Group Finance Assistant - L2
Curve
Group Finance Assistant - L2
- Finance
- London
- L2 (Junior)
- Permanent
Description
Curve was founded with a rebellious spirit, and a lofty vision; to truly simplify your finances, so you can focus on what matters most in life.
That’s why Curve puts your finances simply at your fingertips, so you can make smart choices on how to spend, send, see and save your money. We help you control your financial life, so you can go out and live the life you want to live.
With Curve you can spend from all your accounts, track spend behaviour and provide insights, and security to protect you from fraud. For the first time giving you bright insights and control of all your money in one beautiful place.
We’re developing a ground-breaking product with our customers at the core. Our user base is growing rapidly and we have exceptional metrics. We have funding from the leading names in tech investment, and a visionary leadership team who wants everyone who joins this remarkable adventure, to have the autonomy to masterfully develop their expertise.
Welcome to Curve. On a mission to help you live inspired.
💡 Role Purpose:
We are seeking a hands-on and ambitious Group Finance Assistant to join our fast-growing finance team in London. This role is centred on Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable, forming a critical part of the day-to-day finance operations, while also offering exposure to month-end close, treasury activities, and scheme reconciliations.
This is an excellent opportunity for someone early in their finance career who is looking to build a strong operational foundation within a high-growth fintech environment. You will work closely with colleagues across Finance and Treasury, supporting the smooth running of core finance processes and gaining valuable insight into how a scaled, multi-entity fintech operates.
As Curve continues to grow, the role offers progression opportunities for the right individual, with scope to develop beyond transactional finance into broader areas such as controllership, reporting, and operational finance. Development and support will be provided, but progression will be driven by the individual’s capability, curiosity, and ambition.
🔑 What you’ll be doing:
Accounts Payable & Receivable
- Own the day-to-day processing of Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable, ensuring accurate, timely, and well-controlled execution
- Manage supplier onboarding, invoice processing, and regular payment runs
- Act as the first point of contact for supplier and internal queries, resolving issues efficiently and professionally
- Raise and process sales invoices, allocate receipts, and respond to customer queries
- Maintain accurate AP and AR ledgers, ensuring balances are complete, reconciled, and supported
- Apply a sound working knowledge of VAT (standard‑rated, zero‑rated, reverse charge and exempt) to ensure correct invoice coding and compliance
- Identify and support improvements to AP and AR processes, controls, and documentation
Treasury, Bank & Scheme Reconciliation Support
- Prepare and process payments in the banking system, ensuring correct approvals and supporting documentation
- Support daily cash settlement activities in collaboration with the Treasury function
- Assist with scheme and settlement reconciliations, working with Treasury to ensure transaction flows, funding movements, and balances are accurately reconciled and investigated
- Support daily and month-end bank reconciliations, including multi-currency and multi-entity accounts, under Treasury oversight
- Post daily bank and scheme-related transactions, maintaining accurate and up-to-date records
- Provide support to short-term cash flow forecasting and treasury reporting activities
Month-End Close & Ledger Support
- Prepare and post journals, including accruals, prepayments, and other routine general ledger entries
- Assist with monthly balance sheet reconciliations, including AP, AR, cash, and scheme-related balances
- Ensure all supporting documentation is complete, accurate, and audit-ready
Audit, Reporting & Compliance Support
- Support year-end audit preparation, including working papers and responses to audit queries
- Assist with statutory and regulatory reporting deliverables under supervision
- Liaise with internal stakeholders and external advisors to support reporting and compliance requirements
Continuous Improvement & Team Collaboration
- Support enhancements to finance systems, processes, and internal controls
- Work closely with the wider finance and treasury teams to streamline workflows and improve efficiency
- Collaborate cross-functionally to ensure accurate financial data capture and timely issue resolution
🧠 What you’ll bring:
- 1–2 years’ experience in an operational finance role, with a strong focus on Accounts Payable and/or Accounts Receivable
- Practical experience processing invoices, payments, and reconciliations in a high-volume environment
- Strong working knowledge of Excel or Google Sheets and accounting systems; experience with NetSuite is advantageous (Curve’s core finance platform)
- Solid understanding of double-entry bookkeeping and basic accounting principles
- Experience working in multi-entity and/or multi-currency environments is beneficial
- High level of accuracy and attention to detail, particularly when working with transactional data
- Clear and confident communicator, comfortable liaising with internal teams and external suppliers or customers
- Actively studying, or planning to study, AAT, ACCA, or CIMA
- High level of integrity and professionalism and a dedication to solving problems in a timely manner
- Strong problem-solving skills and a proactive approach to challenges
- Team player
- A highly structured and organised person who is able to take the initiative on topics arising in the Finance function
🎯 What success looks like here:
- Demonstrated Experience in Finance Operations: A part-qualified accountant (ACCA, AAT, or CIMA or equivalent). With minimum 1-2 years of experience in financial accounting, with some experience gained in industry.
- Accounting proficiency: Experience with accruals/prepayments, fixed assets and depreciation, with an awareness of corporate tax laws and regulations, including VAT/GST. With a strong, foundational understanding of double-entry bookkeeping with the ability to post journals accurately.
- Financial Systems Literacy (NetSuite or Similar): Competent use of finance ERP systems (ideally NetSuite) and intermediate to advanced Excel skills (pivot tables, lookups).
- Bank Reconciliations and Cash Management: Ability to manage daily and month-end bank reconciliations and support treasury cash settlement processes and accounts payable and accounts receivable.
🎈 Benefits:
- Study support available at £2,500, annually
- 25 days plus bank holidays
- Bonus days off for Learning & Development, Mental Wellbeing, Birthday, Moving House & Christmas
- Working abroad policy (up to 60 calendar days per year)
- Bupa Health Insurance (YuLife)
- Life insurance powered by AIG (5x Annual Salary)
- Pension Scheme powered by “People’s Pension”
- EAP (Mental health & wellbeing support, Life coach, Career coach)
- 24/7 GP access (Smart Health via YuLife)
- Annual subscriptions to Meditopia & FIIT for your mind and body (via YuLife)
- Discounted shopping vouchers (via YuLife)
- Enhanced parental leave
- Ride to work scheme & Season ticket loan
- Six nights of Night Nanny for new parents
- Free Curve subscription for you and your +1
📝 A note from us:
- We know that great candidates don’t always tick every single box. If this role excites you and you think you’d be a great fit, we want to hear from you.
- We design our hiring process to be fair, inclusive, and practical. If you ever need adjustments or feel there’s a way we can improve - we’re all ears.
Requirements
- This role will be required to attend our London (Paddington) office, 3 days per week (minimum)
- The successful candidate will require full working rights in the United Kingdom without the need for visa sponsorship