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The Role
As the Senior Accountant, you will play a key role in building and strengthening LemFi’s finance function during a period of rapid global growth. Reporting to the Head of Finance, you will help establish scalable accounting processes, improve financial controls, and ensure timely, accurate reporting across entities.
This is a hands-on role for someone who enjoys operating in a fast-paced fintech environment, balancing strong technical accounting expertise with a practical, problem-solving mindset. You will work closely with cross-functional teams and external partners to build a finance operation that is lean, reliable, and built to scale.
How You’ll Contribute
- Build Scalable Accounting Processes: Design and improve accounting and financial control processes that support LemFi’s growth.
- Month-End Close & Financial Reporting: Own the month-end close for assigned entities and prepare accurate, timely management accounts.
- Statutory & Entity Reporting: Prepare entity-level financial statements in line with applicable GAAP and ensure filings are completed on time.
- Audit & External Partner Management: Support audits and work closely with external auditors, tax advisors, and other financial partners.
- Controls & Documentation: Strengthen internal controls, reporting systems, and documentation to support compliance and efficiency.
- Data & Business Insight: Partner with the data team and use tools like Tableau and Looker to improve financial reporting and visibility.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work across finance, data, and business teams to align accounting outputs with FP&A and operational needs.
Who You Are
- Hands-on finance professional: Comfortable working in the detail, taking ownership of core accounting activities, and improving processes along the way.
- Detail-oriented and reliable: Committed to producing accurate financial information and maintaining high standards in a fast-paced environment.
- Comfortable in a scaling business: Thrives in environments where structures are still being built and refined, with the adaptability to respond as priorities change.
- Proactive and solutions-focused: Able to identify issues, investigate root causes, and resolve problems independently.
- Commercially aware and collaborative” Understands the role finance plays in supporting the wider business and works effectively across teams to deliver practical, scalable solutions.
What You’ll Bring
- Relevant accounting experience, ideally within a fast-growth business, fintech, tech, or similarly dynamic environment.
- ACA, ACCA, or ICAEW qualification, or an equivalent accounting qualification.
- Experience preparing statutory and non-statutory financial statements, as well as monthly management accounts.
- Experience supporting or leading audit processes and working directly with external auditors and financial partners.
- Strong understanding of accounting standards and financial controls, with the ability to apply them in practice.
- Confidence working with financial data and building scalable reporting processes.
- NetSuite experience highly desirable; familiarity with Tableau or Looker is a plus.
- Proactive, organised, and able to identify, investigate, and resolve issues with minimal oversight.
The Interview Process
- TA Screen (30 mins)
- Meeting the Hiring Manager (30 mins)
- Technical Assessment (case study and presentation)
- Stakeholder Interview (30 mins)
