Financial Control, Accountant

• Own allocated month-end close activities and ensure they are delivered accurately and on time.

• Prepare, review and approve general ledger journals as required, ensuring postings are technically accurate, appropriately supported and comply with internal control requirements.

• Own revenue and expense analysis for the relevant areas, ensuring variances are investigated, understood and appropriately communicated to stakeholders.

• Own the monthly capitalisation and amortisation process for intangible assets, ensuring entries are accurate, supported and appropriately controlled.

• Partner with Financial Planning & Analysis to ensure accruals and accounting adjustments are identified, calculated and recorded accurately.

• Prepare, review and approve bank reconciliations as required, ensuring reconciling items are investigated and resolved promptly.

• Own monthly balance sheet reconciliations for the relevant areas, including preparing and reviewing reconciliations where required, ensuring all balances are fully supported and outstanding issues are appropriately managed.

• Take ownership of non-automated accounting entries, ensuring they are accurate, appropriately supported, controlled and clearly documented, with clear audit trails maintained.

• Build and implement scalable, efficient processes while remaining hands-on in day-to-day delivery where needed.

• Support the preparation of management, regulatory, statutory and tax reporting requirements as required.

• Ensure compliance with accounting policies, financial reporting standards and internal control frameworks

• Help drive and implement automation and process improvements across finance processes, controls and reporting activities, helping to reduce manual effort and improve scalability.

• Lead initiatives to automate the capture and posting of accounting entries from ClearBank's core banking and operational systems into the general ledger.

• Identify opportunities to improve efficiency, scalability and data quality across Financial Control processes.

• Drive the adoption of AI-enabled tools and technologies to reduce manual effort, improve accuracy and enhance team productivity.

• Ensure process changes are documented appropriately and supported by effective control frameworks.

• Build strong working relationships across Finance and the wider business to support accurate financial reporting and operational effectiveness.

• Work collaboratively with Accounts Payable, FP&A, Tax, Treasury, Regulatory Reporting and external auditors to ensure reporting requirements are met.

• Support audit activities by coordinating information requests and providing timely, accurate responses.

• Contribute to cross-functional projects requiring accounting, control or process expertise.

• Month-end reporting processes are delivered accurately, on time and in line with agreed timetables.

• The general ledger remains well-controlled, supported and reconciled, with minimal audit findings or control weaknesses.

• Complex accounting areas, including share-based payments, are supported with accurate analysis, appropriate documentation and clear escalation where technical judgement is required.

• Practical capex accounting experience is applied to ensure capitalisation and amortisation are accurate, well-supported and appropriately controlled as part of the wider Financial Control remit.

• Financial control processes become increasingly automated, scalable and efficient as ClearBank grows.

• AI-enabled tools are successfully adopted to improve productivity, insight and operational effectiveness.

• Stakeholders receive accurate, timely and reliable financial information that supports decision-making and reporting obligations.

• The role works effectively with colleagues across Finance and the wider business to deliver high-quality outcomes.

• Financial Control contributes to a strong control environment while continuously improving efficiency and reducing operational risk.

• The role demonstrates excellence in both what is delivered and how it is delivered through strong collaboration, ownership, continuous improvement and leadership behaviours.

• Fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA).

• Strong financial accounting and financial control experience within a regulated financial services environment.

• Experience managing month-end close activities, balance sheet reconciliations and general ledger controls.

• Experience managing the monthly capitalisation and amortisation of intangible assets, including accurate accounting entries, supporting documentation and financial controls.

• Strong technical accounting knowledge, including experience interpreting and applying accounting standards.

• Experience supporting complex accounting areas, including preparing analysis and documentation to support technical accounting judgements.

• Strong understanding of financial controls, governance and audit requirements.

• Proven ability to identify, lead and implement process improvement initiatives.

• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and strong financial analysis capability.

• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.

• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced and evolving environment.

• High attention to detail combined with a pragmatic and solutions-focused mindset.

At ClearBank we think about Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DE&I) a lot. Not because we think we should. But because we know we should - how else can we build a happy workforce and be successful as a business. We're committed to making sure our teams reflect society. And we put energy and effort into making this a place where everyone feels at home, where they're given the trust and encouragement to do their very best work. Here are some of the things we're most proud of:

• 42% of our senior management roles are held by women

• Our enhanced family leave policies

• Launching our partnership with Code First Girls

• Increasing awareness of neurodiversity in the workplace through our partnership with the Inclusive Group