Senior Revenue Controller
Location:
United Kingdom
Department:
Finance
Posted:
ABOUT TIDE
At Tide, we are building a finance platform designed to save small businesses time and money. We provide our members with business accounts and related banking services, but also a comprehensive set of connected administrative solutions from invoicing to accounting.
Launched in 2017, Tide is now used by over 1 million small businesses across the world and is available to UK, Indian and German SMEs. Headquartered in central London, with offices in Sofia, Hyderabad, Delhi, Berlin and Belgrade, Tide employs over 1,800 employees.
Tide is rapidly growing, expanding into new markets and always looking for passionate and driven people. Join us in our mission to empower small businesses and help them save time and money.
ABOUT THE ROLE:
The Financial Reporting and Control team are responsible for the financial controllership of the Tide Group. This includes month end reporting, statutory accounts and related audits and ensuring a robust control framework and processes for our global Finance operations. We need someone to be proactive, take initiative and build out best in class financial reporting and control processes and procedures for our Revenue Control & Regulatory Capital team.
As our new Senior Revenue Controller you’ll report to the Group Financial Controller and be responsible for the financial reporting and controllership of Revenue, Cost of Sales and Risk Costs within the Tide Group. You will be responsible for the accuracy of Tide’s UK regulatory reporting, managing both internal and external reporting.
WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR:
It’s exciting times here at Tide, we are scaling and developing our product offering at a phenomenal rate and have made our first step into our ambitious plans towards international expansion and diversifying our product offering.
As the Senior Revenue Controller you’ll be:
- Responsible for the monthly close process – capturing Revenue, Cost of Sales and Risk Costs (incl. related B/S items) to the ledger
- Review the month end P&L and balance sheet for relevant line items, understand drivers of month on month movements, provide variance analysis and perform analytical review of the financials
- Collaborate closely with the Business Areas, Financial Risk Management and FP&A to provide analysis of the revenue and cost of sales of the Tide group entities
- Maintaining best practice documentation of accounting policy and papers for material transactions, revenue recognition and key business processes
- Collaborate within the Financial Reporting & Control team to ensure timely and accurate reporting of monthly P&L, balance sheet and cash flow, annual financial statements and regulatory reporting
- Ensure proper books and records for all financial transactions
- Build out balance sheet substantiation procedures and monthly reconciliations
- Manage relationships with external auditors and tax advisors
- Build robust financial control processes and strengthening internal control framework
- Identify opportunities to streamline and improve accounting processes, operations and systems
- Collaborate with the project team and play a key role for your assigned work areas for the new SAP general ledger system
WHAT MAKES YOU A GREAT FIT:
- Experience working in fintech, financial services or MNCs
- Strong financial acumen and excellent technical accounting skills. Familiar with accounting standard and disclosure requirements under UK GAAP and/or IFRS
- Experienced in dealing with the statutory audit of financial services company
- You hold a professional finance qualification (CA)
- 5+ years PQE
- Confident dealing with senior stakeholders across the business and owning your work with minimal hands-on management
- Excellent commercial acumen
- Meticulous attention to detail
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to take responsibility for business-critical financial operations
- Exceptional organisational skills
- Ability to stick to tight deadlines
- Curious mind and high level of problem solving capability
- Motivated by making a difference and getting things done
- You would like to work in a fast-paced, startup environment
- Personable, and able to build strong working relationships
- Tech savvy, with strong Microsoft Excel/Gsheet skills
- Experience with Xero or SAP
WHAT YOU’LL GET IN RETURN:
- Competitive Salary
- Share options
- Flexible working options
- Group Life Insurance
- Vitality Health Insurance, with a proactive focus on mental and physical wellbeing
- 25 days holiday with the ability to buy extra days
- 3 days for L&D or volunteering time off per year
- We invest in your development with a £1,000 professional L&D budget per year
- Access to ‘salary sacrifice’ benefits such as Cycle to Work scheme and pension contribution
- Spacious brand-new office near Old Street with an all-day snacks bar
- Enhanced family-friendly leave
- Sabbatical leave
TIDE IS A PLACE FOR EVERYONE
At Tide, we believe that we can only succeed if we let our differences enrich our culture. Our Tideans come from a variety of backgrounds and experience levels. We consider everyone irrespective of their ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, family or parental status, national origin, veteran, neurodiversity or differently-abled status. We celebrate diversity in our workforce as a cornerstone of our success. Our commitment to a broad spectrum of ideas and backgrounds is what enables us to build products that resonate with our members’ diverse needs and lives.
We are One Team and foster a transparent and inclusive environment, where everyone’s voice is heard.
At Tide, we thrive on diversity, embracing various backgrounds and experiences. We welcome all individuals regardless of ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability. Our inclusive culture is key to our success, helping us build products that meet our members' diverse needs. We are One Team, committed to transparency and ensuring everyone’s voice is heard.
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