Senior Management Accountant

About The Role:

Reporting to the Deputy Financial Controller, this is a senior role within the central Group Accounting team, operating in a fast-paced fintech environment where accuracy, ownership, and the ability to navigate complexity are critical. Alongside owning key month-end and reporting processes, you’ll independently manage complex deliverables that sit at Deputy Financial Controller level.
You’ll act as a trusted point of escalation for complex accounting and control matters, deputise for the Deputy Financial Controller where needed, and take end-to-end ownership of technical and control-related work streams. The role requires someone who is comfortable working with ambiguity, making sound judgements, challenging existing processes, and driving issues through to resolution rather than simply identifying them.
This is not a role limited to standard management accounting. We’re looking for someone who can operate with a high level of independence, understands the pace and complexity of a growing fintech business, and is ready to take ownership of work that has a direct impact on the quality, control, and reliability of Group Finance.

• Own certain centralized month-end close processes, including TB reviews for Group entities, Accruals, Inter-company reconciliations
• Leading monthly management reporting and BS control and reconciliation for US regulated entity , with a nod to accuracy, timeliness, and insight to keep it senior-level
• Take end-to-end ownership of complex reconciliations and control accounts, including settlement and transit accounts, resolving non-balancing positions and residual balances independently.
• Prepare and review journal transactions, applying technical judgement to non-routine and complex postings (e.g. FX, intercompany, accruals, safeguarding)
• Prepare and review monthly Balance Sheet reconciliations, owning resolution of complex or aged items
• Analyse and explain month-on-month P&L and Balance Sheet movements, providing insight rather than description
• Lead the production of certain financial slides and commentary for Group month-end close presentations
• Partner closely with the Settlement and Reconciliation team in Serbia, owning the integrity of settlement, reconciliation, and control account processes across systems
• Act as a key contact for the external group, and small entity audits, managing certain auditor requests and owning challenging deliverables across group entities, and taking end to end ownership on a portfolio of smaller audits. .
• Design, document, and strengthen financial controls and processes, identifying and delivering improvements independently and continuously.
• Deputise for the Deputy Financial Controller on defined work streams and support ad-hoc technical projects directed by the Deputy Financial Controller, the Group Financial Controller, or Group Finance Director

• Provide technical guidance and review to more junior team members, supporting their development and the quality of their output
• Work independently on ambiguous or complex problems, structuring your own approach and bringing solutions rather than questions
• Relentlessly drive efficiency and automation in day-to-day practices, reducing time spent on repetitive and administrative tasks without sacrificing quality.
• Work with the team to meet agreed service levels and deadlines, and fulfil additional duties as the business requires

• Support approval of regular payment runs by the AP team.

• Fully qualified accountant (ACCA/ACA)
• 4-5 years+ post-qualified experience, with demonstrable exposure to complex, technical accounting matters
• Strong knowledge of UK GAAP and IFRS
• Solid knowledge of accounting, financial reporting, and tax
• Proven ability to work independently and own and deliver complex deliverables end to end
• Strong working knowledge of spreadsheets and comfort handling large, complex datasets
• Experience with Net Suite or similar major accounting system
• A curious, driven, solution based mindset, with the demonstrated ability to investigate the root cause of an issue and…