Financial Operations Analyst

🏡🏢This is a Hybrid role, this team works from our London (Shoreditch) Offices 3 days per week.

What You’ll Be Doing

Do you have a passion for finance operations and accuracy in reporting? Are you detail-oriented with a knack for managing reconciliations and ensuring compliance with accounting standards? We are seeking a dedicated Finance Operations Analyst to join our growing Finance team.

As a Finance Operations Analyst, you will play a critical role in the financial reporting process, ensuring that transactions are recorded accurately, and all reporting requirements are met. This role is perfect for someone eager to work in a dynamic FinTech environment and contribute to the development of efficient and robust financial processes.

• Debt Sale Management: Support the development and management of debt sale processes to ensure alignment with business objectives. Coordinate between UK and USA subsidiaries and oversee legal requirements.
• Process Automation and Improvement: Analyse existing systems to create automated solutions, enhancing reporting capabilities through SQL development and exhibit confidence and initiative to challenge and improve existing processes and procedures.
• Balance Sheet Reconciliation: Prepare and justify monthly balance sheet reconciliations, swiftly identifying and resolving any discrepancies.
• Payroll Management: Oversee payroll processes, ensuring reconciliations are conducted for pensions, student loans, and year-end accounts.
• Bank Reconciliation: Design systems for managing receivables, payables, expenses, invoices, and late payments. Develop comprehensive reports to support balance management and timely error detection.
• Standard Operating Procedures: Develop SOPs for team members to streamline customer allocations, refunds, and expense operations.
• Compliance: Assist in maintaining accurate returns and records for relevant organisations such as ONS, FCA, and Companies House.
• Stakeholder Communication: Communicate professionally and proactively with various internal and external stakeholders, demonstrating an inquisitive nature.
• Audit Support: Collaborate with external auditors during audits, handling queries and ensuring timely resolution of audit issues.
• Team Collaboration: Work closely with other finance team members to ensure accurate financial reporting and support additional financial tasks as needed.

We’re Looking For

• Qualifications:
• ACA/ACCA/CIMA (or equivalent) – qualified or part-qualified accountant
• Strong understanding of IFRS and/or UK GAAP
• Experience:
• The role calls for an individual who has excellent knowledge and understanding of systems; experience of change management; the ability to communicate effectively and at all levels and be highly organised to meet the diverse objectives and target deadlines
• Demonstrable experience or exposure in relevant accounting roles with experience in financial services either from practice or within industry
• Experience with ERP or other integrated financial systems is an advantage
• Skills:
• Advanced proficiency in Excel and familiarity with SQL reporting tools
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a high level of attention to detail
• Excellent organisational and time management abilities, capable of managing multiple tasks and deadlines
• Ability to work collaboratively and build effective relationships across various teams
• Attributes:
• Self-motivated and adaptable individual with a proactive approach.
• Strong communication skills, capable of presenting complex financial information clearly to non-finance stakeholders.

Diversity & Inclusion 🌈
We welcome, consider and encourage applications from anyone who shares our commitment to inclusivity. Join us in creating a space where authenticity thrives, and everyone can do their best work.

Great Work Deserves Great Perks
We try not to take ourselves too seriously (all the time) so we make sure our office is decked out with a pool table, arcade machine, beer tap, and a couple of office dogs thrown in for good measure. Check out our benefits:
🏥 Private Healthcare including dental and opticians services through Vitality
✈️ Worldwide travel insurance through Vitality
🎁 Anniversary Rewards (£250, £500, £750, 4-week fully paid sabbatical)
👛 Salary Sacrifice Pension Scheme up to 7% match
🏖️ 28 days holiday (plus bank holidays)
📖 Annual Learning and Wellbeing Budget
👪 Enhanced Parental Leave
🚲 Cycle to Work Scheme
🚂 Season Ticket Loan
💬 6 free therapy sessions per year
🐶 Dog Friendly Offices
🍫 Free drinks and snacks in our offices

Check out more of our benefits, values and mission here.