Financial Controller

Financial Controller being hired for fast growth FinTech business in London!

£80,000 - £100,000 + Bonus + Benefits + 3 days in the office

Stanton House are proud to be supporting one the world's leading FinTech companies in the city, which is transforming the way businesses handle digital payments with a cutting-edge payment processing platform, to source a Financial Controller for their New Products division. You will have the opportunity to join a brand new team and play an instrumental part in driving success within the Finance function, as this conglomerate continues on its exciting growth journey.

How you'll make an impact

• Build and deepen relationships with the various Product, Engineering and Financeteams to be a key contributor to the day-to-day product and market expansionprocesses.
• Effectively partner and challenge broader product and commercial teams to ensure anyNew Product offering is developed and optimised to meet Finance data, systemintegration, financial accounting/reporting, audit and control requirements.
• Identify existing gaps/problems that need solving and influencing broader Finance andProduct teams to remove any roadblocks for future product implementations.
• Manage New Product discovery and contract review processes to understand the Financeimpacts of new initiatives.
• Support and review testing procedures to assess completeness and accuracy of dataflows through systems and ensure appropriate accounting entries are recorded.
• Document accounting considerations of New Product initiatives and collate and evidencesign-offs from key stakeholders e.g. i.e. Product Control, Pricing and Billing and Cost ofSales teams.
• Help manage the Finance plan to deliver New Products and provide clarity to keystakeholders on the status of product implementations.

What we're looking for

• Professional finance qualification, ACA or equivalent, preferably Big4 trained
• Experience of working in Payments or FinTech sector would be desirable
• You will possess strong knowledge of IFRS/GAAP and general accounting principles.
• Proven track record partnering with multiple stakeholders, employing varyingengagement and communication styles.
• You have deep knowledge of end-to-end transaction flows and finance processes,preferably within an audit environment, to identify risks and ensure best practice controlsare in place.
• Expert knowledge of MS Excel and the ability to analyse and reconcile high volume data.
• You will have direct line management experience ensuring team deliverables are metand simultaneously developing skill sets of direct reports.
• You are not afraid to roll up your sleeves and take responsibility to do whatever needs doing to solve problems.
• You take a proactive approach in resolving complex issues.

Due to high volumes of applications, we will not be able to respond to respond to every unsuccessful applicant with feedback.