Financial Controller, Accounting Manager

About the Company

Cover Genius is a Series E Insurtech that protects the global customers of the world’s largest digital companies including Booking Holdings, owner of Priceline, Kayak and Booking.com, Intuit, Hopper, Skyscanner, Ryanair, Turkish Airlines, Descartes ShipRush, Zip and SeatGeek. We’re also available at Amazon, Flipkart, eBay, Wayfair and SE Asia’s largest company, Shopee.

Our partners integrate with XCover, our award-winning insurance distribution platform, to embed protection for millions of customers worldwide each year. Our team and products have been recognized with dozens of awards including by the Financial Times who ranked Cover Genius as the #1 fastest growing company in APAC in 2020. Our diverse team across 20+ countries and many language groups commits itself to diverse cultural programs, in particular “CG Gives” which makes social entrepreneurs out of us all and funds development initiatives in global communities.

Our People are Bold, Authentic, Purposeful and Inspired  

Our People are not Perfect, Traditional, Complacent or Cautious 

As Financial Controller at Cover Genius, you will be working amongst a rapidly expanding global finance team.

Reporting to the Senior Director of Global Finance Operations, you will have a global role in leading the month end close and other accounting workstreams. This role requires a knowledgeable and resourceful team player who will own key sections of the balance sheet and month end close functions. This role will have one direct report and would suit someone new to team management, or someone happy managing a small team. 

This role is responsible for managing the full-cycle of Partner outgoings while ensuring data integrity, fostering strong external and internal relationships, and driving process improvements. The ideal candidate is a driven and reliable person with a strong background in data reconciliation and payables, exceptional communication skills, a proactive approach to problem-solving, and wants to be part of a global insurtech company with the vision to protect all customers of the world’s largest digital companies. 

Key Responsibilities

• Global balance sheet ownership of the following areas:

  • Intercompany,

  • Opex accruals,

  • Prepayments,

  • Fixed assets, intangible assets including goodwill,

  • Retained Earnings,

  • Other small areas such as investments, short & long term deposits.

• Month end close ownership of the following areas:

  • Consolidations,

  • FX analysis,

  • Flux analysis coordination,

  • Reporting to treasury and FP&A teams and explanation of P&L and balance sheet movements.

  • Other ad-hoc items as required.

Skills & Experience

What you will bring:

• Fully qualified Chartered Accountant.

• 7+ years of progressive accounting experience, preferably in a senior or lead role.

• Experience working with NetSuite. Strong skills in Microsoft Excel and/or Google sheets, Claude.

• Strong knowledge of general accounting practices (both IFRS and USGAAP a benefit), and financial controls.

• Proven track record of process improvement and improving days to close.

• Excellent customer service and communication skills with the ability to manage external and internal relationships effectively.

• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.

• Fluent in spoken and written English.

What you will have:

• Ability to identify complex issues and escalate as needed.

• Expert multitasker and self-prioritizer.

• Strong ability to quickly identify both risks and opportunities while maintaining a strong focus on both process improvements and results.

• Happy to embrace and be a thought leader on emerging technologies.

• Takes ownership for responsibilities with a positive attitude.

Why Cover Genius?  

Cover Genius not only cares about being the best in our industry, we care about our team. We’re a business that understands life can be fluid and so we flex to ensure we provide the environment to suit that. What does that mean?  

• Flexible Work Environment - our teams are hybrid. We work from home on Wednesdays and Thursday and attend the office on Monday, Tuesday and Friday with flexibility around start/finish times.

• Global company, with the opportunity to work from any of our offices for 4 weeks a year

• Employee Stock Options - we want our people to share in our success, we reward them with ownership for their contribution in creating a world-class company.

• Work with like-minded people who are passionate about both the work we're doing and giving back. Our CG Gives programs enables us to all become philanthropists through our peer recognition and rewards system.

• Social Initiatives - pictures speak a thousand words!

Sound interesting? If you think you have the best composition of the above, send us your resume and let's chat!

* Cover Genius promotes diversity and inclusivity. We don't tolerate discrimination, demeaning treatment of anyone, or harassment due to race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or any other legally protected status.

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