Group Financial Controller
Job description
Group Financial Controller at Lendable responsible for owning the controllership function across the group, including monthly close, reconciliation controls, accounts payable and payroll across multiple entities and GAAP frameworks. The role focuses on process, automation and control as the finance operation scales across the UK, US and Mexico.
At a glance
- Employment
- Full-time · Employee (employment agreement)
- Work mode
- Hybrid · 3 days/week in office · London, United Kingdom
What you'll do
- Own the group month-end close end to end, including the close timetable and the discipline that keeps it on track across all entities
- Maintain books and ledgers across multiple GAAP frameworks (IFRS, UK GAAP, US GAAP) for a multi-entity group
- Own the reconciliation control framework: design, integrity and evidencing of reconciliations across the balance sheet
- Lead accounts payable and payroll at volume, holding the standard on accuracy, timeliness and control
- Design and embed financial controls across the finance operation, working with the Internal Control Manager on control narratives, RACMs and audit readiness
- Drive automation and efficiency: identify where manual effort scales badly and replace it with systemised, repeatable process
- Build, lead and develop the controllership team, setting the standard for how the function operates
- Partner with Technical Accounting, Tax, Treasury and FP&A, and act as a key point of contact for external auditors
What we're looking for
- Qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA) with a minimum of 10 years PQE
- At least 3 years in a controllership leadership role
- Proven experience maintaining books and ledgers across multiple GAAP frameworks (IFRS, UK GAAP, US GAAP)
- Track record owning management accounts close, reconciliation control frameworks, AP and payroll at volume in a regulated or high-transaction lending business
- Demonstrable focus on process, automation, control design and close timetable discipline, with evidence of driving efficiency at scale
- Comfortable operating in a multi-entity, multi-currency group structure
Nice to have
- ECL/IFRS 9 or CECL exposure
Your team
Controllership / Finance
The team responsible for the integrity of the books: the monthly close, the reconciliation control framework, accounts payable and payroll, across multiple entities and multiple GAAP frameworks.
How to get hired
- 1Screening stage: an initial phone interview with the Talent / hiring team and a 15 minute online cognitive assessment
- 2Remote Hiring Manager Interview 30 minutes
- 3Onsite interviews with the Finance Leadership team: 90 minutes
- 4Remote Final Stage interview with the CFO /CCO: 30 minutes
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About Lendable
Building the world's best technology to help people get credit and save money
Lendable is a fintech company that has rebuilt the Big Three consumer finance products from scratch: loans, credit cards and car finance. It is one of the UK's most exciting unicorns with a team of over 800 people, profitable since 2017, and backed by top investors including Balderton Capital and Goldman Sachs.
Mission
Build the world's best technology to help people get credit and save money
Key facts
- over 800 people
- Fintech
- One of the UK's most exciting unicorns with a team of over 800 people
- Among the fastest-growing tech companies in the UK
- Profitable since 2017
- Loved by customers with the best reviews in the market (4.9 across 10,000s of reviews on Trustpilot)
- Rebuilt the Big Three consumer finance products from scratch: loans, credit cards and car finance
- Going after the two biggest Western markets (UK and US)
Partners & customers
What they value
- Take ownership
- Work in small teams of exceptional people
- Build the best technology in-house