Accounting & Finance Associate Milton Keynes, England
Job description
About SaltPay
We believe that local businesses are essential to any growing society. SaltPay was founded in 2019 to create affordable, fast and secure payments and software solutions to help small and medium-sized businesses manage and grow their operations better. Taken for granted by banks and traditional service providers, small businesses have especially struggled to get access to the financial services and software they need. We exist to improve their lives and to help them grow by building products that serve their needs, or integrating with the best solutions we find in the marketplace.
We're outcome-driven entrepreneurs who emphasise energy over experience. Our number one priority is to deliver solutions that will allow our local businesses to thrive. Connecting and collaborating with a diverse group of talented teammates in an inclusive environment helps us achieve different results. We learn from each other every day, doing whatever is necessary to deliver the best outcomes for our customers. SaltPay is home to over 2,000 employees in 15offices across 20 countries, and our footprint keeps on growing. We are fully dedicated to serving more than 100,000 merchants across our network.
To be a Salter
These are some of the core principles of our culture:
- You like to work towards honest, inspiring, and challenging objectives;
- You want to create a tangible impact on the business;
- You have a competitive mindset and work to achieve the best possible outcomes;
- Kindness, humility, self-awareness, and candour are all part of your DNA;
- You are not afraid of taking risks, and you feel empowered by extreme ownership;
- You prioritise the team's success rather than your own;
- You're always striving to become a better version of yourself;
- Problems are learning opportunities;
- You're a dreamer, a thinker, and a doer - all in one;
Your Team
Reporting to the Financial Accounting Manager, the successful candidate will be a key addition to our Finance team. This is a varied and dynamic role, focusing on critical sales ledger processes and controls, as well as performing other month end duties and developing efficient and effective financial processes to the rapidly growing business. The right person will have previous accounting experience, be restless for improvement, and someone who enjoys working within a dynamic customer focused and fast paced environment.
This role is ideal for someone who wants a broad and wide reaching finance role, requiring both technical expertise, good communication skills and a proven ability to multi-task to achieve several deadlines simultaneously. The preferred candidate will be experienced, able to adapt to change, and someone who enjoys working with in a dynamic fast paced environment. This role will suit someone with a strong work ethic and strategic mindset, who is looking to make an immediate impact on an exciting growth-stage company.
Your Mission
- Coordination, processing and reconciliation of all sales ledger postings;
- Improvement of the internal control environment with a continually changing accounts receivable landscape;
- Month end postings of the sale ledger and cash postings, including weekly bank reconciliations;
- Regular review of aged debtor balances, including posting monthly provisions and quarterly write offs of aged debtors per doubtful debt policy;
- Working closely as a business partner to key internal stakeholders, particularly the operational teams;
- Preparation of all monthly and quarterly balance sheet reconciliations, including thorough supporting documentation;
- Assisting with the year end audit, including being a key point of contact for the Group's auditors;
- Key finance lead for some business projects
Your Story
- Part qualified accountant;
- Advanced knowledge of Excel with experience of manipulating large datasets and modelling skills (pivot tables, filtering , lookups etc);
- Strong attention to detail, yet also showing ability to surface the key material issues;
- Excellent analytical and communication skills (both written and oral);
- Ability to build effective relationships with financial or non-financial and internal or external stakeholders, e.g. sales, finance, operations, marketing whilst maintaining a customer obsessed mindset;
- Proven self-starter with experience of being able to work independently, juggling and prioritising across workloads and consistently meeting deadlines;
- Prior experience in implementation of financial controls and/or process improvements in financial operations;
- SAP experience preferable but not essential;
The Perks
- We trust you, so we offer flexible working hours, as long it suits both you and your team;
- Hybrid working;
- Health and Life Insurance;
- Pension Scheme;
- 25 days of Annual leave (+ Bank holidays);
- Frequent team events & activities in the office and outside;
- Competitive salary and enrolment in the Universal SaltPay Stock Option Plan (USSOP) from your first day. The USSOP gives all employees the chance to be fellow company owners;
- Office snacks every day;
- Friendly, comfortable and informal office environment;
SaltPay is a place for people who can challenge the status quo. People who believe they can make a difference in the world by participating in a business model designed to create a more balanced and fair market. More than experience, we believe in potential and that a human's learning ability is limitless. As long as you have the right mindset, can live by our values and that you genuinely want to learn and develop your skills and knowledge, then we have the career challenge you've been looking for right here. We pledge to put our people first, and above everything else, to create a challenging opportunity that will foster personal growth.
We're citizens of the world - SaltPay is an open and safe space for everyone, regardless of their story.
Please note that all supporting documents such as CV's must be in English.
