Financial Control Analyst

Monzo is on a mission to make money work for everyone. We're waving goodbye to the complicated and confusing ways of traditional banking.

• Help embed our software capitalisation process working closely with our engineering and business teams to create an automated and scalable solution
• Take on the role of product owner for the financial reporting processes of software capitalisation, operating key controls across month end close and performing impairment assessments
• Use your strong technical knowledge of relevant IFRS standards for capitalisation and impairment to support and challenge the business on areas of judgement and documentary evidence
• Manage a tight process with the rest of our internal Finance team to ensure a swift month-end close process and group consolidation
• Understand the business and our products to write insightful management commentary
• Understand our accounting systems and make sure we are taking advantage of all features we can to minimise manual elements of reporting
• Learn SQL skills to run reports and propose solutions that make our processes efficient and scalable
• Support our year end process working with external auditors and our Financial Reporting squad
• Help review new products, assessing the accounting and implementing them in our banking platform and accounting system
• Work with the business to assess the impact of changes in accounting standards and make proposals on accounting policy matters for new products launched
• Help maintain the integrity of our chart of accounts and financial static data

• You're a qualified accountant with a few years' post-qualification experience, ideally in financial reporting/controlling teams and working in a retail banking environment
• You have a strong understanding of technical accounting standards
• You have a great eye for detail
• You're fascinated by the banking and regulatory landscape, and have a good understanding of key financial controls
• You're a self-starter and enjoy tackling what needs doing
• You're comfortable translating complex information into simple words for people with diverse backgrounds
• You're interested in using data (SQL skills would be a bonus)
• You thrive in a dynamic and constantly evolving environment

• £60,000 - £65,000 + Incentive Awards tied to your performance
• This role can be based in our London or Cardiff office, but we're open to distributed working within the UK (with ad hoc meetings in London)
• We offer flexible working hours and trust you to work enough hours to do your job well
• £1,000 learning budget each year to use on books, training courses and conferences
• We will set you up to work from home; all employees are given Macbooks and for fully remote workers we will provide extra support for your work-from-home setup