Senior Accountant (maternity cover)
Monese
Senior Accountant (maternity cover)
At Monese, we are breaking down boundaries every day to help you build a better future.
As the digital alternative to banks, we are empowering people all over the world through our award-winning financial products – We have helped millions of customers revolutionise the way they live their lives in a global world.
We are backed by the best of the best, with over $200+m funding to date from market experts such as HSBC, Kinnevik, Investec and PayPal.
We want people with passion and dedication to help us go the distance and support our ambition to change lives.
Summary of Role:
Monese is looking for a Senior Accountant to join our fun and supportive Finance team. You should be someone who loves to learn and who would find the prospect of frequently being challenged exciting. As Senior Accountant, you will report to the Financial Controller and support the team in our management accounting, payroll, tax and statutory reporting activities, for our group entities located in UK, Estonia, Belgium and Ireland.
What you’ll be doing:
- Calculation and posting of UK entity management accounts journals; including payroll, accruals, prepayments, treasury, depreciation and other regular cut-off and analysis adjustments
- Preparation of UK VAT returns for review by Financial Controller and onward submission to tax authorities
- Preparation of UK entity balance sheet reconciliations and supporting schedules
- Monthly management accounts review. You will make sure our accounts are up-to-date and properly backed up with underlying documents and reconciliations
- Process Month-End intercompany eliminations
- Compliance with all local regulatory, VAT/tax and statistics reporting.
- Conducting regular financial reviews and reconciliations, ensuring accuracy and completeness
- Review and facilitation of the payroll process.
- Annual local statutory accounts preparation and audit liaison.
- Support the A/P, A/R and payroll functions in preparation and review
- Weekly Funding and payment run review
- Producing Group monthly flux analysis
- Supervising junior members of the accounts team and delegating work
- Other duties as required by the business
You will also have the opportunity to:
- Be involved in projects relating to systems, tax planning, group structure, transfer-pricing, and other development and improvement initiatives
- Design new processes and streamline existing ones – change our workflows, automate routine tasks, and help us become more efficient.
- Learn about the accounting and tax relating to foreign entities.
What we are looking for:
- You UK and international accounting experience
- CIMA, ACCA or ACA post fully qualified experience at least 3 years
- You have excellent Excel skills.
- You are confident to communicate to both internal and external stakeholders
What we consider a plus:
- Having worked in a multinational company before.
- Experience working with NetSuite.
- Previous experience in financial services
What benefits we offer:
- Ample opportunity for personal growth at one of the leading tech startups in Europe
- A flat structure with open communication where everyone has a voice
- High degree of autonomy in a motivated and talented international team
- A stack of modern technologies
- Learning and development support scheme
- Hybrid working
- Working abroad
- Private medical insurance
- Enhanced sick days, voluntary day, days off for a wedding and more
- Monese VIP account
- Department
- Finance
- Locations
- United Kingdom
- Remote status
- Hybrid
Available roles
Senior Accountant (maternity cover)
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