Senior Management Accountant

Reporting into the financial controller we are looking for a qualified senior management accountant to join the financial control team.

What excites you

Ensuring complex month-end journals are calculated accurately and on a timely basis, including deferred revenue, deferred commissions and IFRS 16 leases. Collaborating with other teams including billing and management reporting.
Ownership of key balance sheet accounts, ensuring reconciliations are completed monthly with variances being resolved on a timely basis and documenting processes and controls.
Assist the annual audits by ensuring requested documents are provided in a timely manner, demonstrating controls and conducting walkthroughs
Ensure ONS surveys are completed
Supporting the Financial Controller / Head of Finance as required
Assisting with finance projects (IT implementation, process & controls improvement, etc.) as required

What excites us

Qualified ACCA/CIMA/ACA (1-3 years PQE), with several years experience in industry
Advanced excel / google sheet skills
Detail-oriented with strong analytical, problem solving and communication skills
Experience with multi-currency balance sheet reconciliations
Continuous improvement mindset and not afraid to ask the question “why”
Strong IFRS knowledge
Knowledge of NetSuite or similar accounting packages
Team player but ability to work independently
A self-starter who will own processes from start to finish with a view to improving efficiency, productivity and financial control
We don’t expect you to meet every requirement. If you’re excited by this role, we encourage you to apply.

(some of) The good stuff
Wellbeing – stay healthy with dedicated support and medical cover
Work away scheme – you can apply to work away from your country of residence for up to 90 days in any 12 month period
Adaptive Working – allows you to work flexibly, around your lifestyle
Equity – all permanently employed GCs get equity to help you make a valuable contribution
Parental leave – to suit everyone embarking on life’s great adventure
Learning Budget – lead your own development with an annual learning budget
Time off – generous holiday allowance, + 3 annual volunteer days, + 4 annual business-wide wellness days (‘GC Fridays’)

Life at GoCardless
We’re an organisation defined by our values; We start with why before we begin any project, to ensure it’s aligned with our mission. We act with integrity, always. We care deeply about what we do and we know it’s essential that we be humble whilst we do it. Working this way creates the GC magic- the reason we all love showing up to work.

Diversity & Inclusivity:

We’re building the bank payment network of the future and our ambition is to move money anywhere, for anything, for anyone. If we’re going to achieve this goal, we need to build a team of ‘GeeCee’s’ that is as wonderfully diverse as the world we live in - with a multitude of perspectives, experiences & backgrounds.

We’ve got a long way to go, but here’s how we’re doing as of June 2022;

Female Employees - 46%

Ethnic background - 32%

Identify as LGBTQIA - 10%

Neurodivergent - 9%

We’re rooting for you during your application and GoCardless aims to provide reasonable adjustments to make our recruitment process as remarkable and accessible as we can. Please speak to your Talent Partner if you need extra support.