Head, Product Control & Accounting

• Act as the standing technical accounting partner to Product and Engineering for all new products, features, and pricing changes
• Write technical accounting memos and position papers for new or changed products (revenue recognition under IFRS 15, financial instrument classification under IFRS 9, fee vs. interest income treatment, etc.)
• Design, build, and maintain the chart of accounts for new and existing products, ensuring consistency across entities
• Map each stage of the customer journey (onboarding, transaction, settlement, fee, reversal, write-off) to the correct GL treatment, end to end
• Review product and engineering specs pre-launch to flag accounting and control gaps before they reach production
• Own the reconciliation between product/transaction system data and the general ledger, and resolve breaks at source
• Design controls around new product flows (maker-checker, reconciliation, exception handling) and document them to audit standard
• Maintain a living library of accounting treatment documentation per product, kept current as products evolve
• Partner with Financial Control, Internal Audit, and external auditors on product-related technical accounting queries

Candidate requirements:

• ACA / ACCA (or equivalent) with 8+ years post-qualification experience, including Big 4 technical accounting or audit background
• Strong working knowledge of IFRS 15 (revenue), IFRS 9 (financial instruments), and IFRS more broadly
• Experience translating a product or system design into accounting treatment and GL structure, not just reviewing after the fact
• Comfortable reading product specs and talking directly to engineers and product managers, not only to finance colleagues