Financial Accountant

• Help build a best-in-class finance function at one of Europe fastest-growing fintechs. • Own core accounting processes, improve systems, and help the business move quickly without losing control. • Go beyond traditional reporting working closely with teams across the business to ensure financials are accurate, scalable, and decision-useful.

• Be a newly qualified accountant with ACA, ACCA, or CIMA qualification and strong technical fundamentals. • Have experience in a fast-paced or scaling environment. • Have strong experience with accounting software or ERP systems ideally NetSuite. • Have advanced Excel skills and be comfortable working with large datasets. • Be detail-oriented but commercially aware understanding the why not just the numbers. • Be comfortable with ambiguity using data, judgement, and common sense to move forward. • Be proactive and accountable taking ownership and not waiting to be told what to do. • Be a team player happy to challenge, collaborate, and step outside your role when needed.

• Have experience in fintech, SaaS, or a similar scaling environment. • Have experience with NetSuite specifically. • Have experience automating finance processes. • Have experience working cross-functionally with product, tech, or ops teams.

• Own key areas of the month-end close including accruals, prepayments, and revenue recognition. • Prepare accurate and timely financial reporting and ensure balance sheet integrity. • Own bank reconciliations and maintain strong cash controls. • Manage and improve AP and AR processes end to end. • Own payroll accounting and oversee payment runs. • Partner with the wider team on variance analysis and performance insights. • Improve and automate processes to support scale. • Work cross-functionally with product, tech, and ops to improve financial data and controls. • Support audits and ensure compliance with accounting standards. • Help optimise and scale systems including NetSuite.

Abound is one of the most exciting fintech stories in the UK right now. In just five years, the co-founders have built a profitable, fast-growing lending platform that was named the UK's number one fastest-growing tech company by The Sunday Times in 2026, with nearly 500% annual revenue growth. The company generated £69 million in revenue and £9 million in profit before tax in 2024, which is remarkable given that, among the top 15 high-growth UK companies tracked by Sifted, Abound was the only profitable one. They have secured £2.2 billion in lending capacity from Citi, Deutsche Bank, Waterfall, and others, and have been listed among the top 250 global fintechs by CNBC. What makes Abound especially interesting as a place to work is the leadership pedigree: Gerald Chappell was previously a Partner at McKinsey and EY, where he led digital lending and credit analytics solutions globally, while Dr Michelle He was a Director at EY with a PhD in machine learning. The broader leadership team brings experience from Goldman Sachs, Citi, Airbnb, and other major institutions. The UK Glassdoor entity sits at 4.6/5, with every single employee recommending it to a friend. What comes through in reviews is the flat structure, data-driven culture, quick career progression, and the chance to learn directly from seriously experienced leaders. Everyone gets equity ownership, a 30-day paid sabbatical after 4 years, a free WellHub membership, and plenty of team socials. A couple of things worth knowing: some Glassdoor reviews flag high targets and performance pressure, and Abound runs a hybrid model from its London offices rather than being fully remote. That said, if you want to be part of a profitable, rapidly scaling UK fintech where your work has a real impact on making credit fairer for millions of people, Abound is a brilliant place to do it.

• Earn £45,000 to £55,000 salary plus equity. • Work hybrid with 3 days a week in the office. • Take 25 days holiday a year plus 8 bank holidays. • Receive 2 paid volunteering days per year. • Take one month paid sabbatical after 4 years. • Access an employee loan. • Receive free gym membership. • Access a team wellness budget for group activities.

Abound is redefining consumer lending in the UK using advanced AI and Open Banking data to make fair, affordable personal finance available to more people. Having issued over £1.3bn in loans directly to customers with market-leading credit performance, the company reached profitability just 2.5 years after launch. Backed by £2bn+ of funding from Citi, GSR Ventures, and Deutsche Bank, Abound is recognised as one of Europe fastest-growing fintechs.