Consolidation and Financial Accountant

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About us

At GoCardless we believe bank payments are the best way to pay and get paid. We also believe that bank account data is a powerful tool to make better, faster decisions. We're making it easy to use both for businesses everywhere.

GoCardless is used for domestic and international payments by 85,000+ organisations and counting, processing more than $30 billion across 30 countries. We are headquartered in the UK, with additional offices in Australia, France, Latvia, and the United States.

The role:

Reporting to the Finance manager, the Financial and Regulatory accountant will be a technical accounting expert for the group and play a key role in the preparation of the group's annual consolidated financial statements and regulatory reporting.

Some of the principal activities you will be responsible for include:

1. Regulatory financial reporting for licensed entities, ensuring reporting is compliant with rules prescribed by the FCA, ACPR, and US state authorities.
2. Manage the migration of regulatory reporting tasks for two recently acquired entities, assuming responsibility for the reporting for these entities within a strict timeline.
3. Preparation of the monthly group consolidated accounts of GoCardless Ltd and of the statutory accounts of subsidiaries.
4. Providing support during the Company's external audits and interacting with auditors.
5. Maintain and strengthen internal controls over financial reporting.
6. Research and resolve accounting issues including evaluation and implementation of new accounting pronouncements to ensure IFRS and US GAAP compliance.
7. Working with financial controllers to ensure accuracy and completeness of accounting for key processes and products.
8. Delivering process improvements to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of our accounting, reconciliation, and overall control environment.
9. Preparation of financial reporting for investors.
10. Participation in the cash flow reporting.

What we're looking for:

1. You have experience (5-8 years) in a similar position or a prior audit experience in a Big 4.
2. You are a financial accountant, with demonstrable knowledge of consolidation, statutory reporting, French GAAP, and IFRS standards.
3. A self-starter who can work independently to identify and resolve accounting issues.
4. You will have proven skills in analyzing processes with the delivery of process simplification and improvement through automation/system development.
5. In addition to your technical expertise, you will be an excellent communicator, able to explain complex concepts to non-experts. You will be collaborative in your approach.
6. You have integrity and an analytical approach.

Bonus points for:

1. Experience in a fast-growing scaleup environment.
2. Experience in fintech/payments.
3. Knowledge of regulatory reporting requirements for payment service providers.
4. Knowledge of US GAAP & PCEC accounting.
5. Fluent in French.

(some of) The good stuff:

1. Wellbeing: stay healthy with dedicated support and medical cover.
2. Work away scheme: you can apply to work away from your country of residence for up to 90 days in any 12 month period (in accordance with our work away policy).
3. Adaptive Working: Our hybrid workplace model fosters collaboration and flexibility, with in-office days determined at team level.
4. Equity: all permanently employed GeeCees receive equity so we can share in the success we achieve together.
5. Parental leave: to suit everyone embarking on life's great adventure.
6. Time off: generous holiday allowance, + 3 annual volunteer days, + 4 annual business-wide wellness days ('GC Fridays').

Life at GoCardless:

We're an organisation defined by our values; We start with why before we begin any project, to ensure it's aligned with our mission. We make it happen, working with urgency and taking personal accountability for getting things done. We act with integrity, always. We care deeply about what we do and we know it's essential that we be humble whilst we do it. Our Values form part of the GoCardless DNA, and are used to not only help us nurture and develop our culture, but to deliver impactful work that will help us to achieve our vision.
Diversity & Inclusion:

We're building the bank payment network of the future and our ambition is to move money anywhere, for anything, for anyone. If we're going to achieve this goal, we need to build a team of 'GeeCees' that is as wonderfully diverse as the world we live in - with a multitude of perspectives, experiences & backgrounds.

We've got a long way to go, but here's how we're doing as of July 2024;

45% identify as women

23% identify as Black, Asian, Mixed or Other

10% identify as LGBTQIA+

9% identify as neurodiverse

2% identify as disabled

If you want to learn more, you can read about our Employee Resource Groups and objectives here as well as our latest D&I Report.
Sustainability:

We're committed to reducing our impact on the environment, leaving a more sustainable world for future generations. In 2021 we became co-founders of the Tech Zero coalition, a group of businesses committed to taking climate action as part of the UNFCCC Race to Zero. We aim to reduce our impact and to create positive change on the natural world. Check out our sustainability action plan here.

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