At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead financial reporting, manage audits, and ensure tax compliance for a fast-growing payments business.
- Company: Equals Money, a dynamic company revolutionising money management with innovative payment solutions.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, supportive team culture, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Collaborative environment with diverse perspectives and excellent career advancement potential.
- Why this job: Join a mission-driven team making money movement simple and impactful for customers.
- Qualifications: ACA-qualified accountant with strong technical accounting and audit skills.
The predicted salary is between 70000 - 85000 £ per year.
About us
Over the last 18 years, we have helped over a million satisfied customers move and manage their money. Our award-winning product portfolio allows our customers to make low-cost multi-currency payments across various payment products. From travel money to transfers, currency hedging, to expense management, we are focused on a single goal of making it easy for our customers to manage and move their money. As a business, we are committed to delivering value to our customers through the combination of advanced payments technology and personal expert service.
About the Role
Equals Money is a fast-growing, regulated payments business on a mission to make money movement simple. As Group Financial Reporting Manager you will be the technical accounting authority for the group - owning the preparation of year-end statutory accounts, driving a tight audit timetable, ensuring full tax compliance in partnership with our external advisors, and taking ownership of the Finance function's risk and control environment. Reporting to the Director of Accounting and Finance Operations, this is a broad and substantive role at the centre of the Finance function. If you are an ACA-qualified accountant who thrives on ownership, precision, and continuous improvement, this is the role for you.
Statutory Accounts
- Own the preparation of year-end statutory accounts for all group entities, working directly in NetSuite and ensuring accounts are completed accurately and on time.
- Prepare and review consolidated group financial statements in full compliance with IFRS and UK GAAP, including all required notes and disclosures.
- Draft technical accounting memos and position papers on complex or judgemental areas, and monitor the impact of new and emerging standards on the group.
- Maintain and develop robust supporting schedules, reconciliations, and working papers that provide a clear audit trail from the general ledger to the published accounts.
- Coordinate inputs from across the business - finance, legal, treasury, and operations - to ensure all entities are closed accurately and consistently.
- Monitor the regulatory capital positions of group entities on an ongoing basis, ensuring each entity remains appropriately capitalised and flagging any emerging pressures to the Group Financial Controller.
- Support and co-ordinate capital flows across the group - including dividends and intercompany loans - ensuring these are correctly structured, accounted for, and documented in line with regulatory and legal requirements.
Annual Audit
- Lead the annual statutory audit end-to-end: plan the timetable, manage deliverables, and hold internal stakeholders accountable to deadlines.
- Act as the primary day-to-day contact for external auditors, ensuring they have everything they need to work efficiently and that queries are resolved promptly.
- Prepare and own the full audit file - schedules, supporting documentation, variance analyses, and management representations - to a standard that minimises auditor review time.
- Proactively identify and resolve accounting or disclosure issues ahead of fieldwork to avoid surprises and keep the audit firmly on track.
- Communicate audit progress and findings clearly to the Group Financial Controller and senior leadership, flagging risks early and with recommended solutions.
Tax Compliance
- Manage the group's tax compliance calendar, coordinating with external tax advisors to ensure Corporation Tax and VAT returns are prepared, reviewed, and filed on time.
- Provide advisors with accurate, well-organised underlying data and act as the internal point of contact to ensure returns reflect the group's position correctly.
- Support tax planning initiatives and help implement advisor recommendations in a practical, controlled manner.
- Stay current with changes to UK tax legislation and assess their impact on the group, escalating material issues appropriately.
Finance Risk
- You know what it takes to keep an audit on track.
- Exposure to financial risk and control frameworks - whether through internal audit, a controls-focused role in practice, or ownership of a risk register in industry.
- Exposure to UK Corporation Tax and VAT compliance, with experience working alongside external advisors to deliver accurate returns.
- Advanced Excel skills and familiarity with ERP-based general ledgers; NetSuite experience is a meaningful advantage.
