Financial Controller

Simprints; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 65,000

Job description

About Us

Simprints is a nonprofit tech company with a mission to increase transparency and effectiveness in global development radically. We build ethical, inclusive digital ID powered by biometrics to verify that health, aid, and services truly reach people. Simprints partners with organisations like Gavi to boost immunisation rates in developing countries, Ministries of Health like Ghana on pandemic response, and NGOs like BRAC to deliver maternal healthcare. Studies have shown Simprints increases impact through real-time, precision data, for example increasing maternal health visits by 38% in Bangladesh or accurate HIV tracing by 62% in Malawi. Today we've worked in over 17 countries helping deliver health, aid, and finance to >3M people. Our goal is to transform the way the world fights poverty, ensuring that every vaccine, every dollar, and every public good reaches the people who need them most.

About The Role

This role ensures the delivery of accurate, timely, and insightful financial information to key stakeholders, including project managers and the board of directors, to support data-driven decisions and drive financial performance. As part of a small, agile team, they are hands-on in managing day-to-day operations and bookkeeping tasks, handling the details until transaction volumes justify additional team members. This role offers a unique opportunity to work in an impactful organisation with a strong social mission, contributing directly to Simprints' continued growth and success.

Job Details

• Job Title: Financial Controller
• Reporting To: Director of Finance
• Salary: Grade 7 - £60,000-£65,000
• Location: UK - Remote

Department Overview

Primary Function: The Finance team at Simprints manages the company's financial health, ensuring resources are allocated effectively to support the organisation's mission. They provide strategic financial planning, budget management, and ensure compliance with financial regulations.

Key Goals:

• Ensure effective financial planning and budget management to support organizational growth
• Maintain compliance with financial regulations and reporting standards
• Optimize resource allocation to maximize impact and operational efficiency

Requirements

Key Responsibilities:

• Accounting Operations
• Managing and performing the day-to-day accounting operations including billing, accounts receivable, accounts payable, reconciliations, general ledger, cost accounting, and revenue recognition
• Overseeing month end close and ensuring all transactions are recorded, filed, and reported properly
• Preparing and publishing all monthly financial statements and accompanying reports
• Processing payroll and associated processes
• Manage day to day relationship with bank
• Policy Development and Process Improvement
• Documenting business processes and accounting policies to maintain internal controls
• Leading consistent improvement of operational processes and accounting systems to streamline the overall work and to automate processes where possible
• Leading and/or assisting in special projects
• Reporting
• Developing annual company and project budgets with key stakeholders and overseeing variance analysis
• Reforecasting of expected performance, financial modelling, and scenario analysis
• Assisting project managers in preparation of financial reports to funders
• Producing insightful management information and key performance indicator analysis
• Performing ad-hoc analyses
• Tax, Audit, and Compliance
• Overseeing the company's annual audit process and liaising with external personnel where required
• Ensuring compliance with funder requirements
• Overseeing project audits where required
• Preparation of annual statutory accounts, managing annual tax filing, and R&D tax credit work
• Filing and payment of VAT and payroll tax related item

Skills:

• Utilise Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA) experience
• Strong analytical skills and problem solving
• A service-oriented mindset
• Communicate effectively across many levels, building strong interpersonal relationships with engineers, designers, operational managers, and external stakeholders
• Project accounting experience

Values:

• Find a Way
• Confront the Grey
• Remember Why We're Here

Benefits

5 Reasons to Join Simprints

Life is short. We believe work should be inspirational, meaningful and fun. At Simprints, we're taking on global development's biggest challenges, powered by an amazing culture and incredible people. Work with us, and you will grow faster, learn more, and take on great responsibilities with the potential to make lasting change.

• Genuine Impact. Work directly with our partners and users to deliver technology that has the potential to impact millions of lives across the globe. At Simprints, you'll be part of a team that is passionate about driving real change
• An incredible, diverse team. Our work is at the intersection of technology and global development, and we've managed to build an amazing team drawn from all over the world. But don't take our word for it—we're an externally recognized Great Place to Work, part of the Flexa Top 100 Most Flexible Companies and a 2022 Best Workplace for Women
• Mutual Flex. We champion a work culture where autonomy and trust are paramount, steering clear of mere face-time metrics. Whether it's managing life's essentials like healthcare appointments or adapting work hours to match your peak productivity times, we've got you covered. In return, we count on your reciprocal flexibility when mission-critical moments arise, like stepping up for a crucial client discussion on a Friday or tackling unexpected technical glitches beyond regular hours
• Ultimate work-life balance.
• We offer a 4-day workweek, meaning everybody has the option to have Fridays off
• We also offer unlimited annual leave, which allows you to prioritize your well-being

As long as you're driving results and fostering teamwork, we encourage you to strike that perfect balance between your professional and personal life. Our commitment to this model's success is solidified through semi-annual productivity assessments with our board, ensuring that our high standards of performance are consistently met.

• Professional development. We promote continual learning and put our money where our mouth is with development plans and access to global experts through the GLG network

We also have a generous professional development budget for each colleague - "Eduprints". Is there some training you'd like, or maybe you could benefit from professional coaching? Simply provide a business case that shares your aspirations and the resources you need, and we'll do our best to support you.

We care about both your development in Simprints and your holistic long-term career goals. Simprints Alumni have gone on to work for Google, USAID, Gavi the vaccine alliance, Save the Children, and other top players.

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Finance
• Industries
• IT Services and IT Consulting