Financial Accountant - Fintech - London - up to 72K + Benefits

Full Time
London, UK
9 months ago

WHO WE ARE: 

At Adaptive, we are a financial consulting firm that partners with capital, commodity, and digital market participants who value differentiation through technology. Our experienced team design and deliver complex front-office technology solutions using our proven accelerators to create long-term competitive advantage.

We are now looking for an enthusiastic and dynamic individual to join our Finance team and who wants to make the role their own. You will be exposed to many areas of a finance team, allowing you to gain experience upon which to build your future within our growing team in an international environment, handling responsibilities across our five offices (Barcelona, London, NYC, Montreal and Manila)

If you feel like this is you, you might be a perfect fit for this role! 

YOU ARE: 

  • Experienced in a Financial Accountant role
  • A great communicator (verbal and written) 
  • At ease with the idea of translating Financial concepts and making them understandable for non-accounting people
  • Detail oriented
  • An Excel wizard/witch  

YOU WILL: 

  • Handle the development, improvement and documentation of the Business processes and Financial controls and policies to implement, maintain and strengthen internal controls within a rapidly changing and growing Business environment.
  • Support to the finance automation process.
  • Have Ownership of monthly balance sheet reconciliations (to audit-ready presentation) including all commentary, reporting and variance analysis.
  • Ownership of monthly IC Transfer pricing and IC reconciliation.
  • Monthly corporation tax accruals.
  • Support Credit Control management and reporting.
  • Assist with Payroll processing function for all entities within organization and post transactions to required ledgers in all legal entities.
  • Quarterly VAT return compilation along with accompanying analysis and commentary.
  • Coordinate the audit process by managing the audit timetable and liaising with internal and external parties on deliverables.
  • Review and oversight of the day-to-day transactional operations of the AP function.
  • Review and oversight of corporate credit cards and spend and associated controls.
  • Month-end close controls are applied and adhered to.
  • Manage Month-end and year-end timetable and processes to ensure timing adhered to.
  • Support the FP&A function:  Work closely with the team to ensure accurate and timely reporting of actual monthly results that are fully reconciled between financial and management reporting.
  • Have an understanding of other roles within the team to allow for cover.
  • Other ad hoc responsibilities that go hand in hand with a role in a business that is fast moving, dynamic and growing.

YOU HAVE: 

  • Good experience in an accounting function;
  • Good communication (verbal and written) skills with all levels of role players (internal and external)
  • Good attention to detail
  • Hard-working, efficient, motivated multi-tasker and self-starter
  • Adaptable and comfortable making the role their own
  • Experience with general ledger functions and the month-end/year-end close process
  • Strong administration skills
  • ACCA/CIMA qualified or part-qualified
  • Strong excel skills
  • Additional Skills;  Microsoft Power BI

WHY US: 

  • To be immersed in high-standard engineering culture. Our fantastic team takes pride in crafting elegant solutions to complex technical problems but also loves sharing their knowledge and helping you grow professionally (we have extraordinary minds at Adaptive) You can learn from anyone here, which is  the beauty of it
  • To take part in the growth and development of a great company
  • Our teams feel free to speak up, make suggestions and raise concerns.
  • Collaborative team environment: we all work together, respect each other, and pitch in
  • Great consideration for work/life balance (highly-flexible, hybrid working model, well-being benefits…). The balance between professional and personal life is extremely important to us.
  • We work hard to provide a positive, collaborative and inclusive culture and to positively impact our staff and local communities through different well-being, diversity and inclusion programmes.

WHAT DO PEOPLE THINK OF US 🗣

You can check our Glassdoor page 🎉

BENEFITS:

We create benefits with YOU in mind.For Permanent employees only:

  • 25 days holiday
  • Family medical and dental
  • Life insurance and long-term disability insurance
  • Gym subsidy
  • Pension with a 5% match
  • Season ticket loan
  • Cycle scheme

THE PROCESS

Long interview processes are stressful and boring, and that is not us 😉

We want to make sure that everything runs smoothly.

So here you will have the following stage interviews:

1- A chat with one of our great recruiters.2- A zoom chat with two members of our Finance team3- A Final informal zoom chat with our Director

But don’t worry; everything will be explained to you step by step by your recruiter. 

Here is a little tip for you during those stages: 

Collaboration is extremely important to us, so don't hesitate to share your thoughts, ask questions, ask for help if needed, etc at any stages! 

 

DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION: 💜

Diversity and inclusion are key to a great workplace, and Adaptive is better when it’s more representative of the world around us. We want everyone to feel comfortable bringing their whole selves to work without any fear of judgment or negativity. All we ask is that our colleagues are respectful, collaborative, passionate about what they do, and have the skills needed to be successful in their roles.