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Zopa is a fintech company founded in 2005 as the first peer-to-peer lending platform, now operating as Zopa Bank—a customer-centric digital bank. The company has been recognized as one of the UK's Most Loved Workplaces and is known for its innovative approach to financial services.
This Senior Technical Accountant role is a key individual contributor position within the Technical Accounting team at Zopa Bank. You will be responsible for a broad range of technical accounting activities across the organization.
Key responsibilities include:
- Conducting technical accounting assessments for new transactions, products, significant contracts, and business initiatives, with clear documentation and memos
- Playing a central role in the annual report and accounts process, drafting sections and coordinating contributions from Finance and wider business teams
- Managing stakeholder relationships across Product, Legal, Treasury, and Risk functions, providing clear and practical technical accounting guidance
- Developing, implementing, and maintaining accounting policies and the accounting manual, with guidance on policy application across the business
- Implementing new accounting treatments into practice, ensuring finance systems and processes support new activities, and handing over to business-as-usual teams
- Supporting technical accounting for balance sheet activity, including SPPI testing and hedge accounting assessments under IAS 39 and IFRS 9
- Supporting timely and accurate month-end reporting delivery
- Working directly with external auditors on accounting policy and technical matters
- Horizon scanning for new legislation, regulation, and accounting standards that affect financial and corporate reporting, with impact assessments
- Shaping and delivering automation of annual report production—a fundamental area for this role
- Identifying and implementing AI and automation improvements to technical accounting, policy, and reporting processes
- Staying current with developments in financial and corporate reporting
The role is hybrid, requiring 2-3 days per week in the London office, with flexibility to work abroad up to 120 days per year (subject to work authorization).
Requirements:
- Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, or equivalent) with relevant post-qualification experience
- Experience working in the financial services sector (ideally banking or consumer finance), OR trained at a top-six accountancy firm with financial services experience in a technical accounting role
- Strong technical knowledge of IFRS standards and accounting principles
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
- Ability to work effectively across multiple teams and influence without direct authority
- Motivated, energetic, and passionate about excellence and innovation
Bonus qualifications:
- Technical knowledge of IFRS 9 (expected credit losses, effective interest rate), hedge accounting (IFRS 9 and IAS 39), IFRS 2 (share-based payments), and IAS 38 (intangible assets)
- Experience with operational accounting
