Junior Financial Accountant

About Salary Finance

Working with employers, we provide a financial wellbeing platform as an employee benefit, helping employees to understand their money better, get out of debt faster and save for their future. We already have a reach of over 4,000,000 employees through our relationships with over 600 of the biggest companies in the UK. 

By improving employee financial wellbeing, we have a very real and meaningful impact on people’s lives. We remove the stress and worry associated with financial difficulties by dramatically reducing the interest rates employees pay on their personal debt, and provide them with the tools needed to start saving sooner and be more financially secure. We are backed by some of the biggest brands, including investments from Blenheim Chalcot (the UK’s leading venture builder), Legal and General (the FTSE 100 insurer and asset manager), Experian and Goldman Sachs, and funding partnerships with JP Morgan and Virgin Money. 

Launched in 2015, we have made excellent progress, and are scaling fast. We are named BITC’s Responsible Business of Year 2018, included in KPMG’s Global Fintech 100, listed top of the Forbes' list of socially-responsible startups, and profiled by the Financial Times, the Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Guardian, the Telegraph, CityAM and the Institute of Directors. 

Your role in our mission

We are looking for a superstar Junior Financial Accountant to join our Finance team. Reporting to the Senior Finance Manager, you will be assist in performing day to day tasks with the support of outsourced resources spanning across accounting, finance projects and treasury. There is plenty of opportunity for development and you will have great exposure across the business.

What you’ll do 

• Own the preparation of the daily cash requirements, working closely with the Treasury Manager to ensure sufficient funds are available 
• Work with the SFM to prepare monthly and quarterly FCA reports
• Prepare payrun files and ensure all payments have been approved
• Support the SFM on debt sale projects and own monthly reporting on these
• Assist with the reconciliation of control accounts across 4 entities
• Support the accounting team during the annual financial audit of 4 entities
• Work with cross functional teams across the business to provide finance support for operational requirements 
• Ad hoc support across the accounting, FP&A and treasury departments on projects and ad hoc reporting requirements

About you 

• You are passionate about technology and social impact, and want to help grow a business that delivers a meaningful difference to society. 
• You have an analytical mind with a can-do, problem solving aptitude. 
• You are eager to learn in a high growth environment. - you will thrive if you are a self-motivated, fast-paced, action oriented, “roll your sleeves up and get-things-done” sort of person who wants to work in a small team where everyone makes a difference. 
• You are calm under pressure, can handle changing priorities and are an excellent communicator. 
• Strong communication skills (verbal and written). 
• Ability to work under pressure and adhere to deadlines. 
• Strong attention to detail. 
• Positive can-do attitude. 
• Motivated to build a career in finance. 

Awesome if 

• Degree education or equivalent 
• Are studying towards becoming a qualified accountant 
• Have prior experience working in a finance department (not essential) 

Who you are

We embrace our differences, but have some key common values. It’s important to us that you are:

• fearless, and able to make the impossible possible.
• responsible, and want to help build a business that delivers a meaningful difference to society.
• dedicated, and want to commit to an exciting journey even through the highs and lows.
• empathetic, and truly care about every colleague and customer.
• united, because you understand we achieve more when we work as a team.
• humble, and take feedback as a way to continuously improve.

What do you get for all your hard work?

• Company bonus scheme 💰
• 25 days holiday with an extra day off on your birthday 🎂
• Office first with up to a day a week working from home 🏢 
• Generous company benefits to include pension and life assurance and an annual allowance to spend on medical insurance, health cash plan, denplan, gym memberships 🤸
• Enhanced policies that are family and pet friendly, to include company sick pay and peternity leave 🐶
• Great career development in a fast paced environment 🚀
• Regular company socials 
• Volunteer days as part of our CSR program 🤝

More great perks to include weekly snacks, tuckshop, cycle to work, help to save and much more! 🍭

The interview process

• Phone call with our Talent Manager - 20 mins
• Video interview with Hiring Manager - 30 mins 
• Case Study to give you a taster of the role - 35 mins 
• In person interview with Head of Department, Stakeholder, and / or Team -  30 mins 

We’re looking for people that will get stuck in and make a difference. We have a great collaborative, entrepreneurial team and are passionate about what we do. If you want to join a team that is changing people’s lives for the better then we’d love to hear from you.

Learn more at salaryfinance.com

Salary Finance is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive work environment where all employees and applicants can flourish.