Finance Manager, Product Control

Company Description Checkout.com is one of the most exciting fintechs in the world. We process payments for companies that shape the digital economy. Using flexible and scalable technology, we help businesses around the globe to boost acceptance rates, reduce processing costs, combat fraud, and turn payments into a major revenue stream. Headquartered in London, with 16 offices worldwide, Checkout.com is trusted by leading brands such as Sony, Shein, Sainsbury’s, Wise, Patreon, GE Healthcare, Rail Europe, and The Financial Times. We empower passionate problem-solvers to collaborate, innovate and do their best work. That’s why we’re on the Forbes Cloud 100 list and a Great Place to Work accredited company. And we’re just getting started. We’re building diverse and inclusive teams around the world — because that’s how we create even better experiences for our merchants and our partners. And we need your help. Join us to build the digital economy of tomorrow.

The Role As we continue to grow in size, scale and complexity, we are looking for an experienced Manager to join our Finance function. Reporting to the Head of Finance, Product Control, this newly created role will be responsible for setting up and leading our Product Control team to ensure our trading activities are accounted for accurately and in a timely manner. The successful applicant will be joining at an exciting time as we invest in strengthening our Accounting and Control capabilities and improve the quality and robustness of balance sheet reporting, particularly standardisation and automation of our accounting and reconciliation processes.

Job Requirements Successful candidates will bring experience of leading and delivering financial accounting and operational processes at scale in complex, regulatory environments, ideally within traditional finance, banking or payments/fintech. You'll be able to adapt in a high-volume and dynamic environment , juggling multiple deliverables whilst maintaining accuracy and quality of output. Professional finance qualification such as the ACA or equivalent. You'll also hold practical knowledge of IFRS and general accounting principles. 8+ years of financial accounting, reconciliations and controls experience ideally within a listed environment or large complex company. Strong understanding of double-entry and complex accounting concepts Strong people leader with a track record of leading a sizable team with varied skill set/experience. Proven ability to find end-to-end solutions to issues and work cross-functionally and with remote teams - including Finance, Product, Engineering, Data. Ability to lead projects of high complexity to automate manual tasks with the team or department. Extremely strong working knowledge of MS Excel Strong data analytics skills and experience handling large volumes of data Systems knowledge, particularly Workday would be highly desirable Knowledge of the payments industry and/or Fintech would be beneficial.

Benefits Hybrid Working Model: All of our offices globally are onsite 3 times per week (Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday). We’ve worked towards enabling teams to work collaboratively in the same space, while also being able to partner with colleagues globally. During your days at the office, we offer amazing snacks, breakfast, and lunch options in all of our locations.