Financial Controller

<p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>💰 £50,000 to £90,000 depending on experience</strong></p><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>📍 Salary based on London. Hybrid, with flexible hours.</strong></p><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Fanvue is one of the fastest-growing creator monetisation platforms globally. We're an AI-powered, creator-first platform helping creators connect, engage, and earn directly from their audiences at scale. Following our recent Series A, Fanvue has surpassed $200m+ in annual recurring revenue, with triple-digit year-on-year growth, supporting hundreds of thousands of creators and millions of fans worldwide.</strong></p><p style="min-height:1.5em">We have gone from 45 people to over 130 in a year while doubling revenue. Finance has kept pace, but the processes underneath were built for a much smaller company, and our first statutory audit is coming. This role exists to build the controls and reporting discipline a business at this scale should already have.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><h2>🎯 The Role</h2><p style="min-height:1.5em">We're hiring a <strong>Financial Controller</strong> to own Fanvue's financial operations and reporting, reporting directly to our VP Finance.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">This is hands-on. You will own statutory reporting, compliance and management accounting, while strengthening controls, improving reporting accuracy and taking cost out. It suits a qualified accountant with strong technical knowledge under IFRS, commercial instincts, and experience building finance processes that scale rather than inheriting ones that already work.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">You will have real influence on how the finance function is built, because much of it is still being built.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><h2>🚀 What You'll Do</h2><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Lead the month-end and quarter-end close, delivering timely and accurate reporting</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Prepare management accounts, cash flow forecasts and variance analysis</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Own statutory reporting and compliance under IFRS and UK GAAP</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Manage VAT filings, PAYE submissions and annual HMRC returns</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Maintain and optimise Xero and the wider finance stack, including Dext, Pleo and ApprovalMax</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Support annual audits and manage the relationship with external accountants</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Strengthen internal controls, financial policies and reporting processes</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Partner with leadership on budgeting, forecasting and margin improvement</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Take on projects including R&amp;D tax credit claims and system integrations</p></li></ul><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><h2>👀 Who You Are</h2><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Qualified accountant, ACA, ACCA, CPA or CIMA</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">4 to 6 years post-qualification, ideally from Big Four, a regional practice, or high-growth tech or digital</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Strong knowledge of IFRS and UK statutory reporting</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Proficient in Xero and comfortable with finance automation tools</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Experienced with VAT and HMRC compliance</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Comfortable with consolidations and multi-currency accounting</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Strong analytically, precise on detail, and proactive rather than reactive</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">At ease in a fast-moving, hands-on environment</p></li></ul><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Nice to have</strong></p><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Experience in the creator economy, a marketplace, a subscription platform or fintech</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Exposure to R&amp;D tax credits, multi-entity or multi-currency accounting</p></li></ul><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><h2>✨ You'll Thrive Here If</h2><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">You want to build the finance function rather than run one someone else designed</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">You would rather fix the process than work around it for another quarter</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">You like being close to commercial decisions instead of reporting on them afterwards</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">You are comfortable being the person who says the number is wrong, and then finding out why</p></li></ul><h2>⚠️ You'll Struggle Here If</h2><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">You want established processes, a settled close calendar and a team already in place</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">You would rather specialise deeply than cover a broad surface</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">You need someone senior to define the controls before you can implement them</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">You are uncomfortable with a business that changes shape faster than the reporting can keep up</p></li></ul><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><h2>🌍 Why Join Fanvue?</h2><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Sunday Times Best Places to Work, two years running. We don't just say we have great culture, we prove it</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">A genuine chance to shape the finance function of a company growing this fast</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Report directly to the VP Finance with real exposure to strategic decision-making</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Fanvue supports hundreds of thousands of creators and millions of fans globally. The problems you solve here are real and immediate</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Series A momentum: triple-digit growth means the work you do now sets the standard for years</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Unlimited holiday</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Hybrid working, with flexible hours according to when you work best</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Salary reviews every six months, we don't wait for annual cycles to recognise your growth</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Budget for growth and wellbeing, plus support with upskilling and development costs</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">A culture built on innovation, speed, excellence, ownership and transparency</p></li></ul><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><h2>⭐ Fanvue is for Everyone</h2><p style="min-height:1.5em">We know that diverse teams build better products. Even if you do not meet every requirement, we encourage you to apply. Potential, mindset, and ambition matter just as much as experience.</p><p>Find more <a href="https://www.arbeitnow.co.uk/english-speaking-jobs">English Speaking Jobs in United Kingdom</a> on Arbeitnow</a>