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Accredible
Full Time
Remote
10.56 - 12.04 GBP Today
Job description
Description
We seek an experienced Financial Controller in the U.K. to lead the finance organization for our quickly growing organization. The primary responsibility of the Controller is to oversee the company’s global financial accounting, U.S. and U.K. corporate reporting requirements and annual financial audit, whilst providing organisational and technical leadership for all financial operations based in the UK. If you are a self-starter, are performance-driven and value an exceptional work culture, this may be the role for you.
Key Responsibilities
First Year Outcomes:
By the end of your first year in this role, you will have:
- Established an enhanced internal control framework and documented our processes accordingly.
- Implemented an efficient and timely month- and quarter-end closing and financial reporting process to produce a comprehensive internal management reporting and analysis package, board and investor reports, and departmental budget variance reports.
- Optimized cash flow through a proactive A/R credit control/collections process, timely invoicing processes, and effective coordination with the Customer Success team on customer communications,
- Provided oversight and back-up for UK payroll, commission processing and billing operations conducted by the UK finance team.
- Implemented an effective and accurate departmental and company budgeting process, to produce financial plans aligned with key company and departmental strategic priorities.
- Established safeguards to ensure that all balance sheet accounts are reconciled monthly within 10 days of the calendar month-end.
- Identified key financial and operational metrics and are leveraging our accounting system to report and monitor performance trends and compare actual metrics against established benchmarks.
- Assumed the lead role on our annual financial audit and assumed responsibility as the primary liaison with our finance partners and vendors, including banking partners and SaaS technology providers.
Key Responsibilities
This role is responsible for:
- Supporting the CFO/COO in identifying opportunities to improve the operational and financial performance of the company’s global businesses operations.
- Compliance with all statutory and regulatory filing and reporting requirements in the UK.
- Successful completion of the annual financial audit in accordance with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.
- The accurate and timely fulfillment of ongoing monthly, quarterly and annual internal and external financial reporting requirements and deadlines.
- Supporting GTM teams with approvals of contract financial terms and pricing/contract analyses as needed.
- Providing technical support and expertise to the department to ensure suitable accounting policies and controls are embedded into routine processes.
- Ensuring adequate systems and controls are in place and operating effectively to satisfy financial reporting and audit requirements.
- Collaborating with COO and Executive Team on monthly re-forecasts of cash flow and EBITDA.
- Supporting each of our Strategic Leadership Team members and other department heads with planning tools, financial analysis, and budget and variance reports for their respective department, so that leaders fully understand their financial management responsibilities and results.
- Negotiating with suppliers on contract pricing and payment terms.
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
Must-haves:
- Expert-level knowledge of accounting principles, financial system ecosystems and data flows, and UK statutory and regulatory compliance requirements.
- Working knowledge of U.S. GAAP and financial reporting standards.
- Exceptional organization skills to juggle multiple projects, communication streams and data flows simultaneously.
- Leadership skills to maximize the effectiveness of the finance function while continually developing the competencies of direct and indirect reports within the department.
- Analytical skills for processing information quickly and effectively, identifying and tracking relevant business and financial performance metrics, and anticipating the financial impact of business decisions.
- Effective communication skills to clearly and confidently articulate requests for information and actions required of non-finance team members throughout the organization having varying degrees of financial acumen.
- Impeccable discretion in keeping all sensitive information confidential.
- Ability to prioritize effectively and follow-up with others accordingly so that the most important projects are not dropped or delayed unnecessarily.
- Business acumen to understand discussions regarding company strategy and interdependencies between functional areas.
- Experience in a SaaS environment (at least three years), with at least 3 years of management experience and 10 years of overall finance/accounting experience.
- Advanced Excel skills.
Preferred:
- Working knowledge of SageIntacct and/or Salesforce.
Cultural:
- Results Oriented. Know what you’re trying to achieve, and measure progress.
- Proactive. Say “I intend to…” instead of waiting for permission.
