Financial Controller Jobs in London (No ghost jobs, direct from employers)

At Liberis, our mission is to empower small and medium-sized businesses by removing finance as a friction to growth, delivering contextual, embedded financial solutions to support merchants at every stage of their business lifecycle.

Who are we

The finance team is at the heart of Liberis operations. Our mission is to support the future growth of the company by:

• Providing insightful financial information to management and investors
• Developing a scalable finance platform capable of ensuring proper oversight and compliance

We are currently a team of sixteen based in London and Mumbai with responsibility for partnering with our Global operational teams. You'll join a dynamic, fast paced innovative team, made up of enthusiastic and experienced finance professionals. You'll help us drive business performance by continually challenging our ways of working, developing a best-in-class financial process while ensuring compliance with all global reporting and tax requirements.

Who are you?

You are a qualified accountant who is keen to work in a rapidly evolving business - providing business insight and ensuring our standards and compliance are best-in-class. You'll thrive on process innovation and challenging the status quo to achieve great results.

Responsibilities

• Preparation of the monthly consolidated management accounts, supporting analysis and reporting for the Board and external investors;
• Various analysis of group, subsidiary and branch balances on a monthly basis ensuring robust controls around reporting and reconciliation.
• Ownership of group balance sheet reconciliations, including intercompany balances
• Management of the SAP system to meet the developing needs of the business, maintaining the chart of accounts and other masterdata and managing internal controls;
• Assist with company's auditors during the interim and yearend review to confirm the transactions and balances reported in the financial statements;
• Relentlessly drive process improvement within the function, looking to automate processes where possible, simplify operating processes and enhance the robustness of information.
• Support the Group Financial Controller on ad-hoc strategic projects (including M&A integration) as required to continue to drive process optimisation in London/India and globally.

We think you'll need

• A qualified Accountant (ACCA, ACA or equivalent) with 2 -5 years' experience post qualification - we are open to backgrounds both in industry or practice!
• Strong technical knowledge of IFRS and UK GAAP and local tax compliance requirements
• Experience preparing group consolidations, including intercompany eliminations and foreign currency translation.
• Outstanding spreadsheet skills and knowledge of financial reporting systems (preferably SAP or Microsoft Dynamics)
• Experience with AI including ChatGPT and Claude
• A track record of process improvement and innovation
• Demonstrates ambition and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment.
• You will thrive if you are a self-motivated, fast-paced, action oriented, "roll your sleeves up and get-things-done" sort of person who wants to work in a medium size  team where everyone makes a difference.
• Comfort operating through periods of M&A integration and organisational change; prior exposure to group restructuring or post-merger tax integration is a plus

How you work

• Roll your sleeves up. You are happy to do the detailed work yourself, from drafting the policy paper to checking the reconciliation.
• Self-directed. You can take a loosely defined problem, work out a plan and deliver it with minimal supervision, and you know when to raise a flag.
• Project minded. You manage your own timelines and keep stakeholders informed without being chased
• Clear communicator. You'll be translating complex accounting topics to non-accounting audiences.
• Collaborative. You build good working relationships with colleagues in both businesses.

Our hybrid approach

Working together in person helps us move faster, collaborate better, and build a great Liberis culture. This role requires at least three days per week in the office, with flexibility around which days depending on team and business needs. Our ways of working may evolve over time, including office attendance expectations. At Liberis, we embrace flexibility as a core part of our culture, while also valuing the importance of the time our teams spend together in the office.

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