Senior Financial Control Analyst
Job description
A Senior Financial Control Analyst role in Monzo's Financial Control Team, responsible for financial accounting, month-end close and process improvement. The role supports scaling Monzo in a controlled way and reports to the Financial Control Manager.
At a glance
- Employment
- Full-time · Employee (employment agreement)
- Work mode
- Hybrid
- Pay
- GBP 56,000 – 75,000 / year
What you'll do
- Manage a tight process with the rest of our internal Finance team to ensure a swift month-end close process and group consolidation.
- Understand the business and our products to write insightful management commentary.
- Understand our accounting systems and make sure we are taking advantage of all features we can to minimise manual elements of reporting.
- Embrace the opportunity to improve and transform processes, driving incremental improvements through to adoption of AI.
- Learn SQL skills to run reports and propose solutions that make our processes efficient and scalable.
- Support our year end process working with external auditors and our Financial Reporting squad.
- Help review new products, assessing the accounting and implementing them in our banking platform and accounting system.
- Work with the business to assess the impact of changes in accounting standards and make proposals on accounting policy matters for new products launched.
- Help maintain the integrity of our chart of accounts and financial static data.
- Resolve miscellaneous inquiries and support the overall finance team wherever needed - from forecasting and valuations, to bank transfers, transfer pricing and tax policy research!
What we're looking for
- Qualified accountant with a few years' post-qualification experience, ideally in financial reporting/controlling teams and working in a retail banking environment
- Strong understanding of technical accounting standards
- Great eye for detail
- Fascinated by the banking and regulatory landscape, and have a good understanding of key financial controls
- Self-starter who enjoys tackling what needs doing, whether it's making a bank transfer or pulling together reports for investors
- Comfortable translating complex information into simple words for people with diverse backgrounds
- Interested in using data
- Embrace change and are motivated to improve and innovate process
- Thrive in a dynamic and constantly evolving environment
- What we're doing at Monzo excites you
Nice to have
- SQL skills would be a bonus
Your team
Financial Control Team
Sits within Monzo's Finance collective; a team of seven qualified accountants split between the Cardiff and London offices, ensuring the ledger's correct at every month-end and working closely with all areas of Finance and the product teams.
Benefits
This role can be based in our London or Cardiff office, but we're open to distributed working within the UK (with ad hoc meetings in London)
We will set you up to work from home; all employees are given Macbooks and for fully remote workers we will provide extra support for your work-from-home setup
- £56,000 - £75,000 + Incentive Awards tied to your performance
- Flexible working hours and trust you to work enough hours to do your job well, and at times that suit you and your team
- £1,000 learning budget each year to use on books, training courses and conferences
- Plus lots more!
How to get hired
- 1Recruiter Screening Conversation
- 2Initial HM Interview
- 3Role Specific Interview
- 4Behavioural Interview
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About Monzo
We're on a mission to make money work for everyone.
Monzo started as a prepaid card and its product offering has grown over the last 10 years in the UK. As well as personal and business bank accounts, Monzo offers joint accounts, accounts for 16-17 year olds, a free kids account and credit cards in the UK. UK customers can also save, invest and combine their pensions with Monzo. With hot coral cards and a get-paid-early feature, combined with financial education on social media and award winning customer service, Monzo has a long history of creating magical moments for its customers.
Mission
Making money work for everyone.
Key facts
- Banking
- Started as a prepaid card
- Product offering has grown a lot in the last 10 years in the UK
- Offers personal and business bank accounts, joint accounts, accounts for 16-17 year olds, a free kids account and credit cards in the UK
- UK customers can save, invest and combine their pensions with Monzo
- Known for hot coral cards and a get-paid-early feature
- Financial education on social media and award winning customer service
What they value
- We're not about selling products - we want to solve problems and change lives through Monzo