Group Financial Controller

About Lendable

Lendable is on a mission to build the world's best technology to help people get credit and save money. We're building one of the world’s leading fintech companies and are off to a strong start:

One of the UK’s most exciting unicorns with a team of over 800 people

Among the fastest-growing tech companies in the UK

Profitable since 2017

Backed by top investors including Balderton Capital and Goldman Sachs

Loved by customers with the best reviews in the market (4.9 across 10,000s of reviews on Trustpilot )

So far, we’ve rebuilt the Big Three consumer finance products from scratch: loans, credit cards and car finance . We get money into our customers’ hands in minutes instead of days.

We’re growing fast, and there’s a lot more to do: we’re going after the two biggest Western markets (UK and US) where trillions worth of financial products are held by big banks with dated systems and painful processes.

Join us if you want to

Take ownership: you are trusted to make decisions that drive a material impact on the direction and success of Lendable from day 1

Work in small teams of exceptional people: Lendies are relentlessly resourceful. We challenge the status quo to solve problems and find smarter solutions

Build the best technology in-house : we use new data sources, machine learning and AI to make machines do the heavy lifting

About the role

We're looking for a Group Financial Controller to own the controllership function across the Lendable group. This is the team responsible for the integrity of our books: the monthly close, the reconciliation control framework, accounts payable and payroll, across multiple entities and multiple GAAP frameworks.

There's a lot to do. We are a high-transaction-volume lending business scaling across the UK, the US and Mexico; and the finance operation needs to scale with it. This role is about process, automation and control rather than technical accounting research: tightening the close timetable, designing controls that actually hold, and building an operation that gets faster and more accurate as volume grows rather than slower and more manual.

What you'll be doing/impact on objectives

Own the group month-end close end to end, including the close timetable and the discipline that keeps it on track across all entities

Maintain books and ledgers across multiple GAAP frameworks (IFRS, UK GAAP, US GAAP) for a multi-entity group

Own the reconciliation control framework: design, integrity and evidencing of reconciliations across the balance sheet

Lead accounts payable and payroll at volume, holding the standard on accuracy, timeliness and control

Design and embed financial controls across the finance operation, working with the Internal Control Manager on control narratives, RACMs and audit readiness

Drive automation and efficiency: identify where manual effort scales badly and replace it with systemised, repeatable process

Build, lead and develop the controllership team, setting the standard for how the function operates

Partner with Technical Accounting, Tax, Treasury and FP&A, and act as a key point of contact for external auditors

What we're looking for

Qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA) with a minimum of 10 years PQE

At least 3 years in a controllership leadership role

Proven experience maintaining books and ledgers across multiple GAAP frameworks (IFRS, UK GAAP, US GAAP). You do not need to be a technical accounting expert in each

Track record owning management accounts close, reconciliation control frameworks, AP and payroll at volume in a regulated or high-transaction lending business

Demonstrable focus on process, automation, control design and close timetable discipline, with evidence of driving efficiency at scale

Comfortable operating in a multi-entity, multi-currency group structure

Nice to have: ECL/IFRS 9 or CECL exposure

Interview process

Screening stage: an initial phone interview with the Talent / hiring team and a 15 minute online cognitive assessment

Remote Hiring Manager Interview 30 minutes

Onsite interviews with the Finance Leadership team: 90 minutes

Remote Final Stage interview with the CFO /CCO: 30 minutes

Life at Lendable

Winning team: the opportunity to scale up one of the world’s most successful fintech companies

Flexible working: flexible approach tailored to each role. Hybrid roles require three days in-office weekly; fully remote roles include regular opportunities for in-person connection through socials and off-sites

Socials & connection: opportunities and events to come together, socialise, and get to know each other beyond the office walls

Health coverage: support for your physical and mental wellbeing, including private health cover

Retirement & savings: long-term financial wellbeing through retirement savings plans

Employee referral programme: earn a competitive bonus when you refer successful new team members

Office meals & snacks: enjoy a fully stocked kitchen, plus complimentary lunches prepared by in-house chefs on in-office days at select locations

Sustainable commuting: cycle-to-work and electric vehicle salary sacrifice schemes available in select locations

Please note: The availability and details of specific benefits vary by location and role. For more information, please speak to your Talent Partner.

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