Senior Financial Accountant

Job Description

Company Description

OFX is a leading financial operations company providing businesses and accounting firms with real-time financial control and visibility to do business anywhere in the world. With an innovative platform and ²⁴⁄₇ human support, OFX automates and simplifies doing business across borders, reducing risk and eliminating routine operational tasks. Offering global business accounts, payments to 180 countries in 30+ currencies and currency risk management solutions to simplify global payments. OFX further enhances business operations by providing corporate cards with spend management, bill payments, vendor management, and integrations with popular accounting and HRIS software, to help achieve better business solutions so accounting firms and businesses thrive.

Headquartered in Sydney, Australia, with offices globally, in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, New Zealand, Singapore and Hong Kong. OFX has been a trusted innovator in global money movement for over 25 years.

Job Description

As a Senior Financial Accountant, you will be responsible for the core financial controllership, reporting, and compliance activities for the UK, Ireland, and the broader EMEA region. You will ensure the integrity of financial data, maintain robust internal controls, and support the Group’s evolving sustainability and ESG reporting frameworks. This role plays a vital part in regional finance operations, including the integration of the New Client Platform (NCP).

What You’ll Do:

• Manage the monthly and annual financial close processes for EMEA entities, including revenue recognition, ensuring timely, accurate and compliant reporting in accordance with IFRS and local accounting standards.
• Prepare and review management reports and statutory financial statements for the UK, Ireland, and other EMEA countries as required.
• Manage the preparation and coordination of statutory audits for UK, Ireland, and relevant EMEA entities, including subsidiary Board reporting.
• Prepare audit schedules, liaise with external auditors, and address audit queries in a timely manner.
• Ownership of daily safeguarding reconciliation process
• Coordinate with external tax advisors to ensure accurate and timely tax filings and compliance
• Oversee compliance with corporate tax, VAT, and other indirect tax obligations in the UK, Ireland, and EMEA countries.
• Prepare and submit quarterly financial regulatory reporting within required timeframes
• Prepare and coordinate ESG reporting inputs for Group Annual Report
• Foster collaboration and clear communication with the broader Group finance team and regional business stakeholders.
• Maintain and improve internal control frameworks and ensure compliance with Group policies and regulatory requirements.
• Identify control gaps and lead remediation efforts to mitigate financial risks.
• Lead initiatives to improve financial processes and controls across the EMEA region.
• Utilise ERP and reporting tools to enhance operational efficiency and reporting accuracy.
• Collaborate closely with the Group Financial Controller, Assistant Group Financial Controller and global finance teams on group-wide finance projects, including NCP, policy implementation, and system upgrades.

Qualifications

What You Bring:

• CPA or CA qualified
• Relevant tertiary qualifications in Accounting, Finance, or a related discipline 5+ years’ experience in controllership or senior accounting roles within a multinational or publicly listed company
• Strong knowledge of IFRS, UK GAAP (if applicable), and EMEA statutory reporting requirements
• Proven track record of managing statutory audits and tax compliance across the UK, Ireland, and EMEA jurisdictions
• Familiarity with VAT, corporate tax, and other indirect tax regulations in EMEA
• Proficient in Excel and ERP systems (such as D365, Oracle, SAP, NetSuite)
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills across diverse teams and geographies
• Strong analytical mindset with attention to detail and ability to manage multiple priorities
• Proactive, collaborative, and continuous improvement focused style

Additional Information

We’re OFXers because we want to make a difference. We see challenges as opportunities and we’re not afraid to roll up our sleeves to get stuff done. We’re committed to making things easier for our clients, pushing boundaries and continuing to move with the times so that we can continue to inspire confidence every day and through every transaction.

We operate as one team, cross-functionally and globally, to drive outcomes that deliver excellence for our customers. We’re curious self-starters who love learning and sharing our knowledge with others. We embrace change and use our initiative and resilience to overcome challenges.

• Always keep learning. We offer a wide range of learning and career development opportunities to help every OFXer build their capacity and career, with leadership training, secondments, internal mobility and access to a large library of online learning.
• Make a difference. Through our Make a Difference program, we encourage OFXers to give back to causes and communities that are important to them. We celebrate this with an annual volunteer day, which OFXers can use together or individually, as well as matched giving and the opportunity to nominate charity of choice every quarter.
• Reward and recognition. We recognise a job well done. OFXers are encouraged to celebrate their peers’ effort, technical expertise or support through a range of global and regional channels and awards, including quarterly and annual awards, milestones and shout outs.
• Showing our social side. Our Good Vibes employee-led committees around the globe organize events to help keep our employees engaged inside and outside the office. Whether it’s a wellbeing activity, end of year celebration, or a monthly team get-together, our team wants you to feel welcome!
• Benefits that mean something. We offer a range of fantastic benefits, including primary and secondary gender neutral carer parental leave (16 weeks) or birthday leave, you’ll feel well-supported at OFX.
• A great work environment. Enjoy work-life balance and flexibility with our hybrid work model, in an inclusive, diverse and non-hierarchal culture.

At OFX, we are committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive and accessible workplace where we value, respect, and encourage our people to be their authentic selves. With an employee base as diverse as the clients we serve, we know that fostering an inclusive workplace is fundamental to our continued success. If you require accommodation for any portion of the recruitment and hiring process, please email us at [email protected].

We encourage you to apply if this role aligns with your career aspirations.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support certain stages of the hiring process. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are always made by humans. While our Applicant Tracking System (ATS) includes AI features, we do not rely on the features to review or assess resumes against job requirements. All resumes are manually reviewed by our hiring team.

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At OFX, we are committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive and accessible workplace where we value, respect, and encourage our people to be their authentic selves. With an employee base as diverse as the clients we serve, we know that fostering an inclusive workplace is fundamental to our continued success. If you require accommodation for any portion of the recruitment and hiring process, please email us at [email protected].

We encourage you to apply if this role aligns with your career aspirations.