Financial Controller
Hybrid
London
GB
Full Time
About the role
We are looking for a newly qualified accountant to become the backbone of Damisa’s growing Finance team. Reporting to the CFO, you will own the day-to-day accounting and management reporting across our international group and grow quickly into broader FP&A, analysis and AI automation work. Your mission is to bring accuracy, clarity and foresight to every number the business runs on.
This is a high-ownership, high-visibility role in a dynamic and ambitious team. It is ideal for someone who wants exposure well beyond a narrow ledger seat: multi-entity consolidation, cross-border intercompany activity, investor and board reporting, and hands-on insights and process building. You will work directly with the senior leadership and see the whole picture of a scaling and fast-growing Fintech business.
Our Finance function is lean, cloud-based and AI-native across every entity. We are investing in the reporting, controls and analytics that will support the next stage of our growth, and this role is central to that.
What you will do
Core accounting and controls
Own day-to-day bookkeeping and bank reconciliations across the group's global entities.
Maintain the integrity of our group accounts, coding conventions and business function tagging.
Manage accounts payable and receivable, expense processing and payment runs.
Support VAT and GST filings and other local compliance, working with the accountants and advisers in each jurisdiction.
Month-end and management reporting
Run a disciplined month-end close: accruals, prepayments, deferred and accrued income, fixed assets and payroll journals.
Prepare monthly management accounts and commentary for each entity and for the group.
Reconcile balance-sheet control accounts and keep clean, well-referenced working papers.
Group consolidation and intercompany
Help prepare the multi-entity consolidation, including currency translation and the elimination of intercompany balances and transactions.
Support intercompany recharges and settlements.
Support statutory accounts and audits across the group's jurisdictions.
FP&A and analysis
Build and maintain budgets, forecasts and rolling cash-flow models.
Track performance against plan, investigate variances and surface insight for leadership.
Contribute to investor and board reporting packs.
Data and systems
Improve and automate finance processes and reporting.
Turn finance and operational data into impactful analysis, using the latest generation of AI and analytics tools.
What you will bring
An ambition to help build the next generation of global financial infrastructure, and a natural interest in blockchain solutions.
Genuine interest in leveraging AI tools such as Claude in financial processes and workflows.
A recognised accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA or CIMA), newly qualified up to around two years post-qualified.
Solid double-entry fundamentals and confident, hands-on month-end close experience.
Xero experience, or strong experience with a comparable cloud ledger and the ability to pick up Xero quickly.
Advanced Excel skills, and comfort building and auditing models.
Accuracy, ownership and a methodical approach to reconciliations and controls.
Clear written communication and the confidence to work with senior stakeholders and external advisers.
The right to work in the UK.
Nice to have
Previous exposure to multi-entity groups, consolidation, foreign currency or intercompany accounting.
Industry, management-accounting or FP&A experience, as well as or instead of a practice background.
Fintech, payments or digital-assets sector experience.
Data and automation skills such as SQL, Power BI, Looker, Python, or other workflow automation tools.
Experience supporting audits or statutory filings in more than one country.
What we offer
A competitive salary and benefits package.
Hybrid working, based in London, with at least 2 days a week in the office.
Rare breadth for an early-career finance professional: the whole group in view, direct access to leadership, and room to grow into a senior finance role as we scale.
