Head of Technical Accounting
TLDR
Supports technical accounting for new products, lead annual report, and manages accounting policies in a fast-growing financial services environment.
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Lead technical accounting assessments and structuring for new transactions, products, significant contracts, and other business initiatives, ensuring effective control processes are in place to address associated risks.
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Ensure finance systems and processes are properly set up to support the operationalisation and implementation of new activities such as products, partnerships, and transactions.
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Take ownership and lead the delivery of the annual report, managing external parties and internal stakeholder inputs, and drive future automation of this process.
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Prepare management judgement papers on accounting matters for the Bank Audit Committee and on occasion attend these meetings to present papers.
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Take ownership of accounting policy development, horizon scanning and implementation including managing the accounting manual and other relevant finance policies.
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Stay up-to-date with the latest industry developments in financial and corporate reporting by attending workshops and roundtables, representing Zopa’s interests.
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Provide expert guidance and advice on the application of accounting policies across the business.
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Lead the approach to ESG and sustainability reporting, keeping pace with evolving disclosure requirements.
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Manage and oversee the work of the Technical Accounting team, including coordinating tasks and supervising the Technical Accounting Specialist — and develop a forward view of this function.
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Lead external auditor engagements on all technical accounting matters.
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Be a key participant and contributor to the Senior Managers Group within Finance, influencing and building relationships across the wider Finance function.
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You are a qualified accountant with extensive post qualification experience.
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Experience of working in the Financial Services sector (preferably retail banking or consumer finance), or have trained with a top accountancy firm with financial services experience within a technical accounting role.
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You are comfortable managing multiple priorities in a fast-moving environment.
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You work independently, assume responsibility and make your own judgements. You’ll be ready to take ownership of complex new areas and solve problems with minimal guidance.
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You are a team player with collaborative and influencing skills. You’ll be able to partner with internal and external stakeholders and have strong communication skills.
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Able to demonstrate a questioning mindset and be able to drive operational changes to systems and processes as we scale.
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You are curious about AI and how you can deploy this in your everyday work.
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Finally, you’ll be energetic, motivated, and have a passion for excellence and innovation in pursuit of success!
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You’ll have strong technical knowledge of IFRS 9 (expected credit losses, EIR, hedge accounting), IAS 39 (hedge accounting), IAS 38 (Intangible assets), IAS 36 (Impairment of assets), IFRS 2 (Share based payments), IFRS 3 (Business Combination).
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You’ll have an understanding of the regulatory reporting requirements for banks.
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Ideally, an understanding of UK taxes and an appetite to learn more.
Zopa is a financial technology company that began as the first peer-to-peer lending platform in 2005 and evolved into Zopa Bank in 2020. It focuses on delivering customer-centric financial solutions that empower individuals to manage their finances more effectively.
- Founded
- Founded 2005
- Employees
- 201-500 employees
- Industry
- Diversified Financial Services
- Total raised
- $190M raised