A day in the life:
Own delivery of key elements of the month-end close, ensuring accurate and timely postings, robust controls and high-quality balance sheet substantiation.
Own accounting for key P&L and balance sheet areas, including month-end analysis, reconciliations and variance commentary.
Use and maintain key processes and financial models to calculate and post month-end adjustments (e.g., Intangible assets, EIR, Share based payments).
Execute monthly, quarterly and annual controls over financial reporting, ensuring timely and accurate delivery.
Drive process improvement and AI/automation throughout our BAU activities to enhance the close and reporting processes. We are undertaking a transformation project to change our General Ledger system so there will be plenty of opportunities for process improvement.
Coach and support junior team members, helping to build capability across accounting and close processes.
About you:
Qualified or nearly qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA or equivalent) with strong experience in month-end close and financial reporting.
Analytical and practical, with excellent numerical skills and strong Excel / spreadsheet capability.
Proactive problem-solver, able to investigate root causes and deliver clear, structured solutions.
Curious about how technology, data and emerging tools (including AI) can enhance financial control, reporting and process efficiency.
Comfortable operating in a fast-paced environment, managing competing priorities while maintaining high standards.
Collaborative team player with a strong attention to detail and a mindset of continuous improvement.
Self-motivated and energised by driving excellence and innovation within Financial Control.
Bonus points for:
- Experience with SAP S/4HANA, SQL, Anaplan and/or Tableau.
Skills Required
- Qualified or nearly qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA or equivalent)
- Strong experience in month-end close and financial reporting
- Experience with balance sheet substantiation, reconciliations and variance commentary
- Experience calculating and posting month-end adjustments (intangible assets, EIR, share based payments)
- Excellent numerical skills and strong Excel/spreadsheet capability
- Proactive problem-solving and root-cause investigation skills
- Ability to operate in a fast-paced environment and manage competing priorities
- Coaching and supporting junior team members / building capability
- Curiosity about technology, data and emerging tools (including AI) to improve controls and processes
- Experience with SAP S/4HANA, SQL, Anaplan and/or Tableau
What We Do
We’re Zopa, and we want to make money work better for you. Our diverse team is united in their mission of creating simple, fair and honest financial products that have the customer’s needs at their heart. We’re proud that this dedication is reflected in our excellent rating on TrustPilot. We’ve always been unapologetically honest with our customers, and value the same in return. Their feedback helps us shape what we build, so we can provide a bank fit for today, and for the future. We’re not the new kids on the block though - we’ve been a pioneering force in finance for 16 years. In 2005, we built the first ever peer-to-peer (P2P) lending company, giving our customers access to loans built for real-life and intelligent investments backed by cutting-edge tech. In 2020, we launched Zopa Bank, meaning we could offer more – like fixed term savings backed by FSCS protection and a credit card to help customers take control of their finances. We’ve lent out over £6 billion and are proud to have made money work better for over half a million people across the UK, whether they were looking to borrow or save.
