Head of Accounting & Financial Reporting

Responsibilities

• Lead and oversee accounting and financial reporting activities across the Group entities and jurisdictions, including coordination with local finance teams and external accounting service providers.
• Manage the monthly and annual financial close process, ensuring accurate and timely reporting, preparing monthly management reporting pack.
• Oversee the preparation of standalone and consolidated financial statements in accordance with IFRS and applicable local requirements, including multi-entity and multi-currency consolidation.
• Ensure consistent application of Group accounting policies, procedures, and internal controls across all entities.
• Coordinate statutory and Group audits.
• Ensure that trading, brokerage, and other operational activities are accurately reflected in the accounting records, working closely with Reconciliation, Treasury, Payments, and other relevant functions.
• Ensure that financial information supporting regulatory, tax, and other statutory reporting is accurate and properly reconciled.
• Drive standardization, automation, and continuous improvement of accounting and financial reporting processes.
• Manage the implementation of a new ERP system and process automatization.

Requirements

• A university degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or a related field, and a professional accounting qualification such as ACCA, ACA, CPA or equivalent.
• Strong knowledge of IFRS and practical experience in preparing financial statements.
• Solid experience in a senior accounting, financial reporting, or financial control role.
• Demonstrated experience in standalone and consolidated financial reporting within an international, multi-entity, and multi-currency group.
• Experience managing external audits and statutory financial reporting processes.
• Strong leadership, organizational, and analytical skills.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and strong hands-on experience with 1C accounting software.
• Fluency in English, both written and spoken.

Additional Advantages

• Previous experience within a CFD/FX broker, investment firm, fintech, payments business, or other regulated financial-services organization, with an understanding of brokerage-related accounting.
• The Russian language is a significant advantage.
• Big Four or other international audit-firm experience.
• Experience with SAP Business One, would be considered an advantage.
• Experience implementing or enhancing accounting, ERP, consolidation, or financial reporting systems.