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We have members, not customers and we take a lot of pride in that!\nAs one of the UK’s only subscription finance company in the market, we truly have a unique value proposition. Our mission is very clear; to improve the financial stability and resilience of our members. We do this through the products we provide, the partnerships we have, and our educational content. We want our members, and everyone in the UK to be able to better manage their finances and steer them away from high-cost, unregulated credit options.\nAbout the role\nWe’re looking for an experienced Financial Controller to join us on a 12 month fixed-term contract, covering maternity leave. This is a hybrid role based in our London office.\nReporting to the CFO, you’ll lead the month end close and own technical accounting, managing a team of two: a Senior Financial Accountant and an Assistant Financial Accountant. 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You’ll enjoy making processes faster, clearer and more resilient.\nResponsibilities\nLead the month end close, including managing and coaching the team, performing and documenting review controls, and planning cover across the team.\n\nOwn source to ledger data integrity, leading the team to maintain reconciliations and checks through data platform changes.\n\nDrive process improvements, including faster time to close, more frequent prepayments and accruals postings, and timely, clearly labelled results for the CEO and ExCo.\n\nOwn technical accounting, including accounting policies, technical memos and judgement areas such as expected credit losses, effective interest, loan modifications, share based payments and compound financial instruments.\n\nSupport lender and facility reporting with the Treasurer and CFO. This means producing and reconciling the month end data that feeds covenant calculations and lender certificates, and maintaining the bridge between management accounts and audited IFRS accounts.\n\nLead the annual audit with our external auditors, including project management, producing the annual IFRS accounts and disclosures, and preparing technical memos and audit evidence.\n\nStrengthen controls and resilience by documenting runbooks and training a deputy for each critical finance process, so that no process depends on one person.\n\nSupport statutory and regulatory returns and system access governance, in line with the CFO’s allocation of ownership, and act as finance representative in incident management.\n\nContinue to optimise our GL package (iPlicit) and finance systems, including reporting and cost visibility, with support from the CFO.\n\nWhat you'll need to succeed\n\nEssential\nACA qualified (or equivalent) with 6+ years’ experience, including managing a team.\n\nStrong IFRS knowledge, ideally including expected credit loss outputs and amortised cost accounting.\n\nExperience working with lender covenants and facility reporting.\n\nConfident working with external auditors.\n\nDesirable\nExperience in fintech or consumer lending (strongly preferred).\n\nExperience building finance processes from scratch.\n\nExperience of audit or due diligence ahead of a funding or exit event.\nDon’t meet all the listed requirements? Research shows that women and people of underrepresented groups often don't apply for jobs unless they're 100% qualified. As an equal opportunities employer, we know that diversity is a key part of our teams' successes - so if your experience doesn’t fit perfectly but this role excites you, we’d love for you to apply. We’re committed to Creditspring being an inclusive environment where employees feel welcomed, valued and listened to; we want you to thrive as your true self.\nPlease note that the People Team is contactable only via . 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