At Paysend, we're on a mission to deliver the World's Simplest Money Transfer.
Paysend is a next-generation integrated global payment ecosystem, enabling consumers and businesses to pay and send money online anywhere, anyhow and in any currency. Paysend is UK-based and has global reach having been created in April 2017 with the clear mission to change how money is moved around the world. Paysend currently supports cross-network operability globally across Mastercard, Visa, China UnionPay and local ACH and payment schemes, providing over 40 payment methods for online SMEs.
Paysend can send money to over 170 countries worldwide and has attracted more than seven million consumers to its platform. As a global end-to-end payment platform, Paysend has a global network of banks and international and local payment systems and has partnerships with the major international card networks Visa, Mastercard and China Union Pay as a principal members and certified processors.
Our success is built on supreme technology, friendly customer service and, of course, the very best talent in the FinTech industry. We're looking for the future gamechangers of FinTech to join us as we positively disrupt the personal and business payments markets and make financial services more accessible and inclusive for individuals and small businesses around the world.
Every day is a new challenge at Paysend, and we approach each project with ambition, innovation and creativity.
We are looking for a strong accounting professional with up-to-date technical knowledge of UK GAAP and IFRS accounting standards as well as experience in designing, setting up and improving financial reporting systems. Payments industry exposure, international tax, and experience leading accounts payable and payroll teams would be an advantage.
This role will report to the Group Finance Controller and work across the CFO team to assist with the daily, weekly and monthly processes linked to accounts payable and payroll functions, review and/or preparation of month and year-end reconciliations, taking responsibility for month end close and annual audit for one or more legal entities, improving ERP capabilities in relation to accounting and reporting, deputising for Group FC during periods of their absence - and performing other ad-hoc tasks assigned by the Group FC, Finance Director or Group CFO.
We have our head office in London. Ideally, you will be located within commutable distance of the London office and are required to be present in the London office at least once a week. We offer hybrid working with around 20-50% of your time to be able to be in a hub location.
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