Senior Technical Accountant

Our Story Hello there. We’re Zopa. We started our journey back in 2005, building the first ever peer-to-peer lending company. Fast forward to 2020 and we launched Zopa Bank. A bank that listens to what our customers don’t like about finance and does the opposite. We’re redefining what it feels like to work in finance. Our vision for a new era of banking puts people front and centre — we’ve built a business that empowers everyone to aim high, every day, to move finance forward. Find out more about our fantastic offerings at Zopa.com ! We’re incredibly proud of our achievements and none of it would be possible without the amazing team here. It’s not just industry awards we’re winning, we’ve also been named in the top three UK’s Most Loved Workplaces. If you embrace unconventional challenges, are unafraid to think differently and are driven to make an outsized impact, you’ll thrive here at Zopa, so join us, and make it count. Want to see us in action? Follow us on Instagram @zopalife We are looking for a Senior Technical Accountant to join our growing Finance function, reporting to the Head of Technical Accounting. You’ll provide technical accounting support for ongoing business activities, new products and other initiatives, and play a key part in the Technical Accounting team’s work, from accounting policy assessments to horizon scanning, audit engagement and the annual report. Strong stakeholder management is key to this role. The demands on the Finance team are high as Zopa grows at pace, so you’ll need to build effective and influential relationships within Finance and the wider business. Our team are self-starting problem solvers who are agile and thrive on bringing past experiences and networks to a diverse range of challenges. You’ll be part of an impressive Zopa team, who are super collaborative and happy to roll their sleeves up and get involved in whatever needs doing to achieve their goals. A day in the life Carry out technical accounting assessments for new transactions, products, significant contracts and other business initiatives, and draft clear accounting papers and memos. Play a key part in the Technical Accounting team’s ownership of the annual report and accounts, drafting parts of the report and coordinating other sections written by teams across Finance and the wider business, and helping to bring them together into the final report. Manage stakeholders effectively and work well with other Zopa teams, including Product, Legal, Treasury and Risk, building strong, influential relationships and giving clear, practical technical accounting advice. Support the development, implementation and upkeep of accounting policies and the accounting manual and give practical guidance on how policies should be applied across the business. Help put new accounting treatments into practice: make sure finance systems and processes are set up to support new activities, embed them into business-as-usual (BAU) processes and hand them over to the BAU teams. Support the technical accounting for balance sheet activity, including SPPI testing and hedge accounting assessments and documentation under IAS 39 and IFRS 9. Support the timely and accurate delivery of month-end reporting where needed. Work directly with the external auditors on accounting policy and technical accounting matters, answering queries and providing evidence and papers. Carry out horizon scanning of new and proposed legislation, regulation and accounting standards that affect financial and corporate reporting, prepare impact assessments, and highlight high-impact or high-risk changes. Help shape and deliver our work to automate the production of the annual report, an area where this role will be fundamental. Look for ways to use AI and automation to improve technical accounting, policy and rep