Senior Financial Accountant

Ebury is a hyper-growth FinTech firm, named in 2021 as one of the top FinTechs to work for by Glassdoor and AltFi. We offer a range of products including FX risk management, trade finance, currency accounts, international payments and API integration.

The Finance team is a strong and growing part of the business. We're looking for an individual who can support and challenge us in our journey to take finance to the next level.

The Senior Financial Accountant will work within the Finance team, supporting the accounting and financial reporting functions to establish a strong financial control framework for Ebury and work on projects for a wider CFO function.

The Finance team is responsible for maintaining proper accounting records both locally and at a Group level, including internal and external IFRS reporting, as well as reporting to the parent company, Santander. The role will incorporate establishing and enhancing control measures and identifying opportunities for Ebury to be more efficient and effective.

**About the role**:
You will be instrumental in delivering an efficient and effective Financial Control framework across our global operations. The Finance team is a commercially focused, business partnering team, where you will work with key business control owners throughout the organisation.

**Responsibilities**:

- Hybrid role, responsible for both some accounting processes as well as financial reporting.
- Responsible for reporting various schedules and annexes to the parent company and ensuring that all information is accurate and has appropriate support
- Identify opportunities for automation of reporting and work with the technology team to build these enhancements
- Offer support for local and group audits, collaborating with colleagues across the global finance team.
- Support the development of a culture of ownership and accountability for identifying and initiating change that will improve processes, controls, and systems
- Proactively engage with all functional areas across Ebury's global operations, and external parties, undertaking an analytical review of processes, ensuring appropriate controls are in place and advising on improvements and efficiencies to provide timely reporting to external parties.

**Requirements**:

- Accountant with at least 3+ years experience
- IFRS experience
- External stakeholder management including liaising with external auditors and regulators
- Ability to prioritise and manage multiple deadlines, work to tight schedules and provide a fast and efficient turnaround of tasks and problem resolutions
- Be an analytical thinker who can focus on detail with a pragmatic outlook, able to lead debate and drive change whilst bearing in mind strategic requirements
- High adaptability - ability to cope with product, system and role and responsibility change in a rapidly growing company
- Have an understanding of financial services. Experience in a FinTech environment is preferred
- Experience with NetSuite preferred

**About Us**

**Ebury is a FinTech success story, positioned among the fastest-growing international companies in its sector.**

Founded in 2009, we are headquartered in London and have more than 1300 staff with a presence in more than 20 countries worldwide. Cultural diversity is part of what makes Ebury a special place to be. From Sao Paulo to Dubai, Bucharest to Toronto, we enjoy sharing team experiences and celebrating success across the Ebury family.

Hard work pays off: in 2019, Ebury received a £350 million investment from Banco Santander and has won internationally recognised awards including Financial Times: 1000 Europe's Fastest-Growing Companies.

None of this would have been possible without our proudest achievement: our great people. Enthusiastic, innovative and collaborative teams, always ready to disrupt and revolutionise the fast-paced FinTech sector.
- We believe in inclusion. We stand against discrimination in all forms and have no tolerance for the intolerance of differences that makes us a modern and successful organisation. At Ebury, you can be whoever you want to be and still feel a sense of belonging no matter your story because we want you and your uniqueness to help write our future._