Manager, Finance Transformation

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Company Description

We're Checkout.com

Checkout.com is one of the most exciting and valuable fintechs in the world, with our Series D taking our valuation to $40 billion. Our mission is to enable businesses and their communities to thrive in the digital economy. We're the strategic payments partner for some of the best known fast-moving brands globally, such as Wise, Hut Group, Sony Electronics, Homebase, Henkel, Binance, Klarna and many others. Purpose-built with performance and scalability in mind, our flexible cloud-based payments platform helps global enterprises launch new products and create experiences customers love. And it's not just what we build that makes us different. It's how we empower passionate problem-solvers to collaborate, innovate and do their best work. That's why we're number 9 on the Forbes Cloud 100 list and on Glassdoor's list of Top 10 fintechs to work for. And we're just getting started. We're building diverse and inclusive teams around the world - because that's how we create even better experiences for our merchants and our partners. And we need your help. So, join us to build tomorrow, today.

Job Description

Manager, Finance Transformation at Checkout.com

• As the Finance Lead and SME, you will own the E2E execution of the Financial Infrastructure roadmap for your workstreams.
• You will build a deep understanding of the current state of Accounting processes and identify future state solutions to be prioritised and implemented.
• Partner with Product and Engineering teams to clearly articulate Finance requirements, gaps and inefficiencies through discovery discussions.
• Define and document future state requirements alongside product and ensure alignment with accounting policies and best practices on controls.
• Active involvement during the development phase to provide feedback and iterate in a fast and agile manner.
• Lead the efforts on test and adoption for any new implementation and ensure impact to BAU operations are adequately understood and communicated to stakeholders.
• As the day to day point of contact, ensure granular level project plan exists for your workstream and tracked via the PMO.
• Provide clarity to key stakeholders on workstream status and maintain close communication to ensure alignment on decisions.
• Where conflicting priorities are presented, undertake a risk based impact assessment and apply clear exception acceptance criteria.

Role overview

Successful candidates will bring Finance functional SME experience from an organisation with complex products and features, ideally within traditional finance/banking or payments/fintech. They should be comfortable thinking end to end, as well as being hands-on and operational where needed. You will be leading through others and therefore the ability to influence cross-functional teams and senior leaders is a must.

Qualifications

Experience

• Professional finance qualification such as the ACA or equivalent
• 4+ years post qualification experience in Finance or Accounting roles, with experience in Finance Systems transformation.
• Proven track record of working on complex cross-functional technology transformation and implementation projects.
• Experience collaborating with Product and Engineering teams
• Experience working in complex, face paced agile transformation projects ideally within a listed environment of a global financial services or payments/fintech organisation.

Skills

• SME on financial accounting, reporting, reconciliations and controls
• Knowledge of ERP systems and their integration with GL systems
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and strategic thinking abilities
• Proven track record dealing with multiple stakeholders, employing varying engagement and communication styles.

• You are not afraid to roll up your sleeves and take responsibility to do whatever needs doing to solve problems.

Additional Information

Apply without meeting all requirements statement

If you don't meet all the requirements but think you might still be right for the role, please apply anyway. We're always keen to speak to people who connect with our mission and values.

We believe in equal opportunities

We work as one team. Wherever you come from. However you identify. And whichever payment method you use.

Our clients come from all over the world - and so do we. Hiring hard-working people and giving them a community to thrive in is critical to our success.

When you join our team, we'll empower you to unlock your potential so you can do your best work. We'd love to hear how you think you could make a difference here with us.

We want to set you up for success and make our process as accessible as possible. So let us know in your application, or tell your recruiter directly, if you need anything to make your experience or working environment more comfortable. We'll be happy to support you.

Take a peek inside life at Checkout.com via

• Our Culture video https://youtu.be/BEwnpHuadSw
• Our careers page https://www.checkout.com/careers
• Our LinkedIn Life pages bit.ly/3OaoN1U
• Our Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/checkout_com/