Interim Group Financial Accountant, Curve
6 Month Contract
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Excel
NetSuite
Senior and Expert level
London
Banking platform consolidating cards & accounts
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Banking platform consolidating cards & accounts
201-500 employees
FintechB2CBankingPersonal financePaymentsCredit cards
Be an early applicant
Salary not provided
Excel
NetSuite
Senior and Expert level
London
201-500 employees
FintechB2CBankingPersonal financePaymentsCredit cards
Company mission
Curve is on a mission to simplify the way people spend, send, see and save money.
Role
Who you are
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field
- Professional accounting qualification (e.g., ACA, ACCA, CIMA) is essential
- Experience: Minimum of 5 years of experience in financial accounting, preferably with at least 1 year in a group or consolidated reporting environment
- Big four or similar experience is a plus
- Minimum of 1 year post qualified experience in industry is required
- Experience in a multi-entity or multinational organisation is preferred
- Proven track record of executing to a high level financial reporting, budgeting, and audit processes
- Strongly preferred experience in financial services, FinTech or payments
- Skills: Strong technical accounting skills, with a deep understanding of IFRS or UK GAAP. (e.g: FRS102 IFRS 9 financial instruments, IFRS 2 Share Based Payments, IAS 38 Intangible assets), and experience in multi-currency company consolidations and reporting
- Excellent analytical skills and attention to detail
- Strong proficiency in excel formulas and/or accounting systems (experience of building and maintaining complex excel models/macros a plus), Netsuite experience is a plus
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to present financial information clearly to non-financial stakeholders
- Ability to manage multiple competing priorities and deadlines in a fast-paced environment
- Personal Attributes: High level of integrity and professionalism and a dedication to solving problems in a timely manner
- Strong problem-solving skills and a proactive approach to challenges
- Team player with strong communication skills and leadership qualities
- A highly structured and organised person who is able to take the initiative on topics arising in the Finance function
What the job involves
- We are looking for a Senior Group Financial Accountant who can develop into a leader in all aspects of Group consolidation, internal and external reporting of the Group and our subsidiary entities
- You will be self-motivated, organised and agile, playing a key role in the planning and execution of key reporting and external audit processes and can expect interaction and involvement in varied aspects of the finance function from procurement to financial control, tax, FP&A and regulatory reporting, collaborating with senior staff and colleagues in other functions and across the business
- Financial Reporting and Consolidation: Be a leader in the month-end close process, having a deep understanding of each month-end activity, and ensuring that all activities are completed in a timely fashion and accurately
- Prepare, review, and approve manual journal entries, and understand automated journals to validate their appropriateness
- Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reports, including balance sheets, income statements, cash flow statements, and other financial disclosures
- Liaise with FP&A to construct performance narrative & explain monthly variances
- Supervise other daily/monthly finance processes as required (e.g. Accounts Payable and Receivable)
- Compliance and Audit: Support in the preparation of the annual financial statements and notes for the Group and subsidiaries and support the external audit process
- Work with business unit reporting teams and senior management to provide ad hoc technical guidance and write accounting papers and audit committee papers
- Support on the maintenance of share-based payment information and monitor share dilution analysis
- Ensuring a strong financial control environment, consisting of a monthly balance sheet substantiation process, inclusive of bank reconciliations, and all associated policies and procedures, supporting all reporting
- Document end-to-end financial process and controls, helping to design new processes where applicable and improve the financial control environment
- Preparing monthly, quarterly and annual National Statistics returns and other annual returns
- Taxation: Own the preparation of tax compliance schedules (e.g. VAT) and Corporate tax returns
- Coordinate the group’s tax compliance activities, including the preparation and submission of tax returns
- Work with tax advisors to optimise the group’s tax position and ensure compliance with tax regulations across all jurisdictions
- Financial Systems and Processes: Oversee the implementation and maintenance of financial systems used across the group
- Drive improvements in financial processes to increase efficiency and accuracy in financial reporting
- Proactively identify financial challenges, analyse root causes, and implement effective solutions via automation and streamlining
- Ad Hoc Financial Projects: Lead on or participate in special financial projects as required, such as mergers and acquisitions, financial restructuring, or system implementations
- Provide financial analysis and insights to support strategic initiatives and business decisions
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Keeping track of spending across multiple credit and debit cards can be a difficult task. Curve lets customers consolidate all of their bank cards into a single card and app, to make it easier to manage spending and access other benefits.
Curve is following in the footsteps of several European neobanks, including N26, Monzo and Revolut, with ambitious expansion plans for the US. Americans have seven to eight cards on average and they typically love rewards, making the market attractive for Curve.
The company has a track record of responding quickly to consumer wants. For example, it has launched cryptocurrency rewards programs to cater to the ever-growing ‘crypto-curious market', as well as partnering with both Berg Watches and Fidesmo to meet expanding demand for wearable payments. In 2022, Credit Suisse backed a $1 billion credit facility for the company, to enable it to scale its lending business.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Top investors
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
33% female employees
-24% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Sep 2023
$70.8m
SERIES C
May 2021
$11.1m
LATE VC
Total funding: $245.7m
Company benefits
- 20 Days Vacation (we actually want you to take this)
- 10 Paid Holidays
- Work from home opportunities
- Competitive salary with employee share options package
- Free Curve Metal subscription for you and +1
- Generous yearly Learning and Development budget
- 10 days per year for training and conferences
- Unlimited book policy
- Life insurance
- Health care cash plan
- Life coaching
- EAP services
- 24/7 GP access
- Annual subscriptions to Calm & FIIT for your mind and body
- Discounted gym membership
- Ride to work scheme
- Nutritionist access
- Discounted shopping vouchers
- Season ticket loan
- Bonus days off for your birthday, moving house and Christmas
- Six nights of Night Nanny for new parents
Company values
- Customer obsession - Start with the customer and work backwards to create meaningful experiences
- Communicate and collaborate - This helps us unify and align so we can move quickly and be empowered
- Challenge everything - Yourself, your colleagues and the status quo. Commit and progress forward together
- Build. Measure. Learn - Strive to learn and find the 'why' to measure our impact and constantly improve
- Automate to accelerate - Eliminate redundant steps to get things done and always focus on the mission
Company HQ
Paddington, London, UK
Articles
Leadership
Shachar Bialick
(CEO & Founder)Was Head of Product at Checkout.com. Founded a number of businesses in Israel, and has an MBA from INSEAD.
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