Accounting Jobs in the United Kingdom

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  • PayXpert
    PayXpert
    PayXpert

    PayXpert is a pioneer in omnichannel payments and a subsidiary of the Société Générale group. We serve a diverse array of local and international brands both online and in-store, spanning various sectors. At the heart of our vision is the creation of a payment ecosystem that fosters an inclusive commerce experience for all.

    We have developed services that focus on revenue optimisation, performance enhancement, fraud prevention, and seamless payment orchestration. Our expertise extends to cross-border payments and alternative payment methods such as Alipay+ and WeChat Pay. Furthermore, our solutions are designed with accessibility in mind, offering features that cater to the visually impaired, ensuring everyone can engage in the modern commerce landscape.

    • FinTech / InsurTech, SaaS / Cloud Services, Transaction Services
    • London, Barcelona, Lyon
    • Between 50 and 250 employees
  • Opensee
    Opensee
    Opensee

    Opensee has decided to tackle one of the major challenges facing financial institutions: making the most informed decisions as quickly and easily as possible.

    How can they do that? By exploiting all of their data.

    Opensee, with its finance and deep tech experts, offers banks and asset managers simple, instant access to their massive data (in Tera) and breaks the status quo:

    • By breaking down silos,
    • By challenging existing processes,
    • By establishing solid partnerships with its customers to develop the most appropriate solutions.

    Today, this fast-growing international fintech offers a high-performance solution to major financial institutions in Paris, London and New York.

    • Big Data, FinTech / InsurTech, IT / Digital
    • Paris, England, London, Londres, Puteaux
    • Between 50 and 250 employees
  • Indeez
    Indeez
    Indeez

    Step into the world of Indeez, where insurance meets innovation to address the most urgent societal problems.

    We're not your ordinary insurtech; we're pioneers giving insurance a futuristic makeover.

    Our Core Mission?

    At Indeez, we develop sustainable and inclusive insurance at scale to address today’s most urgent protection gaps. We partner with our B2B clients to design, build and optimize insurance for growth through advice & technology solutions.

    What Sets Us Apart

    Client focus: We step in where we are needed the most, ensuring our partners and their communities grow sustainably.

    Tech Passionate: Merging insurance knowledge with tech passion, we craft tailored solutions from enrollment to real-time risk management.

    Team of experts: We have gathered the best industry experts in insurance, products, customer experience, tech, legal, operations and claims.

    Highlight of Our Initiatives:

    Green Mobility: Ensuring new transport innovations offer as much peace of mind as traditional rides. Green and serene!

    Financial sector: Bridging financial gaps and promoting fairness. Making insurance accessible for all—like financial superheroes!

    Future of Work Focus: Creating a global safety net for platform workers, providing them with more security and protection.

    Our Commitment:

    As we grow, our commitment to a sustainable, inclusive, and tech-driven approach remains unyielding. We're not just an insurtech; we're innovators and game-changers. Join us on this exciting journey as we transform the insurance scene redefining the role of the insurtech category as a catalyst for global progress.

    • Banking, FinTech / InsurTech, SocialTech / GreenTech
    • Paris, London
    • Between 15 and 50 employees
  • Payhawk
    Payhawk
    Payhawk

    Payhawk is the leading global spend management solution for scaling businesses. Headquartered in London and combining company cards, reimbursable expenses and accounts payable into a single product; its future-facing technology enables finance teams to control and automate company spending at scale.

    The Payhawk customer base includes fast-growing and mature multinational companies in 32 countries including LuxAir, Gtmhub, and Wagestream. With offices in New York, London, Berlin, Barcelona, Paris, Amsterdam and Sofia; Payhawk is backed by renowned investors such as Lightspeed Venture Partners, Greenoaks, QED Investors, Earlybird Digital East, and Eleven Ventures.

    Our values include supporting flat hierarchies, taking ownership and responsibility, seeking and providing feedback, managing constructive critique, and speaking our minds. We understand that the best ideas don’t all come from the same place, so we encourage diversity and inclusion in all areas of our work.

    The future of fintech is about more than money, and we believe in work-life balance, continual learning, and empowered teams. We’re also on a journey to improve our environmental and social impact and become B Corp certified. From virtual cards to digital subscriptions, our software and automation help take paper out of the equation for our customers, too.

