Finance Manager

Fnality International; London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A financial technology firm in London seeks a Finance Manager to lead finance processes and provide strategic insight. The ideal candidate is a qualified accountant with strong experience in IFRS and financial services. The role is primarily remote with occasional office attendance required. Join us to shape the future of finance with innovative solutions.

Qualifications

• Qualified chartered accountant.
• Demonstrable post-qualification experience.
• Strong IFRS experience with US GAAP exposure a big plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead the completion of monthly and quarterly finance processes.
• Assist with audit preparation.
• Provide financial insight that informs operational and strategic decision-making.

Job description

Fnality is building the future of financial market infrastructure – creating regulated, blockchain-based payment systems to power tomorrow’s wholesale banking ecosystem. Backed by leading global banks and operating at the intersection of technology, finance, and regulation, we are powering the future of finance, together. There are no precedents for what we're doing. With you on our side, we'll be setting new ones every day.

Working at Fnality

Be your best:We have a supportive culture that helps to bring the best out of each and every single one of our employees.

Feel free to explore:Bring your new ideas and help us to solve problems together by joining a community of experts.

Be part of something bigger: We will support you by fostering an open, honest culture, that enables flexibility and wellbeing. Feel part of something bigger while being yourself.

Feel empowered:We want you to feel empowered. The nature of our business can help make this a reality. We have theagility, speed and innovation of a start-up, and a flexible working environment that enables this.

Finance Manager

Fnality is looking for a Qualified Accountant to join our dynamic, remote-first team as a Finance Manager, reporting to the CFO. The finance team works across three core disciplines: financial controllership, corporate development, and regulatory finance. This role will work across all three those areas expertise for project delivery whilst taking primary responsibility for business partnership on cost management and revenue, the completion of the monthly finance procedures, and management accounts and reporting. This role will suit a hands-on finance professional with strong commercial acumen and a track record of building and improving on the key operational finance processes in fast-evolving organisations. The role has no direct reports.

You will need to take accountability for:

• Lead the completion of the monthly and quarterly finance processes and procedures including management accounts and ad-hoc board-level reporting, including variance analysis, cash flow commentary, and budget updates
• Assist with audit preparation (interim and year-end).
• Partner with internal teams (e.g. Product, Tech, Legal, Regulatory, Commercial, Finance) to provide financial insight that informs operational and strategic decision-making, including coordinating the annual budget and rolling and quarterly forecasts
• Support the preparation of financial information and reports for investor due diligence and finance support for client onboarding and management
• Provide financial modelling and commercial support for expansion initiatives, such as new currency launches including the development of business cases and business plans
• Provide finance support to vendor management including tracing invoices back to contract, contract deliverables, and business support on vendor negotiations and contracting
• Load payments on to the bank accounts and check for validity and accuracy
• Ensure optimal use of finance tools (e.g. Xero, NetSuite, PayHawk, Confluence, Ledgy, SharePoint, etc).

Required competencies:

• Highly collaborative and able to work with others to achieve common goals
• High attention to detail and sense of ownership
• Commercially astute and intellectually curious
• Strong and assertive communicator with a collaborative team-based approach
• Comfortable navigating ambiguity and growth-stage dynamics
• Financial controls mindset.

Required skills and experience:

• Qualified chartered accountant
• Large accounting firm experience a must
• Demonstrable post-qualification experience
• Strong IFRS experience with US GAAP exposure a big plus
• Financial Services experience and expertise a plus
• Experience in expanding international and the accounting and tax implications with a specific focus on the UK, US, and Europe.

Why should you join Fnality?

We employ curious individuals who thrive working in a fast-paced and constantly changing environment, who work best when empowered to drive their own work, and who are not afraid to fail fast and learn quicker.

You will be an analytical thinker who is able to look at tasks and understand the most efficient way to achieve the desired outcome. You will be vigilantly outcomes-focussed and have an insatiable desire to learn, adept at picking up new challenges and giving anything a go. You will want to deliver as much as learn and you will understand how important the power of the team is.

A bit more about us

Digital transformation is changing our lives, work and businesses. While other sectors evolve, however, financial markets remain slow, fragmented and siloed. What the world needs now is a future-facing financial system for the digital age.

At Fnality, we have been speaking – and listening – to the real users of today’s financial systems. From businesses to banks, there is a clear, collective ambition for a simpler, faster, safer and more resilient payment system; one that can move and settle money quickly and efficiently, with minimized risk and much more transparency.

FnalityGlobal Payments

We are building a network of new payment systems that will enable tokenised, peer-to-peer markets.

Fnality Global Payments (FnGP) will comprise a series of national systems, each regulated in its home jurisdiction. We call each of these a Fnality Payment System (FnPS).

In each payment system, a Fnality settlement asset will act as the settlement/payment asset for any Payment (P), Delivery v, Payment (DvP) or payment vs. payment (PvP) need.

FnGP are underpinned by Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT). The nature of DLT is such that it enables FnGP to:

• Operate a true peer-to-peer market
• Allow for immediate settlement
• Interoperate across business platforms and jurisdictions

The key benefits of the above are:

• Reduced counter-party and credit risk
• Reduced operational risk
• Efficient liquidity management
• An ability to move resources from risk mitigation to business growth

Eligibility

This role is a UK based role and you must be eligible to work in the UK. Please note we cannot sponsor visas for this role.

Please note that whilst we are a remote-first organisation, it is mandatory to attend the office in London one day per quarter, for our company onsite.

How will we use the information about you?

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