• An accounting technical expert with a high attention to detail
• Hands-on, ready to roll up your sleeves and get involved in all day-to-day activities, whilst also being able to ensure exceptionally high quality of output amongst competing deadlines
• Able to clearly grasp the big picture and wider business context, whilst being deep in the detail of the day-to-day
• Excited about growing with the role and business as we scale a best in class finance team
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, rapidly evolving environment
• Excited by technology, automation and system improvement, and willing to share well thought out and researched ideas for the continued evolution of our finance function
• An excellent communicator. Able to leverage communication skills to ensure efficiency and cohesion across a global finance team and collaborate cross-functionally across the wider business
• A team player and a great mentor to junior team members
• Qualified accountant (ideally ACSA or ACCA) with a minimum of 2+ years PQE and strong technical experience
• Excellent knowledge of UK GAAP / FRS 102 (additional knowledge of US GAAP would be advantageous)
• Experience of working in both practice (client facing) and industry
• Strong excel skills

Desirable

• Own the bulk of our monthly management financial reporting process (including balance sheet reconciliations, cash flow and consolidation work), ensuring data is accurate and deadlines are met
• Assist the Financial Controller to ensure financial processes, systems and controls are operating effectively
• Lead on financial risk management by building out internal control, policy and process documentation
• Assist with monitoring, analysing and reporting on KPIs, identifying variances, and suggesting improvements and solutions
• Interrogate current finance team systems and approaches, making recommendations for improvements in efficiency and automation
• Assist with annual audit across UK and US entities, including statutory account preparation under UK GAAP (FRS 102) and US GAAP (in conjunction with external auditors)
• Ad-hoc reporting and analysis to support senior business leaders