Senior Financial Controller

Senior Financial Controller

Remote Working (UK based) 

Full-Time 37.5 hours per week 

£50-60k per annum, depending on experience 

About Vestd

Vestd is the UK’s first and most advanced share scheme platform, designed to help businesses harness the power of equity. It was founded by Ifty Nasir, who is passionate about ensuring employees of SMEs have the same access to share schemes as those within larger organisations. Vestd provides a simple, FCA-compliant, and digital-first way to distribute equity. 

Our mission is to empower business founders to unlock growth by sharing ownership with their teams, helping them attract, reward, and retain top talent. Using our equity expertise, we help businesses prepare for investment and help investors manage all their holdings in one place.

If you’d like to learn more about Vestd, check out this short video from our founder, Ifty.

The role

As a fast-growing fintech, we seek an experienced Financial Controller to take ownership of and manage all aspects of Vestd’s financial management. This will include corporate accounting, regulatory and financial reporting, budget and forecast preparation, developing our internal control policies and procedures, and taking responsibility for financial risk management. The role will primarily focus on our UK business but will have significant and growing international dimensions.

Reporting directly to the COO, this role will be pivotal for the company to achieve our strategic business goals by driving forward process improvements to increase efficiency, accuracy and management of company finances. The successful candidate will have significant experience working with internal and external stakeholders to ensure financial management is communicated across the business, ideally within a fast-paced or tech environment.

The primary responsibilities of this role

We cannot provide an exhaustive list of duties; additional duties will arise, but the following will be core elements of this role:

Manage all accounting operations (we use Xero), including supplier payments, expenses and payroll and balance sheet reconciliations

• Support all required corporate finance or fundraising activity
• Coordinate the preparation of FCA regulatory reporting
• Research technical accounting issues for compliance
• Support month-end and year-end close processes
• Ensure quality control over financial transactions and financial reporting
• Manage and comply with filing tax requirements
• Develop and document business processes and accounting policies to maintain and strengthen internal controls
• Coordinate and direct the budget preparation and financial forecasts and report variances
• Prepare and publish timely monthly financial statements,  including group consolidated results with international subsidiaries

Requirements

You must meet all these essential criteria to be considered for the role:

What you will bring:

• 5+ years of overall combined accounting and finance experience
• Accounting qualification or equivalent
• ACA, ACCA, CIMA or QBE qualified 
• Thorough knowledge of accounting principles and procedures
• Experience working in and producing group consolidated accounts with international subsidiaries
• Demonstrable experience in corporate finance and fundraising, working with investors, and managing due diligence processes
• Track record of developing and implementing successful financial strategies to drive growth
• Experience with creating financial statements
• Experience working within a regulated entity (or similar) and the associated reporting requirements
• Impeccable attention to detail and a high degree of accuracy
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• You must be comfortable with working in a fully remote environment

Nice to have

These are not essential, but will help you stand out from the pack:

• Experience working in a B2B SaaS or technology-driven business is highly desirable
• Experience working in a remote team
• Ability to present complex financial concepts clearly to non-financial stakeholders
• Adept at solving financial challenges in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
• Comfortable working in a scale-up environment where priorities and processes can evolve quickly
• An understanding of how equity works
• Entrepreneurial experience
• Strong spreadsheet and modelling skills

Benefits

What you can expect

As the UK’s first and most advanced equity management platform, Vestd is an innovative company, always looking for ways to break new ground.

Our culture is our backbone (BreatheHR named us one of the ‘Top 3 Companies in the Country for Company Culture’), and we take team happiness seriously.

Vestd strives to be as principled as possible. We’re all about Goal 8 of the United Nations ‘Sustainable Development Goals. This goal is about ‘Decent work and economic growth,’ and we consider it both with our external activities and internal workings.

We expect every team member to consider how they can contribute to our goal of a world where 1 billion people are enrolled in a share scheme.

We’ll do everything we can to help you grow in your role. In return, you’ll want to learn all about our industry and do all you can to help us continue leading it.

Vestd is 100% remote so you’ll have a lot of freedom around your working day. Some roles demand office hours (to fit our customers’ schedules), but we are committed to being flexible where possible.

Happy employees make for happy customers, as demonstrated in our five-star reviews. Vestd’s excellence has also been recognised by The Europas, The Fintech Awards London, The Hustle Awards, TechRound, and BusinessCloud’s Fintech50.

If you’re an autonomous, self-driven individual passionate about contributing to a meaningful mission and values being part of a supportive, close-knit team, this could be the perfect opportunity for you.

Why work for Vestd?

Vestd is a great place to work. Don’t just take our word for it - take a look at the award-winning suite of benefits that you can look forward to as one of our folk:

• This job is fully remote; however, we have two annual in-person get-togethers, during which attendance is required.
• A flexible environment to help you achieve the best work/life balance.
• Equity, of course! (After the qualifying period)
• Monthly recognition scheme, where we celebrate our folk
• Support with home working equipment
• A personal training and personal development budget to keep your career and professional growth on track
• Team retreats are held twice a year. They can include an overnight stay and focus on fun and team cohesion
• Great team ethos, connect through regular team and company socials.
• Private medical insurance with Aviva (after the qualifying period)
• 25 days annual leave plus one extra day per year of service (up to five days)
• Employer contribution pension scheme (after the qualifying period)

We’re looking for somebody with initiative who can focus on the business and their own growth path. This is a great time to join our team, and it would be a superb role for the right person.

Our application process:

Our application process has a few stages as we aim to find someone who is the best fit for the role. We are committed to making our process as inclusive as possible, so please contact us if you require any information or support during the application process or need to ask for any adjustments.

Apply online

20-minute screening call

Task-based assignment

45-minute interview with the hiring manager and team member

45 minute team cultural interview

45-minute interview with the CEO

We strive to build a diverse team and welcome applicants from all backgrounds to apply. We believe that unique differences make a strong, innovative team and are actively committed to creating an inclusive work environment.

This job is remote within the UK. You must be primarily UK-based and eligible to work in the country.