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Modulr is a payments automation platform processing over 200 million transactions and £180 billion in annual payment value. The company serves 6,000+ businesses from SMEs to enterprises, automating payroll, supplier payments, spend management, and payment collection through a single platform integrated with accounting and payroll systems. Modulr is a regulated payments provider backed by PayPal, FIS, General Atlantic, and other leading investors, with 400+ employees across London, Edinburgh, Amsterdam, Mumbai, and Pune.
Reporting to the Director of Financial Control, you will own the group's financial close, audit, and control framework while leading a growing Financial Control team based primarily in India. You will serve as the senior technical escalation point across Financial Control and a key interface with auditors, boards, and the wider Finance function.
Key responsibilities include:
**Financial Control & Month-End Leadership:** Lead and coordinate monthly, quarterly, and annual close across multiple legal entities, owning close governance, timetables, and reporting deadlines. Review and approve journals, accruals, and prepayments; oversee balance sheet governance, intercompany accounting, P&L analysis, and trial balance review. Own revenue accounting review and Q2C platform contract reconciliation, resolving complex accounting issues and escalating reporting risks. Review management reporting outputs and maintain audit-ready standards year-round, coordinating with FP&A, PayOps, Product, and Finance teams.
**Balance Sheet Governance & Reconciliation Control:** Act as subject-matter expert for reconciliation quality and balance sheet substantiation, owning reconciliation standards and control account reviews. Review and challenge balance sheet reconciliations, investigate aged reconciling items, and resolve historic issues through root-cause analysis. Design and embed reconciliation governance and audit-ready frameworks across all entities, coaching the team on methodology and serving as primary escalation point for reconciliation and accounting-judgment issues.
**Audit Management & External Auditor Coordination:** Lead and coordinate external audit across group entities, managing audit planning, readiness assessments, and audit trackers. Prepare and review audit evidence, resolve audit queries, and support management representations; liaise with Deloitte, KPMG, and other advisors. Review statutory accounts, drive internal control remediation, follow up on audit findings, and manage audit timelines across group and local entity audits.
**Statutory, Board & Regulatory Reporting:** Prepare, review, and coordinate board, Audit & Risk Committee, and Financial Risk Committee reporting, including management accounts and supporting schedules. Support statutory financial statements, regulatory and prudential reporting inputs, and governance reporting with entity performance analysis and narrative commentary. Report to banking partners, boards, and senior management.
**Tax & Regulatory Compliance:** Oversee and support domestic and international tax compliance across India, UK, and Netherlands (VAT, registrations/deregistrations, VAT recovery analysis). Support transfer pricing and corporation tax; manage HMRC correspondence and regulatory information requests. Review tax calculations, approve tax payments, and monitor cross-border compliance obligations, liaising with tax advisers.
**International Entity Oversight:** Support financial control across all UK entities, Modulr Finance BV, European branches, and India operations (including payroll funding and transfer pricing). Provide consolidation support, intercompany accounting, cross-border reporting, and global audit coordination with local statutory compliance and stakeholder management. Support US entity setup and provide financial control support for the group's US market entry, including opening balance sheet, local statutory, tax and reporting requirements, and integration into group close and controls. Act as senior finance support for India and European reporting activities.
**Team Leadership & Capability Development:** Lead, coach, and technically support the Financial Control team, managing performance, development planning, and quality review of team outputs. Support recruitment, interviewing, and hiring; deliver technical accounting training, month-end support, and escalation cover. Build audit-ready standards, knowledge transfer, and succession planning, operating as the senior technical escalation point across Financial Control.
**Projects, Systems & Transformation:** Support NetSuite finance enhancements (H2 FY26) and finance AI adoption initiatives. Lead FX revenue recognition, month-end redesign, automation, process standardization, and finance operating model development.
**Banking, Treasury & Authorizations:** Provide oversight and approval across banking and treasury, including banking and tax payment approvals, and review of banking and treasury-related reconciliations and reporting. Oversee cash position, support funding and liquidity, contribute to treasury governance, and support regulatory capital reporting.
Key deliverables include monthly management accounts and month-end close completion; audit-ready balance sheet reconciliations; board reporting packs, audit deliverables, and statutory reporting support; regulatory submissions (VAT returns, transfer pricing); team development plans; financial governance reporting; and process improvement and transformation deliverables, especially around AI capabilities.
**Requirements:**
Essential:
- AI mindset (essential) – actively use AI tools to work smarter and keen to apply them to automate and enhance finance processes
- ACA (or equivalent) qualified with significant post-qualified experience (+10 years) leading financial control in a complex, multi-entity group
- Background in payments, fintech, issuing/acquiring, or SaaS within a fast-growth environment (strongly preferred)
- Strong technical accounting, month-end close, and audit management experience with a track record of building audit-ready controls and reconciliation standards
- Strong attention to detail, extreme ownership, and fast learner – able to lead and develop a team (largely based in India) and act as a credible escalation point for auditors and senior stakeholders
Desirable:
- Experience with NetSuite and finance systems transformation or automation projects
- Exposure to international tax, VAT, and transfer pricing across multiple jurisdictions
- Experience managing offshore or internationally distributed finance teams
