Financial Accounting Manager

Overview

This role focuses on owning UK financial close activities, ensuring accuracy in UK reporting, and partnering with the UK commercial team to keep financial performance on track. You’ll also lead a project to build a retail customer onboarding playbook and contribute to senior Financial Operations leadership across multiple operating regions.

Responsibilities

• Own the monthly close for the UK balance sheet, end-to-end.
• Manage and understand UK transaction flows and revenue channels.
• Partner with the UK commercial team to resolve questions related to revenue channels.
• Review and sign off the UK balance sheet reconciliation ahead of month-end close, flagging items that appear incorrect or require attention.
• Lead a project to build a playbook for onboarding major new retail customers, defining the requirements and “non-negotiables” needed before trading begins.
• Collaborate with Financial Accounting Manager peers in Australia and the US/Canada to compare notes on what’s working and what’s not.
• Provide direct reports with clear ownership and accountability for deliverables.
• Work within the senior Financial Operations leadership team across regions, alongside AR/AP leadership.

Requirements

• Ownership of the month-end close from start to finish, including understanding what “done well” looks like for a balance sheet and P&L.
• Ability to identify off-budget or off-expectation items before questions arise.
• Strong communication skills to translate financial results for non-finance commercial stakeholders.
• Comfort having direct, constructive conversations when processes need improvement or feedback is required.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, including close timelines and concurrent projects, while escalating the right risks at the right time.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience contributing to process improvements and playbooks for customer onboarding or commercial operations.
• Familiarity with using reporting tools and AI-assisted workflows (e.g., Claude or Gemini) to help speed up reporting tasks.

Compensation & Benefits

• Competitive, market-informed salary.
• Meaningful support towards healthcare for team members around the world.
• Generous paid leave.
• Tailored learning and development opportunities.
• Free toilet paper.

Location

• UK-focused responsibilities, working as part of a global team with hubs in Australia, the Philippines, China, the US, and the UK/Europe.