Associate Finance Manager

Role Overview

• Own execution of monthly and quarterly close — preparation of management accounts, balance sheet reconciliations, intercompany, and month-on-month variance analysis.
• Own Group balance sheet integrity, including reconciliations and multi-currency accounting.
• Own payroll accounting across the Group's different employment models, including employees, contractors, and EOR arrangements.
• Own intercompany accounting end-to-end — transactions, recharges, reconciliations, monthly eliminations, and FX residual clearance.
• Partner with the Finance Manager on consolidation and Group reporting deliverables, feeding entity-level close into the Group timetable.
• Drive close calendar discipline across owned entities, holding the line on quality and timing.
• Own preparation of annual statutory financial statements for assigned entities, from working papers through to signed accounts, including liaison with external advisors and auditors.
• Support with external audit of group entities — including walkthroughs, schedules, and audit queries.
• Own indirect tax compliance (VAT, GST) across the Group.
• Support coordination with external tax advisors for direct tax matters.
• Contribute to the Group internal control framework and maintain process documentation for owned areas.
• Contribute to and support ad-hoc tooling projects, from selection through to steady-state close integration.
• Drive continuous improvement within the finance tool stack including NetSuite workflows, saved searches, and reporting configuration.
• Guide and review Finance Associates execution across owned areas, setting the quality bar and contributing to development.
• Scope and deliver automation and efficiency improvements as transaction volume and entity complexity grow.
• Partner with FP&A on monthly actuals handover, variance analysis, and data integrity for budget-vs-actuals reporting.
• Support finance inputs into cross-functional projects including new entity setup, systems implementations, and M&A integration.
• Contribute financial perspective to procurement, vendor selection, and spend control decisions across the business.

Requirements

• ACA, ACCA, or equivalent qualification (fully qualified)
• 4+ years of post-qualified accounting experience, ideally in SaaS, technology, or multi-entity environments
• Demonstrated end-to-end ownership of close for legal entities in a multi-entity, multi-currency Group
• Direct experience preparing statutory financial statements through to audit sign-off
• Strong working knowledge of IFRS, applied in practice
• NetSuite or similar ERP experience, with comfort configuring and optimising the system
• Proven ability to operate as a senior operational counterpart to a manager — driving outcomes to conclusion without close supervision
• Exceptional attention to detail and organisational discipline.

Tech Stack

• ERP

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Retirement plans
• Paid time off
• Flexible work arrangements
• Professional development