Responsibilities:

• Ownership and delivery of management accounts
• Preparation and presentation of management accounts commentary for owned areas to senior stakeholders including supporting workings
• Coach and manage finance assistants  to develop their accounting skills and knowledge of the business
• Oversee the monthly payments and invoicing, the reporting cycle and close processes, as well as actively looking to improve all financial systems and processes as we scale
• Responsible for the day to day book-keeping, maintaining the UK general ledger to produce monthly management accounts 
• Stay up to date with technological advances and accounting software & collaborate with internal product development team to find ways to automate processes
• Establish and maintain financial policies and procedures for the company, researching best practices and willing to implement changes where required

Expectations:

Essential 

• Bachelor’s degree in any subject
• Professional accountancy qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA)
• You’ll be a real team player and enjoy collaborating with others whilst also being able to work autonomously, taking ownership of tasks from start to finish
• Excel super user
• Based in the UK 
• Exceptional interpersonal skills with ability to build meaningful relationships with people of all levels across the entire business
• Highly organised and consistent in delivering on strict reporting deadlines
• Expertise in accounting software such as Xero 
• Knowledge of cost management, business planning, financial modelling and corporate finance topics
• The ability to work with the highest ethical and professional quality standards

Desired

• Audit experience
• Experience using Netsuite
• Strong analytical skills: the ability to break high level concepts down to detailed activities ready for implementation
• The ability to liaise with internal and external stakeholders including those without a financial background
• Strong verbal and written communication skills in English
• A proactive hands-on attitude while also being willing-to-learn
• Detail oriented, with a strong focus on quality
• An interest in start-up environments

Offer:

• £50-£60k base salary
• Ability to work remotely with occasional visits to our London WeWork office required
• Fantastic progression opportunities
• Ground floor opportunity to build a fast-growing start-up
• Work within a team of experienced entrepreneurs who have successfully built companies before
• A dynamic and multicultural work environment with flat hierarchies and space for your own ideas
• Challenging and diverse tasks which will let you grow day-by-day