GoCardless is hiring a

Management Accountant

London, United Kingdom

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Remember, we don’t expect you to meet every requirement. If you’re excited by this role, we encourage you to apply.

 

About us

At GoCardless we believe bank payments are the best way to pay and get paid. We also believe that bank account data is a powerful tool to make better, faster decisions. We’re making it easy to use both- for businesses everywhere.  

GoCardless is used for domestic and international payments by 85,000+ organisations and counting, processing more than $30 billion across 30 countries. We are headquartered in the UK, with additional offices in Australia, France, Latvia and the United States.

The role

We are looking for an experienced management accountant to join the financial control team. 

What excites you

  • Preparing monthly journals such as accruals, prepayments and payroll across all entities. Collaborating with other teams including AP, payroll and management reporting ensuring smooth end to end financial processes.
  • Ownership of key balance sheet accounts, ensuring reconciliations are completed monthly and any variances are resolved on a timely basis
  • Provide P&L variance analysis and commentary for key cost areas
  • Assist the annual audits in preparation and providing requested documents
  • Preparing VAT returns
  • Supporting the Financial Controller / Head of Finance as required

What excites us 

  • ACCA/CIMA/ACA qualified or nearly qualified with several years of industry experience
  • Proven experience in an management accountant role
  • Intermediate excel / google sheet skills
  • Detail-oriented with strong analytical, problem solving and communication skills
  • Strong understanding of basic accounting concepts.
  • Experience with multi-currency balance sheet reconciliations
  • Ability to produce accurate work and consistently deliver to reporting deadlines
  • Knowledge of NetSuite or similar accounting packages
  • Team player but ability to work independently

(some of) The good stuff

  • Wellbeing - stay healthy with dedicated support and medical cover
  • Work away scheme - you can apply to work away from your country of residence for up to 90 days in any 12 month period (in accordance with our work away policy)
  • Adaptive Working - Our hybrid workplace model fosters collaboration and flexibility, with in-office days determined at team level
  • Equity - all permanently employed GeeCees receive equity so we can share in the success we achieve together
  • Parental leave - to suit everyone embarking on life's great adventure
  • Time off - generous holiday allowance, + 3 annual volunteer days, + 4 annual business-wide wellness days (‘GC Fridays’)

Life at GoCardless  

We're an organisation defined by our values; We start with why before we begin any project, to ensure it’s aligned with our mission. We make it happen, working with urgency and taking personal accountability for getting things done. We act with integrity, always. We care deeply about what we do and we know it's essential that we be humble whilst we do it. Our Values form part of the GoCardless DNA, and are used to not only help us nurture and develop our culture, but to deliver impactful work that will help us to achieve our vision.

Diversity & Inclusion

We’re building the bank payment network of the future and our ambition is to move money anywhere, for anything, for anyone. If we’re going to achieve this goal, we need to build a team of ‘GeeCees’ that is as wonderfully diverse as the world we live in - with a multitude of perspectives, experiences & backgrounds.

We’ve got a long way to go, but here’s how we’re doing as of July 2024;

45% identify as women

23% identify as Black, Asian, Mixed or Other

10% identify as LGBTQIA+

9% identify as neurodiverse

2% identify as disabled

If you want to learn more, you can read about our Employee Resource Groups and objectives here as well as our latest D&I Report 

Sustainability 

We’re committed to reducing our impact on the environment, leaving a more sustainable world for future generations. In 2021 we became co-founders of the Tech Zero coalition, a group of businesses committed to taking climate action as part of the UNFCCC Race to Zero. We aim to reduce our impact and to create positive change on the natural world. Check out our sustainability action plan here. 

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