- Dependable. Commit responsibly, follow through, and be intentional and open in delegating or dropping tasks where necessary.
- Prioritizer. Able to make high-leverage impacts on key areas.
- Bias to Action. Find ways forward and iterate with small steps to move quickly.
- Humble in feedback and debate. Be more like scientists, and welcome data driven debates that deliver the best possible outcome.
- Supportive. Understands that we win or lose as a team, and supports those around you.
- Humbitious. Be highly-driven with a low ego.
- Builder. Looks for opportunities to improve processes, people, teams, and everything else.
- Great Communicator. Be succinct, create space for others to speak, and strive to benefit the atmosphere in a room.
Benefits
Competitive salary.- 35 days annual vacation.
- Pre-IPO equity shares.
- Generous sick time and compassionate leave to support our team members’ health needs, and physical and mental well-being.
- Maternity/paternity leave.
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
- Paid long term disability (LTD) and life insurance.
- Flexible hours & remote work; while we fully support digital nomads, you must be able to align with your team’s predominant time zones.
- A high-energy, collaborative, and supportive high-growth organization backed by top venture capital and growth equity investors.
- Two hours per week (paid) to spend learning anything you like, even if it is not related to your role, plus a budget to spend on learning materials (courses, books, conferences). We love education and we believe in nurturing your growth!
- A promise to invest in your growth personally and professionally. Wherever you would like to go and whatever you would like to do, we will be there to support you.
- Many additional perks!
About Us:
Accredible is the industry-leading digital credentialing platform that securely issues, manages, tracks, and verifies millions of high-stakes credentials across the globe. Accredible integrates with leading learning software including Canvas, D2L Brightspace, Kajabi, Kryterion Webassessor, Moodle, Thinkific, and more. Over 2,000 leading universities, associations, and technology companies such as Google, Skillsoft, Slack, the Association of Corporate Treasurers, Chartered Banker Institute, University of Cambridge, AMPP, Hootsuite, IEEE, Cengage, MIT, Rutgers, INSEAD, IAPP, UC Berkeley, AMBA, and The Digital Marketing Institute rely on Accredible to create, deliver and manage digital certificates and open badges. Learn more at accredible.com
As a post-Series B company, the company has grown to over 100 team members across the globe. We were #134 in the 2022 Deloitte Fast 500 Technology list and seek to continue our rapid growth. We also were named as a 2023 Best Workplaces We are looking for exceptional people who will help us expand our extraordinary culture with career experiences represented by our exceptional Glassdoor rating and reviews!
Open and Inclusive. We welcome people of any gender identity or expression, race, skin color, ethnicity, age, size, nationality, sexual orientation, ability level, neurotype, religion, elder status, family structure, culture, subculture, political views, education level, identity, and self-identification. We welcome teachers, learners, activists, artists, dreamers, doers, ordinary people, extraordinary people, and everyone in between.
Remote First. Accredible is truly a global team. From Cape Town to Vancouver, London to San Francisco, our employees live and work in the places that they thrive, wherever they thrive.
Growing Strong. We are growing and will continue to expand rapidly. We seek to increase momentum and build a professional, scalable, and efficient team whilst maintaining our friendly, inclusive, and collaborative culture.
We Love What We Do. Our co-founders' passion for Accredible's purpose has permeated throughout our organization... and it shows in our culture, our product, and our customer service.
About Accredible
Accredible is the industry-leading digital credentialing platform. Securely issue, manage, track, and verify your credentials faster and more easily for a fraction of the cost.
Accredible issues digital certificates on behalf of MIT, Cambridge University, Google, Kaplan University, The Digital Marketing Institute, AFCPE, AIPMM, and over 1,750 other organizations across the world.
Accredible issues digital certificates on behalf of MIT, Cambridge University, Google, Kaplan University, The Digital Marketing Institute, AFCPE, AIPMM, and over 1,750 other organizations across the world.
