Senior Accountant

Lendable; City Of London; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Lendable is seeking a Senior Accountant to join our management accounts and controllership function in London. You will own the UK monthly close, prepare product-level P&Ls with the finance team, and automate balance sheet reconciliations to drive accuracy and efficiency.

You'll work with high volumes of data from multiple sources, support financial controls and policies, and assist with year-end audit preparations.

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA) with 0-2 years PQE.
• Working knowledge of UK GAAP and/or IFRS.
• Exposure to US GAAP is beneficial given the group's US operations.
• Strong Excel skills for high-volume ledger and reconciliation work.
• Meticulous and deadline-driven, suited to a fast-paced, high-transaction-volume environment.
• Collaborative, hands-on style rather than a purely technical or advisory orientation.
• Comfortable supporting continuous improvement of financial controls and policies rather than operating a static process.

Responsibilities

• Deliver monthly close for the UK group companies, accurately and within set timelines.
• Partner with the wider finance team and business stakeholders to prepare product-level P&Ls that support commercial decision-making, help with queries and month-end inputs.
• Taking ownership, and automating, balance sheet reconciliations Month on Month, whilst applying an inquisitive mindset by being able to identify and investigate variances and unusual data trends
• Assisting with the preparation of the consolidated balance sheet, P&L and cash flow
• Work with high volumes of data from different sources and compiling, consolidating and reconciling this data to be used and relied upon in month end reports
• Support continuous improvement of financial controls and policies
• Assist with annual audit preparation, including supporting schedules and auditor queries

Skills

Excel proficiency

Attention to detail

Collaborative

Education

ACCA/ ACA/ CIMA qualification

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Job description

About the role

We're looking for a Senior Accountant to join our management accounts and controllership function. This is the team that delivers the monthly close for the UK group companies and owns the accuracy of what sits behind it.

We're a high-transaction-volume lending business scaling across the UK, US and Mexico. This is a hands-on role for someone who wants to own real deliverables early and help automate and improve the processes within the Financial Reporting team.

What you'll be doing/impact on objectives

• Deliver monthly close for the UK group companies, accurately and within set timelines

• Partner with the wider finance team and business stakeholders to prepare product-level P&Ls that support commercial decision-making, help with queries and month-end inputs

• Taking ownership, and automating, balance sheet reconciliations Month on Month, whilst applying an inquisitive mindset by being able to identify and investigate variances and unusual data trends

  • Assisting with the preparation of the consolidated balance sheet, P&L and cash flow

• Work with high volumes of data from different sources and compiling, consolidating and reconciling this data to be used and relied upon in month end reports

• Support continuous improvement of financial controls and policies

• Assist with annual audit preparation, including supporting schedules and auditor queries

What we're looking for

• Qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA) with 0-2 years PQE

• Working knowledge of UK GAAP and/or IFRS

• Exposure to US GAAP is beneficial given the group's US operations

• Strong Excel skills for high-volume ledger and reconciliation work

• Meticulous and deadline-driven, suited to a fast-paced, high-transaction-volume environment

• Collaborative, hands-on style rather than a purely technical or advisory orientation

• Comfortable supporting continuous improvement of financial controls and policies rather than operating a static process

Interview process

• Online assessment: a 15 minute cognitive assessment followed by a 40 minute Accountancy Task (to be taken at a time of your own choosing)

• 20-30 minute remote interview with our Talent team

• 30 minute remote team interview to discuss your task and dive deeper into your experience

• Final stage: Onsite interview with finance leadership for 45 minutes