    We’re changing the world of payments, and we’re looking for an exceptional team to help us.

    • FinTech / InsurTech, SaaS / Cloud Services, Software
    • London, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin, New York, Paris, Sofia
    • Between 250 and 2,000 employees
  • SILEX
    SILEX
    SILEX

    Fondé en 2016, SILEX est un groupe financier indépendant basé à Genève, Paris, Zurich, Monaco, Lugano et Londres, ayant pour vision une stratégie digitale guidant la transformation de la gestion de patrimoine. SILEX combine l'expertise financière de ses équipes front office avec les compétences digitales des équipes Tech avec comme mot d'ordre l'innovation. SILEX incarne l'harmonie entre innovations digitales, savoir-faire et proximité.

    • Banking, FinTech / InsurTech, Finance
    • Paris, Genève, London, Lugano, Monaco, Zurich
    • Between 50 and 250 employees
  • Request Finance
    Request Finance
    Request Finance

    At Request Finance, you will be working on enhancing the platform used by over 2,000 Web 3.0 companies like AAVE, The Sandbox, and Maker to manage their B2B crypto payments.Managing crypto payments is an administrative nightmare for businesses.

    Our app solves that with thoughtful features like a dashboard showing all your invoices and their on-chain payment statuses, paying hundreds of invoices to different wallets in a few clicks, scheduling recurring invoices, and more.

    • Blockchain, FinTech / InsurTech
    • Paris, Amsterdam, Berlin, Boston, Genève, Lisboa, London, New York, Singapore, Stockholm, Tel Aviv-Yafo
    • Between 15 and 50 employees
  • Descartes Underwriting
    Descartes Underwriting
    Descartes Underwriting

    Descartes was born out of the conviction that climate change calls for a revolutionary approach in insurance to better protect corporations, governments, and vulnerable communities. We offer a new generation of parametric insurance that builds resilience against the full spectrum of climate and emerging risks. Utilizing Machine Learning and real-time monitoring from satellite imagery & IoT, our state- of-the-art climate tech provides innovative coverage for all trade sectors in all regions of the world. After a successful Series B raise of $120M USD, Descartes Underwriting is proud to be recognized among the French Tech Next120 and launched Descartes Insurance, a ‘full stack’ insurer licensed to underwrite risk by the French Regulator (ACPR). With a growing corporate client base (400+ and counting) - our diverse team is headquartered in Paris and operates out of our 17 global offices in North America, Europe, Australia, Singapore, Hong Kong and Japan.

    • Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning, FinTech / InsurTech, Insurance
    • Paris, Frankfurt Am Main, Hong Kong, London, Madrid, New York, Singapore, Sydney, Tokyo
    • Between 50 and 250 employees
  • PayFit
    PayFit
    PayFit

    Our Mission

    Do you want to help us shape what the future of work will look like and how it will best embrace our life's aspirations? If so, we may have the right role for you.

    Our mission is to revolutionize payroll management for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Our focus is not only on simplifying the complexities of payroll administration but also on fostering a culture of growth and collaboration among entrepreneurs and their teams.

    Internally, we're dedicated to fostering a vibrant, inclusive culture where every employee can thrive. We prioritize continuous learning, development, and a healthy work-life balance.

    Our Values & Behaviours

    Creating a fulfilling work environment and culture is a core mission at PayFit, and we have four core values that define our culture and a set of behaviours that translate our values into concrete actions.

    • Care : We respect and support each other.
    • Excellence : We are all driven by a growth mindset.
    • Humility : We consider everyone as equal.
    • Passion : We are the architects of PayFit's success.

    There are six behaviours at PayFit, and each one has been designed to guide how PayFiters work individually and collectively and communicate with each other.

    🏆 One PayFit : I contribute to the success of PayFit first. Next, I focus on my team’s success and then my own.

    🤝 Disagree and commit : I engage in debate and express my opinions. Once decisions are made, I support them.

    🎯 Big first small after : I get straight to the point and elaborate when necessary.

    👥 Radical Honesty : I provide honest and respectful feedback, regardless of who I communicate with.

    🔧 Bias for action : I strive to make progress on my topics with clear owners and actions that strike the right balance between high standards and efficiency.

    🔎 Ask for help : I first look for solutions to problems and then ask for help when I’m stuck.

