Group Accountant, StrideUp

• Technically confident, able to handle complex accounting of financial instruments and multi entity consolidation
• Thrives in a scale-up environment, comfortable with change and building processes as you go
• Proactive and take ownership, thorough record keeping and seeing things through end-to-end with minimal hand-holding
• Detail oriented, with a sharp eye for errors or inconsistencies
• Collaborative and pragmatic, able to work across the business and with external stakeholders
• ACA Qualified accountant
• 2+ Years post qualified experience
• Strong technical accounting knowledge and deep understanding of consolidation, financial instruments and complex balance sheets typical in financial services
• Regulatory and compliance awareness (e.g. capital adequacy, solvency, regulatory returns)
• Strong grasp of internal controls, audit requirements, risk management, and maintaining a robust control environment in a highly regulated industry
• Systems & process efficiency- Comfort with ERP and consolidation systems plus the ability to improve reporting processes through automation and standardisation
• Ambition to exceed in your professional career

Desirable

• We are looking for a Group Accountant to play a key role in building and owning the Group’s corporate and fund accounts coupled with supporting the financial growth of a fast moving specialist Fintech
• Reporting into the Finance Lead, You will be responsible for the accuracy, reliability and integrity of StrideUp’s £400m+ (and growing) Balance Sheet
• This includes the accounting and reporting of complex group structures, financial instruments, consolidating SPVs, funding arrangements and a growing portfolio of Islamic finance products
• Working closely with senior stakeholders, regulators and investors, you will help ensure our financial reporting remains robust, compliant and scalable as the business evolves
• Corporate and Fund Accounting - Manage accounts for StrideUp Group including the consolidation of SPVs, unique financial instruments, track the sources and uses of funds
• Financial Accounting - Lead business through its first (and following) audits; support FCA returns; prepare statutory accounts; work with tax advisors on reports and compliance; build accounting policy framework for business
• Management Accounting - Support month end close process; own end to end reporting of financing entities within the structure; support annual budgeting process
• Treasury - Assume responsibility for drawing down funds for asset origination, deploy funds onwards to originate assets, support corporate treasury operations
• Regulatory and compliance - Support timely reporting and maintain accurate records of all filings to the FCA
• Business enablement - Proactively engage with ad hoc tasks and projects as the business grows