Finance Manager

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What we're all about.

Do you ever have the urge to do things better than the last time? We do. And it's this urge that drives us every day. Our environment of discovery and innovation means we're able to create deep and valuable relationships with our clients to create real change for them and their industries. It's what got us here - and it's what will make our future. At Quantexa, you'll experience autonomy and support in equal measures allowing you to form a career that matches your ambitions. 41% of our colleagues come from an ethnic or religious minority background. We speak over 20 languages across our 47 nationalities, creating a sense of belonging for all.

We're heading in one direction, the future. We'd love you to join us.

The opportunity.

We are seeking a highly detail-oriented Commercial Accountant to join our dynamic team. As a valued partner to teams across the business, you'll provide insightful financial analysis to support decision making as we continue to grow. This is a unique chance to gain a deep understanding of business transactions, while identifying and implementing continuous improvements and automation in financial processes.

What you'll be doing.

• Lead regional month-end close activities with a focus on revenue recognition, project cost validation, and gross margin reporting, ensuring compliance with internal policies and external accounting standards.

• Own transactional accuracy across regional revenue, cost of sales, project setup, change orders, and contract amendments, ensuring all financial data flows correctly through to gross margin, project and customer analysis.

• Prepare and reconcile deferred revenue, accrued revenue, and cost schedules, ensuring completeness and accuracy of all supporting documentation.

• Deliver clear, actionable gross margin insights to business partners, highlighting trends, risks, and opportunities across projects, regions, and business units.

• Support global audit requirements, ensuring timely provision of evidence, reconciliations, and process documentation for external auditors and internal assurance teams.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand commercial activity, project performance, and operational drivers impacting financial results.

• Identify and implement continuous improvements across reporting, data capture, and financial processes, with a strong focus on automation and control enhancement.

• Contribute to the design and rollout of new financial processes, ensuring scalability, accuracy, and alignment with global standards.

• Support ad hoc analysis and projects as the business evolves.

Requirements

What you'll bring.

• Qualified accountant - ACCA/ACA/CIMA

• Years experience in relevant accounting role

• Experience automating and improving processes through systematisation

• Experience building and preparing reporting packs using a reporting tool

• Advanced Excel skills; and

• Ability to work under pressure and multi-task

Benefits

Our perks and quirks

At Q, we help you realise your full potential, thrive in your role, and enjoy what you do - all while being recognised and rewarded with a wide range of benefits.

We offer

• Competitive salary & company bonus
• Private healthcare, life insurance & income protection
• CycleScheme & TechScheme
• Free Calm app subscription (#1 app for meditation, relaxation & sleep)
• Pension scheme with 6% company contribution (when you contribute 3%)
• 25 days annual leave (plus the option to buy up to 5 extra days) + your birthday off!
• Ongoing personal development opportunities
• WeWork office space & company-wide socials

Our mission

We have one mission. To help businesses grow. To make data easier. And to make the world a better place. We're not a start-up. Not anymore. But we've not been around that long either. What we are is a collection of bright, passionate minds harnessing complexities and helping our clients and their communities. One culture, made of many. Heading in one direction - the future.

It's all about you

Quantexa is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We're dedicated to creating an inclusive and diverse work environment, where everyone feels welcome, valued, and respected. We want to hear from people who are passionate about their work and align with our values. Qualified applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, colour, ancestry, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, citizenship, marital, disability, or veteran status. Whoever you are, if you're a curious, caring, and authentic human being who wants to help push the boundaries of what's possible, we want to hear from you.

Internal pay equity across departments is crucial to our global compensation philosophy. Grade level and salary ranges are determined through interviews and a review of experience, education, training, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant, equity with other team members, and alignment with market data.

Quantexa is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our talent acquisition processes. If you require support, please inform our Talent Acquisition Team.

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