Senior Financial Control Analyst, 12 Month Fixed Term Contract

Were on a mission to make money work for everyone.

Were waving goodbye to the complicated and confusing ways of traditional banking.

After starting as a prepaid card our product offering has grown a lot in the last 10 years in the UK. As well aspersonal and business bank accounts we offer joint accounts accounts for 16-17 year olds a free kids account and credit cards in the UK with more exciting things to come beyond. Our UK customers can also save invest andcombine their pensions with us.

With our hot coral cards and get-paid-early feature combined with financial education on social media and our award winning customer service we have a long history of creating magical moments for our customers!

Were not about selling products - we want to solve problems and change lives through Monzo

London/Cardiff L30 Finance framework Incentive Awards tied to your performance Benefits

Our Financial Control Team:

Monzo is growing fast - new products new markets and new locations. As we expand we need to make sure we can support our businesses and control our processes so we are growing our team to meet these exciting new challenges!

Our team sits within Monzos Finance collective and our job is getting the numbers right. Were currently a team of six qualified accountants split between our Cardiff and London offices and we ensure the ledgers correct at every month-end. We work closely with all areas of Finance and the product teams to make that happen.

Youll play a key role by

• Were looking for a proactive enthusiastic and commercially-minded accountant to work on our financial accounting and help us build a world-class finance function. This role would be well suited to a qualified accountant with 1-2 years of post-qualification experience.
• We have some really exciting challenges under way like making sure we maximise our new SAP S4/HANA general ledger expanding into the European Union pushing forward with our automation plans continuing to grow our customer base growing our lending business and adding to our marketplace. Youll work on scaling Monzo in a controlled way while helping us optimise our financial control processes with the help of technology. Youll report to our Financial Control Manager.

Your day-to-day:

• Manage a tight process with our internal Finance team to ensure a swift month-end close process (e.g. taking ownership of our leases managing accruals schedules inventory etc) and group consolidation
• Support junior team members and review their work
• Understand the business and our products to write insightful management commentary
• Work with our engineers and data teams to automate the production elements of this role allowing you to focus on the parts of the role where your knowledge and skills provide the most value
• Understand our accounting systems and make sure we are taking advantage of all features we can to minimise manual elements of reporting
• Learn SQL skills to run reports and propose solutions that make our processes efficient and scalable
• Maintain existing and develop new controls that protect our financial data and our balance sheet substantiation process
• Support our year end process working with external auditors and our Financial Reporting squad
• Review new products assessing the accounting and implementing them in our banking platform and accounting system
• Work with the business to assess the impact of changes in accounting standards and make proposals on accounting policy matters for new products launched
• Help maintain the integrity of our chart of accounts and financial static data
• Resolve miscellaneous inquiries and support the overall finance team wherever needed - from forecasting and valuations to bank transfers transfer pricing and tax policy research!

Wed love to hear from you if

• Youre a qualified accountant with a few years post-qualification experience ideally in financial reporting/controlling teams and working in a retail banking environment
• You have a great eye for detail
• Youre fascinated by the banking and regulatory landscape and have a good understanding of key financial controls
• Youre a self-starter and enjoy tackling what needs doing whether its making a bank transfer or pulling together reports for investors
• Youre comfortable translating complex information into simple words for people with diverse backgrounds
• Youre interested in using data (SQL skills would be a bonus)
• You thrive in a dynamic and constantly evolving environment
• What were doing at Monzo excites you!

Whats in it for you

L30 Finance framework salary Incentive Awards tied to your performance.

This role can be based in our London or Cardiff office but were open to distributed working within the UK (with ad hoc meetings in London)

We offer flexible working hours and trust you to work enough hours to do your job well and at times that suit you and your team.

1000 learning budget each year to use on books training courses and conferences.

We will set you up to work from home; all employees are given Macbooks and for fully remote workers we will provide extra support for your work-from-home setup.

Plus lots more! Read our full list of benefits.

The application journey has 3 key steps

• Recruiter Screening Conversation
• Role Specific Interview
• Behavioural Interview

This process should take around 3-4 weeks - your schedule is really important to us so we promise to be as flexible as possible!

We have some guidelines on using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to ace an application and interview at Monzo. You can read them here.

Equal opportunities for everyone

Diversity and inclusion are a priority for us and were making sure we have lots of support for all of our people to grow at Monzo. At Monzo were embracing diversity by fostering an inclusive environment for all people to do the best work of their lives with us. This is integral to our mission of making money work for everyone. You can read more in our blog 2026 Diversity and Inclusion Report and 2025 Gender Pay Gap Report.

Were an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to age ethnicity religion sex sexual orientation gender identity family or parental status national origin or veteran neurodiversity or disability status.

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