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About Proxymity
Proxymity is a market leading digital investor communications platform focused on providing regulatory compliant products focused initially on Proxy Voting and Shareholder Disclosure services. Founded in London and spun out of Citi, from the very beginning our mission focused on benefitting the whole capital markets ecosystem, rather than just one part or one player within it. This ethos is endorsed by investment from global consortium of some the industry’s most influential financial institutions.
About Us - Proxymity
Proxymity’s service offering is now a Global one, matching the needs of our custodian and broker community respectively. This is reflected by a fast-growing client base who have long desired an improved service by a trusted vendor. As a result, we are a fast-growth company and have already gone from 10 to 200+ employees in the last four years with a global footprint in London, New York, Tel-Aviv, Malaysia and Melbourne.
What we’re looking for:
A proactive and results-driven Group Financial Controller to oversee our group financial operations and support our continued growth. In this role, you’ll be responsible for supporting and improving Proxymity’s financial performance, managing accounting processes, and collaborating with international stakeholders across multiple regions.
Key deliverables include smooth and successful group audits and effective management of outsourced financial support across the globe. You will have a key focus on the US market as Proxymity continues to expand here, providing both financial and operational support. Key skills include business partnering across several functions and providing accurate financial insights.
Key Responsibilities:
- Management Accounting: Overseeing day-to-day accounting and financial operations for our entities in the UK, Israel, Australia, Malaysia and the USA. Overall responsibility for data entry into accounting system and integrity of accounting system data, as well as supervising and working with any outsourced accountants and tax advisors
- Month-end Close: Ownership of the group month-end close across 5 entities, with review of the Israel entity. Review the Finance Associates’ deliverables, and hands-on close required for more complex areas of the balance sheet
- Financial Reporting: Ownership of our monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements to ensure accuracy and compliance with accounting standards. Ownership of the reconciliation between the management consolidation and the audited accounts
- Global Audit Ownership: Manage the audit process to ensure deadlines are set and not missed, resulting in K-1s being issued to corporate investors within H1 each year
- Statutory & Regulatory Compliance: Supervising and working with our external accountants and tax advisors, ensuring proper compliance with all legislation and regulations globally (e.g. corporate filings and HMRC deadlines)
- Treasury Management: Manage our global cash position and cashflow to ensure FX risk is appropriate managed, and excess cash has an appropriate yield
- Revenue Recognition and Ownership: Work closely with Sales Operations to ensure Finance’s understanding of closed revenue and future pipeline is accurate, whilst ensuring that revenue recognition is in line with US GAAP accounting policies across both UK and US entities
- Payroll review: Work closely with the People team to ensure global payroll is accurate
- Process Improvement: Evaluating, streamlining and improving accounting systems and operations
- Equity & Grant Management: Supporting the management of the company's equity and option grants
- R&D Tax Claim: Support Head of Finance with the annual R&D Tax Claim to ensure all numbers are accurate in the submission
- Relationship Management: Building and developing strong relationships with senior execs around the business
- Line Management: Manage and support the Senior Finance Associate (UK) and Finance Associate (US) with their continued professional development (CPD)
Requirements
- You are a qualified accountant with experience in finance or accounting roles both in-practice and in-house
- Proven experience in technical accounting, including managing audits, month-end processes, and day-to-day accounting functions
- An entrepreneurial mindset and comfortable in a fast-moving and evolving environment
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills, being able to collaborate effectively with both the finance team and senior management
- Able to build strong, collaborative relationships across teams and stakeholders in all levels of the business
- Self-motivated and able to work independently
- Work three days per week in the London office
Benefits
- Headspace subscription
- Birthday off in addition to annual leave
- Access to Absorb Learning
- Improved family-friendly policies
- Hybrid working scheme
- Choose your tech
- 2 duvet days a year
- 1 volunteer day a year
- 4-week sabbatical after 4 years at Proxymity
- Workation- Our Workation policy means you can work anywhere in the world for up to 45 days per calendar year
- Companywide parties twice a year
- Team socials
