Finance Manager

Reporting into the Finance Director, this role will support the effective running of the finance function and play a key part in ensuring accurate reporting and strong financial controls. The position will work closely with internal stakeholders and external partners, contributing to financial reporting, audit processes, and ongoing improvements to finance systems and processes.

Who we are

Trade Nation is a global CFD and spread betting broker. We help traders make better decisions through clear market insights, transparent pricing and fairer approach to trading.

Since 2014, we’ve grown into a market-leading, low-cost broker with our headquarters in London and offices across Europe, South Africa, Asia-Pacific, and key offshore regions including the Caribbean and Indian Ocean. Our platform is available in 14 languages, making it accessible to traders worldwide.

Built on transparency and trust, and driven by our people, our focus is simple: helping customers trade more effectively. We do that by keeping costs low, cutting unnecessary complexity and using technology to put traders first.

Your team

Our Kuala Lumpur office is a bright, modern space located at the heart of the city. The team here is expanding, making it our second-largest hub, and we’re excited to welcome like-minded individuals to join an exciting, collaborative environment filled with professionals who have a passion for innovation and driving change.

Our commitments to each other

We have each other’s backs

There when we need each other most

We challenge each other

Be more creative, more curious, and more bold

We thrive together

Taking our work to the next level

We form strong bonds

Through team-building and social events

We don’t judge

Instead, we teach and are open to learning

We step up

Taking ownership and supporting one another to do the same

Responsibilities

• Day to day management of relationship with both external auditors and other third-party accounting and finance support.
• Ownership and management of the month-end close process, including the project management of the optimisation of the processes involved.
• Supporting in the production of the month-end reporting pack, ensuring this is completed accurately and timely with relevant KPIs and analysis and performing a final review before submission to the Group Reporting team/Finance Director.
• Responsibility for ensuring all balance sheet accounts are appropriately reconciled and reviewed each month, including completion of payment provider and portal reconciliations.
• Development of timely and accurate in-month reporting, whether daily or weekly, to ensure business performance is  understood and communicated appropriately.
• Management of accounts payable and employee expenses process.
• Preparation of the year-end statutory accounts, working closely with external auditors and ensuring the audit is completed efficiently and to the agreed timescales.
• Supporting the Finance Director/Group Reporting team in planning and managing the annual budget process and subsequent reforecasts as appropriate.
• Supporting the Finance Director/Group Reporting team in building and maintaining relationships within the business, ensuring spend is managed to budget and targets, and the wider business is appropriately supported.
• Oversight of SST reporting and returns (if applicable), supported by  third-party tax and finance advisors.
• Ensuring all tax and regulatory compliance requirements are met, including the review of online returns prior to submission.
• Operational management of monthly payroll process, including review before finalisation, working closely with HR and external payroll provider.
• Day-to-day management of finance systems ensuring they are being optimised.

Requirements

• Ability to influence stakeholders and manage change effectively.
• Proactive in challenging existing processes and eagerness to improve and enhance systems and procedures
• Ability to know when to delegate and when a more hands on approach is required
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to effectively communicate at different levels of the organisation.
• Experience of working in agile, dynamic and fast-paced environment, with a positive approach to change.
• Highly organised and proactive, with strong time management skills, and the ability  to prioritise and delegate effectively.
• ACA/ACCA/Chartered qualified with good technical accounting knowledge
• Excellent Excel skills, with proven modelling experience.
• Experience of managing change and optimising processes

Preferred qualifications

• Audit background
• Experience of using Xero accounting system.
• Experience of working in a group environment with different global entities.