Financial Controller responsible for accounting and financial operations across international entities. Ensuring compliance and financial accuracy in a fast - paced environment.
About the role
- Financial Controller at Goodstack, managing finance operations and reporting for a tech-focused nonprofit platform. Transforming finance processes to support global donations operations.
Responsibilities
- Fuel Goodstack’s success as we strive to make a lasting impact and transform nonprofits with cutting-edge technology solutions.
- Manage all day-to-day finance and accounting operations (payroll, treasury, debtors, payables, revenue recognition, managing cash flow).
- Deliver impactful reporting, with the provision of monthly management accounts, including review of all journal entries and analysis of forecast variances.
- Provide operational finance support as needed across budgeting, cash flow, and reporting for internal use and external fundraising.
- Overseeing and reviewing the work of outsourced bookkeepers to ensure accuracy and compliance, while also supporting and maintaining a steady workflow pipeline for them.
- Help design, implement, and optimise financial operation processes, systems, and controls to support the growth of the business and ensure compliance is adhered to.
- Handle all statutory reporting, payroll, VAT, and R&D tax credits.
- Manage our Intercompany, International Tax, and Audit requirements.
- Manage Bi-annual share options grants and general company secretarial matters, including cap table management.
- Support the VP of Finance with the delivery of key ad hoc finance projects.
Requirements
- Full qualification as an accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA) with 5+ years of post-qualification experience in a senior accounting position.
- Demonstrable experience in a senior finance role, must be from a start-up or scale-up recently.
- Comfortable rolling up your sleeves and working independently.
- Exceptional attention to detail and ability to deliver in a fast-moving environment.
- Excellent communicator with great organisational skills; you’ll be able to communicate complex financial information to non-finance colleagues confidently and in an accessible way.
- A collaborative mindset and enjoy working with teams like Product and Engineering to design, build, and improve processes.
- Hands-on experience with Xero, Google Sheets, Payhawk, and Hubspot (preferable).
Benefits
- Salary reviews and share options becoming an integral part of our growth and share in the company's success
- Goodstack’s Workplace Giving
- Vitality Plus - Private health insurance
- £250 Brighten your day annual budget
- £1000 Learning & development annual budget
- Goodstack library
- Tasty Tuesday! Office lunch is on the company
- Slow run club (Wednesdays)
- Paid days off to volunteer for non-profit causes
- Paid days to attend conferences
- Paid day off on your birthday!
- 25 days annual leave, plus paid public holidays
- Paid sick leave
- Paid wellness leave
- Parental leave
- Flexible working hours
- WFH budget upon joining
- Pension
- UK cycle-to-work scheme
- Ecologi Carbon Offsetting
- You're always welcome to pop in more often if you enjoy the buzz of being in the office. It's a warm, friendly space right in the heart of London
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