Senior Associate, Finance Transformation at Checkout.com in London

Job description

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• This is an excellent opportunity to be a key member of our core Finance team in London. As a Finance Transformation Senior Associate, you will play a pivotal role in strengthening our core accounting capabilities and shaping the future of our financial processes. You will be instrumental in delivering critical transformation projects, with a specific focus on building out our Transactional Ledger and achieving an accelerated financial close for Checkout. If you are a proactive and data-savvy finance professional with a passion for process improvement, this role is for you.

Responsibilities

• Project Delivery & Support: Support and drive key workstreams within finance transformation projects, ensuring tasks are completed on time and to a high standard. You will be actively involved in the end-to-end project lifecycle, from analysis to implementation.
• Process Optimisation: Use data analysis to scrutinise existing "as-is" accounting processes, particularly those related to the financial close and transactional ledger, to quantitatively identify inefficiencies and control gaps. You will help design and implement standardised and scalable "to-be" processes.
• Change Management: Contribute to change management activities by preparing documentation, supporting user training sessions, and acting as a point of contact for queries to ensure smooth transitions and user adoption of new processes and systems.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborate effectively with various stakeholders across local and global finance teams. Build strong working relationships to ensure project alignment and support successful outcomes.
• Governance & Control: Support the implementation and maintenance of a robust control framework for all new processes, ensuring compliance with internal policies and international accounting standards (e.g., IFRS).
• Performance Monitoring: Track and report on key performance indicators (KPIs) to help measure the success of transformation initiatives and ensure project benefits are realised.

Requirements

• Strong Accounting Knowledge: A professional accounting qualification (ACCA, ACA, CIMA, or equivalent) is mandatory. You must have a solid understanding of core accounting principles, month-end close procedures, and financial controls.
• Data Analytics & BI Skills: Proficiency in working with large, complex datasets is essential. Experience with data analytics tools is highly advantageous, particularly:
• SQL for data querying and manipulation.
• Python (especially libraries like Pandas) for data analysis.
• Business Intelligence packages such as Looker or Power BI for visualisation and reporting.
• Proven Transformation Experience: Demonstrable experience contributing to finance change or process improvement projects within a fast-paced environment. Experience with financial close optimisation, general ledger systems, or process standardisation is highly desirable.
• Strong Project & Organisational Skills: Proven ability to manage your own tasks and workstreams across multiple projects concurrently. You must be highly organised, detail-oriented, and adept at meeting deadlines.
• Industry Experience: Prior experience in the Fintech or Payments industry is advantageous.
• Excellent Stakeholder Management: Strong communication and interpersonal skills. You must be comfortable and credible when engaging with stakeholders at various levels of the organisation.
• Resilience & Adaptability: A proactive, "can-do" attitude with the ability to thrive under pressure and navigate ambiguity. You are a natural problem-solver who sees challenges as opportunities.
• Fluency in English is required.

Skills

Required

• Month-end close procedures
• Financial controls
• Strong project and organisational skills
• Excellent stakeholder management
• Resilience and adaptability
• Fluency in English

Preferred

• SQL for data querying and manipulation
• Experience with data analytics tools

Benefits

• Life at Checkout.com
• We understand that work is just one part of your life. Our hybrid working model offers flexibility, with three days per week in the office to support collaboration and connection.
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