement will be a key requirement, working directly with the Statutory Reporting Manager EMEA & AMER to achieve a culture of Finance Excellence in the Group.

You must already be living in the UK to apply for the role and have full eligibility to work in the UK. The company will NOT sponsor a work visa for this position.

Main duties, which will principally be the AMER region but may involve other regions as and when required, include:

• Adherence to financial regulations and standards, maintaining robust internal controls
• Support in preparing monthly AMER &/or EMEA management accounts (including but not limited to the below)
• Interaction with the Accounting Operations Team is required, who will perform transactional accounting, billing, and AP activities

• Accruals
• Accrued and Deferred Revenue
• Prepayments
• Payroll journal entry
• Fixed assets
• Rent amortization
• Bonus accruals
• Quarterly bad debt provisions

• Support Statutory Reporting Manager EMEA & AMER with AMER &/or EMEA Balance Sheet and Profit & Loss review for meeting with Group Financial Controller and Finance team members
• Support with the initial completion of AMER tax returns with support and review from external advisors, Assistant Group Controller, or Group Financial Controller
• Oversee AMER tax inspections, where relevant, with support from either the Statutory Reporting Manager EMEA & AMER, Assistant Group Controller, or Group Financial Controller
• Ensure accurate and robust AMER Financial Balance Sheet reconciliations
• Assist with Intercompany transactions, including raising invoices related to Transfer Pricing and recharges within Netsuite
• Support with the review and approvals of payroll in the US and Costa Rica
• Support with ad-hoc projects related to the AMER region
• Support with generating a tracker of key Statutory and Tax reporting deadlines for the AMER region
• Generate reports for management, EMEA & AMER Finance point of contact for the relevant Cloud Pay stakeholders where necessary

• The role will need to work directly with the Statutory Reporting Manager EMEA & AMER to support with resolving any highlighted GAAP and Tax compliance risks/inaccuracies, especially when raised by EMEA & AMER Auditors or Advisors. This may involve coordinating with external advisors due to reliance on knowledge from the local country

• Support in training both Finance Team members (where necessary)

• The role will work alongside the Statutory Reporting Manager EMEA & AMER to support the implementation of technology improvement Initiatives to create a Finance Centre of Excellence

• Finance Qualification desirable (ACCA/ACA/CIMA) with 1+ years’ post-qualified commercial environment experience.
• Experience in a complex, multinational organization would be beneficial
• Knowledge of EMEA &/or AMER GAAP or tax requirements.
• Project and team skills
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively interact with stakeholders at all levels.
• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to interpret complex regulations and apply them…