Financial Accountant

Summary

Join Parity's energetic finance team as a recently qualified Financial Accountant! Reporting to the Director/Head of Finance, you'll support global financial operations across five entities. Key responsibilities include managing month-end close, preparing financial statements, ensuring compliance, and collaborating with cross-functional teams. This role offers exposure to cutting-edge blockchain technology and significant growth opportunities within a fast-paced, innovative environment. You'll contribute to strategic initiatives, develop insightful reports, and enhance operational efficiency. Parity offers a competitive remuneration package, including tokens, and benefits such as health care, parental leave, and PTO for employees in specific locations.

Requirements

• Exam-Qualified / Qualified, ACA certification
• 2-4 years of experience in accounting, finance or related field
• Proficiency in financial reporting, reconciliation, and audit preparation
• Experience with FRS/IFRS accounting standards
• Familiarity with blockchain technology or strong interest in learning about the crypto sector
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work collaboratively in a team
• Self-motivated, able to work towards deadlines

Responsibilities

• Prepare monthly management accounts with accurate variance analysis and insightful commentary for board reporting (P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow)
• Oversee the finance corporate calendar, ensuring all deadlines, filings, and compliance requirements are met and maintained across all jurisdictions
• Support the assessment, improvement, and monitoring of financial controls across processes and systems to mitigate risks, prevent incidents, and ensure compliance, while improving the finance playbook to provide greater transparency and consistency across the organization
• Stay up to date on financial reporting and regulatory changes in the digital asset space
• Continuously review and improve processes and systems to ensure efficiency
• Assist the team with audits, compliance, and ensuring adherence to reporting standards
• Ensure timely receipt and review of deliverables prepared by external service providers (VAT and Payroll)
• Work closely with the accounts payable analyst to maintain smooth processes and ensure timely invoice coding and accruals
• Perform ad-hoc business and financial analysis to support the business as they scale

Preferred Qualifications

Proficiency in excel and accounting software

Benefits

• Competitive remuneration packages based on iterative market research, including tokens (where legally possible)
• Great opportunity for a new qualified accountant to gain responsibility faster than traditional industries
• A great opportunity to work for a major player in one of the fastest growing and most exciting industries
• Team mates that are genuinely excited about their impact and projects
• Access to the brightest minds in this space to learn about Web3 and develop your skills and knowledge while on the job
• Becoming part of the wider ecosystem (career and networking opportunities)
• Team and company-wide retreats
• Health care
• Parental leave
• PTO (28 days per year)
• Local team events
• Yearly L&D budget
• Language classes