Senior Financial Accountant

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Senior Financial Accountant

Department: Financial Control – Balance Sheet Control
Location: Swindon/London
Reports to: Finance Manager / Head of Financial Control
Salary: £65,000 to £75,000
Contract Type: Permanent

About the Role

We are seeking a motivated and detail-oriented accountant to join our Financial Control team as a Senior Financial Accountant. This role plays a key part in ensuring the accuracy, integrity, and timeliness of our financial reporting and controls environment.
You will support statutory and management reporting, month-end close activities, and contribute to process improvements within the finance function.

Key Responsibilities

• Support month-end and year-end close processes, ensuring accuracy of journals and reconciliations.
• Manage the client bank reconciliation process.
• Oversee the eMoney process, ensuring a thorough understanding of transaction flows, maintaining reconciliations and investigating variances.
• Ensure correct segregation of client cash from the overall cash position and execute necessary transfers to maintain balance.
• Prepare Investment Bonds and Treasury Bills journals, ensuring accurate valuation, recognition and accounting for coupon receipts and redemptions.
• Maintain and reconcile the suspense general ledger account, ensuring no unreconciled balances remain at month-end.
• Assist in preparation of statutory accounts and audit schedules; liaise with external auditors and provide detailed walkthroughs.
• Ensure compliance with internal controls, accounting policies, and financial procedures; maintain and update relevant procedures to support continuous improvement.
• Perform shared service duties on behalf of the EU Entity, including managing investment bonds, client bank reconciliation, suspense account reconciliation and managing the eMoney process.
• Drive improvements in financial systems, reporting tools, and process efficiency.
• Ad hoc financial projects and analysis as required by the Financial Controller.

Key Requirements

Essential:

• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent).
• Strong understanding of UK GAAP and/or IFRS.
• Solid experience in financial reporting, general ledger management, and month-end close.
• Proficiency with Excel and familiarity with financial ERP systems (e.g. SAP, Oracle, Netsuite).
• Excellent attention to detail, analytical mindset, and problem-solving skills.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with ability to work cross-functionally.
• Organised, self-motivated, and able to manage competing priorities.

Desirable:

• Banking/Fintech background
• Experience working in a Financial Control or Group Finance environment.
• Experience with Oracle E-business Suite.
• Exposure to process automation or system implementations.

Why Edenred PayTech?

We are a subsidiary of the Edenred group and leaders in prepaid solutions including banking, virtual cards, debit, credit, and prepaid processing.

As an Edenred PayTech employee you will get the support and structure that you need to enjoy your work and develop your career while doing what you love and making a difference in a fast-paced and innovative business.

What you will get:

• 25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays
• Hybrid working environment (min. 3 days per week in the office)
• Pension Scheme – employer 6% with minimum employee contribution 3%
• Medical & international travel cover (leisure and action sports)
• Income protection
• Life insurance (4x salary)
• Wellbeing Employee Assistance Program (extended access to family members)
• Holiday trading scheme
• Season ticket loan
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Employee discount shopping platform
• Employee referral bonus scheme
• Digital learning platform
• Complimentary fruit and other 'in office' snacks & refreshments
• Volunteering programme
• Social events

Diversity:

Edenred PayTech are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We will not discriminate against any applicant or employee based on age, race, colour, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, national origin, citizenship, marital status or civil partnership/union status, disability, pregnancy, genetic information, or any other basis prohibited by applicable country or local laws.

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