Senior Financial Accountant (12 month FTC)

**Our Story** **Hello there. We’re Zopa.** We started our journey back in 2005, building the first ever peer-to-peer lending company. Fast forward to 2020 and we launched Zopa Bank. A bank that listens to what our customers don’t like about finance and does the opposite. We’re redefining what it feels like to work in finance. Our vision for a new era of banking puts people front and centre — we’ve built a business that empowers everyone to aim high, every day, to move finance forward. Find out more about our fantastic offerings at [](http://Zopa.com)! We’re incredibly proud of our achievements and none of it would be possible without the amazing team here. It’s not just industry awards we’re winning, we’ve also been named in the top three UK’s Most Loved Workplaces. If you embrace unconventional challenges, are unafraid to think differently and are driven to make an outsized impact, you’ll thrive here at Zopa, so join us, and make it count. Want to see us in action? Follow us on Instagram @zopalife We are looking for a Senior Financial Accountant joining Zopa’s Financial Control team for a 12 month FTC to help support one of the UK’s fastest-growing neobanks as we implement a new general ledger. You’ll thrive in a fast-paced, hands-on environment, leading key month-end close activities, strengthening controls, and driving continuous process improvements, while partnering closely with stakeholders across Finance and the wider business. This is a great opportunity for an ambitious, methodical problem solver who enjoys change and delivering high-quality financial reporting. ### A day in the life: - Own delivery of key elements of the month-end close, ensuring accurate and timely postings, robust controls and high-quality balance sheet substantiation. - Own accounting for key P&L and balance sheet areas, including month-end analysis, reconciliations and variance commentary. - Use and maintain key processes and financial models to calculate and post month-end adjustments (e.g., Intangible assets, EIR, Share based payments). - Execute monthly, quarterly and annual controls over financial reporting, ensuring timely and accurate delivery. - Drive process improvement and AI/automation throughout our BAU activities to enhance the close and reporting processes. We are undertaking a transformation project to change our General Ledger system so there will be plenty of opportunities for process improvement. - Coach and support junior team members, helping to build capability across accounting and close processes. ### About you: - Qualified or nearly qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA or equivalent) with strong experience in month-end close and financial reporting. - Analytical and practical, with excellent numerical skills and strong Excel / spreadsheet capability. - Proactive problem-solver, able to investigate root causes and deliver clear, structured solutions. - Curious about how technology, data and emerging tools (including AI) can enhance financial control, reporting and process efficiency. - Comfortable operating in a fast-paced environment, managing competing priorities while maintaining high standards. - Collaborative team player with a strong attention to detail and a mindset of continuous improvement. - Self-motivated and energised by driving excellence and innovation within Financial Control. ### Bonus points for: - Experience with SAP S/4HANA, SQL, Anaplan and/or Tableau.