Financial Accountant

Xplor Technologies; Newcastle upon Tyne; Remote; GBP 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid parental leave

Volunteer days (#GiveBackDays)

Diversity & Inclusion initiatives

Mental health support

Flexible working arrangements

Job summary

Xplor Technologies is seeking an experienced financial accounting professional to join our UK team. Reporting to the Finance Manager, you will manage month-end close, IFRS reporting, and improvements to processes across the business.

Responsibilities include coordination with auditors, banks, and tax specialists, and ensuring compliant reporting with evolving standards. This remote UK role emphasises strong Excel skills and accounting qualifications.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3–5 years' experience in an accounting role.
• Experience in a Chartered Accounting firm is advantageous.
• Exposure to APAC region is desirable.
• Strong commercial acumen with understanding of business operations.
• Highly organised and deadline-driven with excellent attention to detail.
• Critical thinker with strong problem-solving abilities.
• Confident negotiator with ability to build relationships.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Proven ability to analyse data and identify trends, insights, and anomalies.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel and financial reporting tools.
• Professional accounting qualification or actively working towards one (e.g. ACCA or AAT).

Responsibilities

• Manage the general ledger including monthly balance sheet, bank and inter‑company reconciliations.
• Prepare IFRS consolidated results and stand-alone financial statements.
• Ensure compliance of accounting and reporting with relevant standards.
• Produce monthly financial reports: balance sheet, P&L, cash flow, prepayments, accruals, journals, fixed assets and depreciation.
• Liaise with external auditors, banks, ONS and tax specialists.
• Assist in process improvements and system enhancement initiatives.
• Identify new initiatives that could benefit the organisation.

Skills

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Commercial acumen

Organisation & deadline-driven

Critical thinking

Negotiation

Data analysis

Excel & financial reporting tools

Accounting qualification or in process

Education

Accounting qualification (e.g., ACCA/AAT)

Tools

Excel

Financial reporting tools

Job description

Xplor Technologies powers the experiences at the heart of everyday life. Through modern vertical software, embedded payments, and AI-powered capabilities, we help businesses in fitness, recreation, golf and club, field services, laundry, education, and other membership-based and service-based industries simplify operations, uncover insights, and elevate customer and member experiences.

Job Description

About the opportunity

Reporting into our Finance Manager, this role is responsible for the many aspects of the month end close process and for the fulfilment of other obligations such as tax and statutory reporting. We are looking for someone who is genuinely interested in the FinTech landscape, with solid financial accounting and reporting experience and a desire to support with automating and streamlining processes.

• Managing the general ledger including overseeing the monthly balance sheet, banking and inter-company reconciliations
• Production of IFRS consolidated results and stand alone financial statements.
• Key team member involved in pro-actively ensuring the Group's financial accounting and reporting remains compliant with the relevant accounting standards.
• Preparation of monthly financial reports covering balance sheet, profit and loss, internal management reports and cashflow statements. Completion of the monthly prepayments, accruals, journals, fixed assets and depreciation schedules.
• Liaison with external Auditors, Bank Managers, ONS and Tax specialists.
• Assisting in process improvement and systems enhancement initiatives.
• Proactively identify new initiatives that could benefit the organisation.

This role is fully remote across the UK, with occasional meet-ups at our Newcastle office.

Qualifications

What would make me a good candidate?

We are looking for curious and empathetic people. We also love to hear from people who are motivated by meaningful work, resonate with our core values, have a positive outlook, are comfortable with ambiguity and thrive working in an ever-evolving and complex environment. We are inspired by meeting big-picture thinkers and doers, people who can be both tactical and strategic, aim high and put people first in everything they do.

• A minimum of 3-5 years' experience in an accounting role
• Experience within a Chartered Accounting firm is advantageous
• Exposure to working with the APAC region is highly desirable
• Strong commercial acumen with a solid understanding of business operations
• Highly organised and deadline-driven, with excellent attention to detail
• A critical thinker with strong problem-solving capabilities
• Confident negotiator, able to build and maintain strong working relationships
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Proven ability to analyse data and identify trends, insights, and anomalies
• Advanced proficiency in Excel and financial reporting tools
• A professional accounting qualification, or actively working towards one (e.g. AAT or ACCA)

At Xplor, we believe that the best innovation and ideas happen at the intersections of our differences - people of diverse cultures, generations, disciplines, and lived experiences. So even if you think you do not tick all the boxes, we still encourage you to apply.

Additional Information

Values and Life at Xplor

Our five core values guide us from how we hire and recognise our team members to how we interact with our customers day to day:

• Find a better way
• Do the right thing
• Say it straight
• Win together
• Own the outcome

If these values sound like you, and describe people you want to work with, you will thrive at Xplor.

As an Xplorer, you will be part of a global network of talented colleagues who will support your success. We look for commonalities and shared passions and give people the tools they need to deliver great work and grow at speed.

Some of our perks and benefits are:

• Paid Parental Leave benefit programs
• #GiveBackDays/Commitment to social impact - 3 extra days off to volunteer and give back to your local community
• Ongoing dedication to Diversity & Inclusion initiatives such as D&I Council, Global Mentorship Program
• Access to free mental health support
• Flexible working arrangements

We also invite you to check out our Candidate FAQs for more information about our recruitment process xplor.com/recruitment-faqs/.

Interview Recording and Background Checks

As part of our hiring process, successful candidates will be asked to complete background and identity verification checks. Many of our roles are remote, and to protect both candidates and our business from recruitment fraud, we may record video interviews via Microsoft Teams during the process. We keep any recordings and related data only for as long as the hiring process is active and do not retain them afterwards.

EEO and Artificial Intelligence

We believe in transparent hiring. We use an applicant tracking system with artificial intelligence-enabled features to support our recruitment process, but our recruitment team makes all hiring decisions after human review. We do not rely on artificial intelligence to make final hiring decisions. Find our Candidate AI Usage guidelines here.

Xplor is dedicated to attracting, retaining and developing our people regardless of gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability and age. We encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

We make it a priority to respond to every applicant.