Financial Accountant London, England
Job description
About Railsr
Railsr is the world’s leading embedded finance experience platform that enables any business to prototype, build and scale financial products. Our vision is to make finance an amazing experience, everywhere in the world, with any brand. With hundreds of clients in the UK & Europe and end-users in the multi millions, Railsr has the most globally-enabled, digitally-native product in the FinTech platform space.
Following a successful acquisition led by D Squared Capital, Railsr is committed to developing its product capabilities and expand its customer base. It’s an exciting time and the potential for any brand to use Railsr to power and deliver their customers’ financial experiences is enormous.
The Opportunity
We are a dynamic and growing business looking for a hands-on newly qualified Financial Accountant, experience in a Fintech environment is desirable. You will play an integral role in the finance function, participating in the month end close, preparing financial statements, adhering to internal controls, automating processes and liaising directly with senior internal and external stakeholders.
The right candidate for this role will be comfortable working in fast-paced environments, where priorities are constantly changing, and processes will need to be built and enhanced alongside your BAU activity.
This position is based in our London office (hybrid working) and will report directly to the Financial Controller.
Your Responsibilities:
- Responsible for the UK entities trial balance.
- Participating in the month end close process, including preparation of journals, general ledger postings, bank and intercompany reconciliations and ensuring timely closing of the books and integrity of the results.
- Preparing analysis on movements in key general ledger accounts.
- Operating a high control environment, preparing monthly balance sheet reconciliations and resolving any differences.
- Production of annual consolidated and stand-alone financial statements in accordance with FRS102.
- Liaising with external auditors and preparation of audit support schedules and working papers.
- Completing VAT returns, other tax compliance matters and any Regulatory Reporting requirements.
- Working closely with the FP&A function to support the delivery of the Group management reporting and budgets.
- Identifying and executing on continual process improvements ensuring systems and processes are operating as designed.
- Assisting with ad hoc projects as may be required.
Your Profile
Skills & Experience
- You will need excellent communication skills (across all media) and possess the ability to ‘get things done’ in a flexible dynamic organisation.
- Newly qualified accountant.
- Strong technical knowledge.
- Demonstrable experience in a similar role.
- Good time management, ability to calm under pressure, ability to respond in a timely manner and keep all stakeholders appropriately informed of progress.
- Ability to show initiative and think outside the box.
- Good and confident communicator and able to deal with people at all levels in an organisation.
What we can offer you:
- Purpose - Help make amazing embedded finance experiences accessible to everyone and transform global financial services.
- Career - Build your career in an innovative, adventurous and inclusive environment where everyone has the opportunity to make a difference and develop their skills.
- Reward - Competitive remuneration package with generous benefits and the potential to be rewarded with equity.
- People - Work with talented, passionate and supportive people from all over the world in a flexible, hybrid environment with trust and mutual respect at its heart.
Our Values
The environment at Railsr is fast-paced, exciting, and dynamic, underpinned by a clear set of values that drive a healthy and successful culture.
- Ambition - for our company, colleagues and ourselves and the freedom and expectation to own it.
- Trust - which we give freely and expect in return.
- Curiosity - with our minds open to fresh thinking in the constant pursuit of improvement.
- Customer Obsession - ensuring that everything we do is with the customer in mind, we succeed when they succeed.
If you are eager to join a fast-paced, collaborative and inclusive company and contribute to shaping its future, this is the role for you to make a difference.
Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging
Our global team is amazing, with over 400 colleagues spread across multiple countries and more than 30 languages spoken, – they bring great ideas, drive new plans and help make Railsr a fantastic place to work, We’re proud of how well our diverse mix of people collaborate and are fully committed to continuing to make diversity, equity and inclusion part of everything we do. Railsr is an equal opportunities employer and we actively encourage all applications, particularly those from under-represented groups.
Please let us know if there is any support we can provide to ensure Railsr’s recruitment process is fully accessible to you. You can contact us on [email protected] to discuss specific requirements.