    • FinTech / InsurTech, Human Resources, SaaS / Cloud Services
    • Paris, Barcelona, London
    • Between 250 and 2,000 employees
  • Cambon Partners
    Cambon Partners
    Cambon Partners

    Cambon Partners est une banque d’affaires spécialiste des entreprises de croissance. Créée en 2003, l’équipe a conduit avec succès plus de 400 transactions au travers de ses bureaux de Paris, Londres, San Francisco et Pékin.

    Cambon Partners se classe chaque année parmi les acteurs M&A Midmarket les plus actifs en Europe (classements Thomson Reuters, MergerMarket, CFNews, etc).

    Cambon Partners intervient dans toutes les étapes du cycle de vie de l’entreprise : venture, growth capital, LBO, M&A. Sa spécialisation multi-sectorielle lui permet de maîtriser finement les sous-jacents des écosystèmes de ses clients et d’être pertinent, dès le démarrage du process conduisant à la transaction, sur la production des informations-clés, sur l’intermédiation des bonnes contreparties et sur le référentiel de valorisation.

    • Corporate Support, Finance
    • Paris, Londres
    • Between 50 and 250 employees

Accounting roles in a company

Accounting jobs play a crucial role in the financial health and regulatory compliance of businesses across all sectors. With a broad range of roles from entry-level positions to high-level strategic roles, the accounting profession offers diverse career paths. Here’s an overview of some key accounting jobs:

1. Accountant

  • Role: Accountants prepare and examine financial records, ensuring accuracy, and compliance with laws and regulations. They perform overviews of the financial operations of a business to help it run efficiently.
  • Specialisations: Tax, management, government, and forensic accounting.

2. Auditors

  • Role: Auditors examine financial statements to ensure they are accurate and comply with laws and regulations. They also assess financial operations and work to help ensure that organizations run efficiently.
  • Types: Internal auditors, external auditors, and government auditors.

3. Financial Analysts

  • Role: Financial analysts provide guidance to businesses and individuals on investment decisions by assessing the performance of stocks, bonds, and other investments.
  • Specialisations: Portfolio management, fund management, ratings analysis, and risk analysis.

4. Management Accountants

  • Role: Also known as cost, managerial, corporate, or private accountants. They record and analyze financial information for the organizations for which they work. The information they prepare is intended for internal use by business managers, not by the general public.
  • Functions: Budgeting, performance evaluation, cost management, and asset management.

5. Tax Professionals

  • Role: Tax professionals prepare corporate and personal income tax statements and formulate tax strategies. This includes considering the timing of income, purchases and other expenditures, and the selection of investments and types of retirement plans.
  • Specialisations: Tax advisor, tax preparer, and tax analyst.

6. Forensic Accountants

  • Role: Forensic accountants combine their accounting knowledge with investigative skills, using this unique blend in litigation support and investigative accounting settings.
  • Functions: They look into financial discrepancies and allegations of fraud.

7. Controllers

  • Role: Controllers oversee the accounting operations of a company. This senior position ensures the accuracy of the company’s financial reports, making sure that reported results comply with generally accepted accounting principles or international financial reporting standards.
  • Functions: Managing accounting records, preparing financial reports, and coordinating the budget process.

8. Chief Financial Officer (CFO)

  • Role: The CFO is a top-level executive responsible for the financial actions of a company. The CFO’s duties include tracking cash flow and financial planning as well as analyzing the company’s financial strengths and weaknesses and proposing corrective actions.
  • Functions: Financial planning, risk management, and financial reporting.

9. Payroll Clerks

  • Role: Payroll clerks are responsible for ensuring that employees are paid accurately and on time. They also handle any payroll-related queries.
  • Functions: Processing payroll, calculating taxes, and ensuring the correct deductions.

10. Bookkeepers

  • Role: Bookkeepers keep track of all financial transactions, including purchases, sales, and payments, ensuring that all money flows are accurately recorded.
  • Functions: Recording financial transactions, managing ledgers, and preparing invoices.

The demand for accounting roles varies by region and industry, but generally, the profession is seen as stable with steady growth projections. Accounting jobs often require formal education and certification, such as a degree in accounting or finance and qualification as a Chartered Accountant (CA), Certified Public Accountant (CPA), or Certified Management Accountant (CMA), depending on the specific role and location.