Financial Controller - FTC Parental leave cover
Financial Controller - FTC Parental leave cover
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Our Story
Remaking the way we make families.
Gaia is bringing valuebased care to fertility. We focus on improving outcomes for our members through better care and endtoend support and believe they should only pay us if successful. We take on the risk so that our clinic partners get paid regardless of outcomes.
Our founder Nader AlSalim experienced the challenges of IVF firsthand as he and his wife went through 5 rounds of treatment to conceive their son. He created Gaia to give others the experience he wished hed had. Today a Gaia baby is born every 2.6 days and with an NPS above 80 our Members feel taken care of at every step of their journey.
Our Company Values
Because were building in an extraordinarily complex space we need to be unapologetically demanding and singleminded in the pursuit of our goals while going out of our way to support people. Four values drive everything we do at Gaia:
Them not you:Do right by our members be kind and take one for the team.
Drive or get out of the way:Identify problems take initiative and step out of your lane.
When in doubt be brave:Its the only way to bring about change.
Be extraordinary at what you do:Pursue your craft with excellence and seriousness.
The role
Were looking for a Qualified Accountant / Auditor to provide a 12month parental leave cover at a company where finance and insurance are at the heart of the product. The Interim Financial Controller will report to the Head of Finance & Credit and be responsible for the annual financial accounts month end close process and for collating processing and reporting on all types of finance data across our UK entity.
Who are you
You have a great eye for detail and you care about the quality of work you deliver. You have high ownership and can collaborate with other parts of the business to get what you need and you get it done. You are a proactive problem solver ready to address unexpected challenges and are comfortable stepping into new systems and processes. You are excited to work in a fastpaced startup environment. You are organised and deadline driven.
What you will do
- Partner with the Financial Controller to ensure a smooth handover and effective knowledge transfer
- Collaborate with stakeholders across Operations Product and Marketing to maintain strong financial alignment during the transition
- Manage external accountants to ensure accurate and timely reporting
- Own the monthly close process including bookkeeping management accounts and reconciliations
- Lead audit preparation and respond to auditor queries
- Analyze opex and budget variances monthly surfacing trends and risks
- Deliver insights into company performance to support strategic decisionmaking
- Oversee intercompany transactions and maintain accurate reconciliations
- Manage accounts payable and receivable processes with precision
- Ensure FCA compliance and assist with regulatory filings as needed
- Identify and implement process improvements to increase efficiency and scalability
What we are looking for:
- Deeptechnical accounting expertise and comfort navigating complex financials
- A track record of highquality delivery under pressure
- Sharp analytical skills: able to dig into the details and communicate what really matters
- A solid understanding of how fintech businesses operate and scale
- Fully qualified: ACCA / ACA / CIMA / ICAEW
- Confident working in Xero and managing audit processes
- Proven experience with group consolidations
- Familiarity withUS GAAP (a plus)
- Exposure tofinancial products like lending or insurance (a plus)
Whats on offer
Here at Gaia our employees are the foundation of our success. We believe its super important that you are happy healthy and motivated.
As such on top of a competitive market benchmarked salary we offer private healthcare fertility support and other benefits.
Additionally we offer all new hires a set up budget in addition to an annual personal development budget to build your skills knowledge and potential. Were working hard on our reward and recognition framework to make sure that those who are excelling above and beyond get what they deserve.
Diversity and Inclusion
At Gaia we believe diverse and inclusive teams make better products more successful businesses and help us to be better people.
Gaia counts 38 employees spanning 10 different nationalities. Gaias board of directors is composed of founder Nader AlSalim and 2 women from Kindred Capital Leila Zegna and from Atomico Terese Hougaard. Women are also well represented at the companys Csuite level (COO CMO Chief of Staff) and within Gaias data and engineering team a traditionally male dominated field.
We strive to create an organization that welcomes people and does not discriminate based on race ethnicity color ancestry national origin religion sex sexual orientation gender identity age disability veteran status genetic information marital status or any other legally protected status.
If youre eager for a challenge want to hit the ground running and youre ready to make an impact on other peoples lives apply!
We aim to respond to all applicants within 12 weeks. There is no deadline for the application the role will be live until filled.
Required Experience:
Contract
Employment Type
Full Time
