Financial Accountant & Payroll Manager

As a Financial Accountant & Payroll Manager, you will play a key role within the Group Finance function at CloudFactory, a mission-driven organization leveraging AI to transform global work. This role involves close collaboration with HR, Delivery Operations, Sales, and other stakeholders to maintain accurate financial records and payroll outputs.

Responsibilities:

You will be responsible for:

• Payroll Processing: Full processing for UK and US entities, including Employer-of-Record (EoR) relationships with platforms like Deel.com, Rippling, and HireArt for non-core staffing in the US, UK, and Western Europe. Excludes field-based DCT Contractors and CloudWorkers in the Philippines and Colombia (paid via Rippling).
• Journal Management: Processing for Payroll (on Payfit) and monitoring the Rippling integration to ensure seamless sync of payroll journals.
• Expense Management: Processing UK and US employee expenses in NetSuite for reimbursement via payroll.
• Benefits & Compliance: Processing benefit invoices and managing payments for benefits, statutory deductions, and taxes.
• Financial Reconciliation: Reconciliation of all balance sheet accounts related to payroll.

Additional duties include:

• Quarterly VAT calculations,
• Group VC Accrual calculations,
• Finance System Improvements, and
• Special Project Work at the direction of the Group Financial Controller.

Requirements:

• Prior experience of multi-currency bookkeeping and accounting for statutory entities in the US and UK;
• Working knowledge of how Employer-of-Record ('EoR') relationships work for payroll, commission plans, and benefits;
• Familiarity with the NetSuite General Ledger system;
• Ability to conduct routine tasks for smooth running of payroll and accounting, while also adopting a principles-based approach to solving non-routine problems;
• Confidence in working with a range of stakeholders including Directors & Officers of legal entities, senior management, and remote-based staff across different time zones.

Benefits:

• Great mission and culture
• Meaningful work
• Market competitive salary
• Quarterly variable compensation
• Comprehensive medical cover
• Group life insurance
• Personal development and growth opportunities
• Periodic team building and social events