Senior Accountant (Hiring Immediately)

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The scale of our platform brings unique technical challenges — from processing massive datasets in real time to building systems that operate reliably on a global scale. When you work here, your impact is worldwide. We welcome diverse perspectives, encourage curiosity, and build teams that learn from one another. If you’re driven to solve meaningful challenges, we’d love to meet you.

What we do:

The UK Accounting team, based in London, primarily delivers the US GAAP month-end close for the EMEA region. The team supports the UK operating entity, which bills international customers, as well as multiple European entities operating under a cost-plus model. We work closely with US and global finance teams to support regional consolidation and ensure accurate, timely financial reporting

What you'll do:

• End-to-end ownership as preparer for two European cost-plus subsidiaries (Sweden and UAE), delivering the full US GAAP month-end close including preparation of journal entries, balance sheet reconciliations, variance analysis, and supporting documentation, while ensuring all reporting deadlines and internal control requirements are met
• Own EMEA lease and fixed asset accounting within the UK GL Accounting team, with responsibility for preparation and analysis across all EMEA entities, including:
  • Leveraging Oracle and Spacebase to maintain regional fixed asset and lease registers
  • Preparing and recording monthly lease and depreciation entries and performing accurate
    month-end reconciliations
  • Analysing lease movements, amendments, and changes in lease terms across the region
  • Preparing accounting memos for new leases or lease modifications in accordance with US GAAP
  • Supporting regional lease and fixed asset cash flow forecasting and analysis
• Own the preparation and consolidation of EMEA regional fluctuation analysis, coordinating inputs from colleagues and producing clear, well-supported explanations for close reviews and management reporting
• Assist the Tax and Statutory Reporting teams by preparing supporting schedules and responding to
  queries from external tax advisors and auditors
• Participate in process improvement initiatives and ad-hoc accounting projects as required

Who you are:

• Newly qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA or equivalent) with experience supporting multi-entity, multi-currency US GAAP month-end close in a multinational or US-listed environment
• Hands-on experience with Oracle or a similar ERP system, and strong working knowledge of Excel
• Proven ability to manage multiple priorities, work under pressure, and maintain strong attention to
  detail and effective controls
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with a proactive mindset toward process
  improvement
• Willingness to support occasional weekend work during quarter-end reporting cycle

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