Financial Accountant

CloudPay; Andover; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Salary

Vacation allowance

Private Medical Insurance

Pension Scheme

Cycle to Work Scheme

Life Assurance

WFH Allowance

Eye Tests & Glasses Contribution

GAYE (Give As You Earn)

Employee Referral Program

Job summary

CloudPay is seeking a qualified accountant to join our UK Finance team as Statutory Reporting Manager EMEA & AMER. You will oversee month-end close, US payroll approvals, and tax compliance across the AMER region with cross-regional collaboration.

Based in the United Kingdom, you will drive continuous improvement and help build a Finance Centre of Excellence while coordinating with external advisors and local accountants to ensure GAAP compliance.

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant with ACCA/ACA/CIMA or equivalent.
• Strong analytical skills to interpret complex regulations across jurisdictions.
• Project and team skills with excellent stakeholder communication.
• Tech-based mindset supporting a Finance Centre of Excellence.
• Desirable experience in a PE-backed multinational organization.
• Working knowledge of EMEA/AMER GAAP or tax requirements.

Responsibilities

• Oversee statutory reporting and month-end close for the AMER region and other regions as needed.
• Review and approve US payrolls; prepare US state tax returns.
• Coordinate with external tax advisors and local accountants.
• Prepare monthly sales commissions calculations and review contracts.
• Support GAAP and tax compliance risk resolution with auditors.
• Assist with Continuous Improvement and Finance Centre of Excellence initiatives.
• Collaborate with Accounting Operations on AP and billing.

Skills

Qualified Accountant

Analytical skills

Project management

Communication skills

Tech mindset

GAAP knowledge

Education

ACCA/ACA/CIMA or equivalent

Job description

About this job opportunity

Our Vision To be the world's most trusted global payroll partner, simplifying pay for all employees.

Our Mission

Empowering global workforces with seamless, compliant, and innovative payroll and payment solutions, enabling businesses to thrive in a connected world.

Our People

Our fundamental beliefs at CloudPay are built on core values of professionalism, passion, empowerment, innovation, and teamwork. We value our employees and strive to create a great workplace where everyone is valued, heard, inspired, and encouraged to bring their authentic selves to work. We're committed to providing an excellent employee experience through fulfilling projects, empowerment to make a difference, and an environment that inspires innovation.

What makes this role exciting

The role will support Group adherence to financial regulations and standards, maintaining robust internal controls. Continuous Improvement will be a key requirement, working directly with the Statutory Reporting Manager EMEA & AMER to achieve a culture of Finance Excellence in the Group. Applicants must currently reside in the UK and possess full legal authorization to work in the UK. Please note that the company is unable to sponsor work visas for this position.

Main responsibilities

• Statutory Reporting and Compliance: Main duties, which will principally be the AMER region but may involve other regions as and when required, include:
• Ensure accurate and robust month-end closing process, preparation and processing of monthly journals (including accruals, salary journals, prepayments, deferred revenue) and maintaining accurate balance sheet reconciliations
• Review and approval of payrolls for the US and Costa Rica
• Calculation and submission of US State Tax Returns
• Main point of contact for external tax advisors and local accountants in US, Costa Rica and Brazil to ensure statutory and tax compliance
• Review and completion of AMER corporate tax returns prepared by local tax advisors
• Prepare the monthly sales commissions calculations including review of customer contracts and deal value
• Finance point of contact for the relevant CloudPay stakeholders where necessary
• Interaction with the Accounting Operations Team is required, who will perform transactional accounting, billing, and AP activities
• Support with ad-hoc projects related to the AMER region
• Risk Assessment: The role will need to work directly with the Statutory Reporting Manager EMEA & AMER to support with resolving any highlighted GAAP and Tax compliance risks/inaccuracies, especially when raised by EMEA & AMER Auditors or Advisors. This may involve coordinating with external advisors due to reliance on knowledge from the local country
• Training and Development: Support in training both Finance Team members (where necessary)
• Continuous Improvement: The role will work alongside the Statutory Reporting Manager EMEA & AMER to support the implementation of technology improvement Initiatives to create a Finance Centre of Excellence

Qualification and experience needed for this role

• Qualified accountant (ACCA/ACA/CIMA or equivalent)
• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to interpret complex regulations and apply them practically across multiple jurisdictions.
• Project and team skills
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively interact with stakeholders at all levels.
• Have a technology-based mindset when supporting the Assistant Group Controller in creating a Finance Centre of Excellence.
• Desirable Industry experience in a PE-backed multinational organization
• Working knowledge of EMEA &/or AMER GAAP or tax requirements.

About you and Our core values

• Taking ownership, working with integrity and respect
• Being a team player is key to our culture
• Solution and customer focused
• Great initiative with the goal for excellence in achieving results
• Dedicated to developing and always looking for continuous improvements
• Be creative, be committed, be engaged and enjoy what you do

Hybrid work arrangements United Kingdom

Hybrid work arrangements United Kingdom

Package and benefits

• Competitive Salary
• Competitive vacation allowance
• Calm app
• WFH Allowance
• Life Assurance
• Private Medical Insurance
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• EAP
• Eye Tests & Glasses Contribution
• Simplyhealth Enhanced Health Plan
• Pension Scheme
• Give-As-You-Earn (GAYE)
• Employee Referral Program
• CloudPay NOW
• Paid Volunteering days
• Marriage Leave
• Bereavement Leave
• Vacation Purchase Plan

CloudPay is committed to being an equal opportunities employer.

The CloudPay culture is built upon on five core values, from which we develop our service, our technology and our business strategies.

Our fundamental beliefs are a promise to our employees, customers and partners, built on the core values of professionalism, passion, empowerment, innovation, and teamwork.

Glassdoor

We do things differently at CloudPay. As an end-to-end global pay solutions provider spanning payroll, payments, and pay on-demand, we can unify all your global teams and processes – giving your payroll, finance and HR teams complete visibility and control.

The CloudPay culture is built upon on five core values, from which we develop our service, our technology and our business strategies.

Our fundamental beliefs are a promise to our employees, customers and partners, built on the core values of professionalism, passion, empowerment, innovation, and teamwork.

Your CloudPay journey is the combination of everything that's unique about us: our culture, our core values but most importantly, our people.

Our employees are the heart of CloudPay and it's continued success