Job Description
I am currently partnering with one of Europe's largest growing Fintech company who as they continue to grow in size, scale and complexity, are looking for a Senior Finance Associate to
join their Finance organisation. Working as part of their Product Control team, this newly created role will support their trading activity reconciliation to ensure timely and accurate reporting of our
balance sheet position. The successful candidate will be joining at an exciting time as we invest in strengthening our Accounting operations capabilities and improve the quality and robustness of balance
sheet reporting, particularly standardisation and automation of reconciliations.
How you'll make an impact:
- Perform BAU accounting and reconciliation processes and controls across our key
trading account balances such as scheme debtors, merchant creditors and Fx clearing.
- Analyse and reconcile data from various systems and sources to identify control gaps
and reconciliation breaks.
- Collaborate with Product, Treasury and Finance teams to investigate discrepancies,
understand the root cause and initiate corrective actions.
- Be the SME for reconciliations under your control, you will apply your accounting
knowledge to ensure balances are properly accounted for in line with IFRS requirements.
- Set-up documentation and processes that are robust and well controlled for period end
close and audit purposes.
- Continually look at ways of improving data integrity and quality, automation,
strengthening of controls, operational and reporting efficiency.
- Participate in project work or product development initiatives alongside daily
responsibilities
- Work closely with the auditors both internal and external to ensure successful completion
of the audits in a timely manner.
What we're looking for:
- 2+ years work experience with complex balance sheet reconciliations in a high-volume
transaction environment
- Experience of working in a dynamic and complex regulatory environment, ideally within
Payments/FinTech or Financial Services
- 4 years PQE Qualified ACA or equivalent. You'll also hold practical knowledge of IFRS and general
accounting principles
- Knowledge and expertise on financial accounting, reporting, reconciliations and controls
experience ideally within a listed environment or large complex company
- Extremely strong working knowledge of MS Excel
- Strong data analytics skills and experience handling large volumes of data
- Proven ability to find end-to-end solutions to issues and work cross-functionally and with
remote teams - including Finance, Product, Engineering, Data
Hybrid Working Model:
All the offices are onsite 3 times per week (Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday).
Enabling teams to work collaboratively in the same space, while also being able to partner with colleagues globally. During your days at the office, we offer amazing snacks, breakfast, and lunch options in all
of our locations.