Junior Management Accountant - #1737098

What is our mission?

Orbital is on an exciting mission to revolutionise global cross-border payments by innovatively combining traditional fiat banking rails with stablecoins over blockchain rails for a variety of use cases. Our class leading B2B payments platform offers multi-currency e-money accounts (corporate IBANs) combined with a suite of digital assets services. Our company sits at the frontier of payments & fintech, by intersecting blockchain and traditional (fiat) financial services, and is leading the way to bridging those two worlds for corporate enterprises globally.

We believe blockchain technology is firmly here to stay, and we want to be the first to bring a combined offering of fiat & crypto payment services under one exciting platform. Learn more about our team and company story here.

What is the purpose of this role in the delivery of our mission?

Reporting to the Group Financial Controller, the key function of this role is to ensure all accounting entries are recorded accurately – running Accounts Payable, through to performing our Month and Year End close for the Orbital Group.

What are the key responsibilities of the role?

• Ensuring all financial elements (Assets, Liabilities, Income, and Expenditure) are correctly accounted for within a robust control environment
• Prepare weekly pay-runs
• Bank reconciliations
• Processing Invoices and recording expenses
• Reconciliation of inter-company accounts, including raising any inter-company charges
• Balance sheet reconciliations
• Booking of Revenue and ensuring entries are booked to the correct legal entity
• Assist with publishing timely monthly financial information and variance analysis
• Assist with the year-end statutory accounts and audit
• Ad hoc project work as required by a growing business
  
  

What is the scope of accountability for the role?

• Preparation of weekly pay runs
• Bank reconciliations
• Management Accounts preparation
• Ownership of key Legal Entities
• Ensure the financial integrity and accuracy of the Orbital Group's financial records
  
  

What are the essential skills, qualifications and experience required for

the role?

• Degree level education, and working towards a professional qualification in
• Accounting (ACA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent)
• 3+ years of Management accounting experience
• Strong grounding in Accounts Payable
• Strong skills and experience with accounting software
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office (particularly Excel) and Google Workspace
• Strong technical skills and financial reporting knowledge
• A love of data, technology and analytics.
• The ability to contribute individually, as well as part of the team
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a keen eye for detail
• Able to communicate clearly and confidently both verbally and in writing with an international and diverse team
• Can work independently in a fast-paced start-up environment. Adaptability to change, comfortable with ambiguity and constant change, able to methodically work through complex problems, set priorities and execute against commitments
  
  

What are the desirable skills, qualifications and experience that would

be beneficial for the role?

• Experience with Xero is highly desirable
• Experience working with Cryptocurrencies would be viewed favourably
• Experience of Fintech industry
• Self-starter - able to approach other members of the business to proactively get