About the role
About Ryft
Ryft is a regulated payment facilitator and authorised payment institution building the infrastructure layer for modern commerce platforms.
We enable marketplaces, SaaS platforms and multi-party ecosystems to embed and monetise payments natively. Our technology handles onboarding, compliance, orchestration, split payments and revenue sharing, allowing our partners to focus on growth while we manage complexity.
We are now entering the next phase of scale, expanding into new verticals and building a category-defining embedded payments platform.
About the role
This is a hands-on Senior Finance Manager role within a fast-growing finance team at
an FCA-regulated payments business. Reporting to the Financial Controller and leading
a team of two, you will own the monthly close and the integrity of the balance sheet and
take day-to-day responsibility for how the finance team runs.
A significant part of this role is being involved in building the processes that do not exist
yet and automating the ones that still rely on manual effort.
This suits a fully qualified accountant who has already owned a month-end close in their
own right and wants to step up into genuine team leadership - someone comfortable in
the detail, working at pace, in a business whose volumes and complexity are growing
quickly.
Key responsibilities
Month-end close and management reporting
Own the month-end timetable end to end, maintaining a disciplined and efficient close as transaction volumes and complexity grow
Prepare and review the monthly management accounts pack, ready for review by the Financial Controller and Finance Director
Review the journals, accruals, prepayments and reconciliations prepared by the team, taking responsibility for the accuracy of what is issued
Take full ownership of balance sheet integrity, ensuring accounts are reconciled monthly, reconciling items are resolved promptly and appropriate review controls are maintained
Work closely with our client funds and reconciliations team, ensuring the positions they produce are reflected correctly and promptly in the ledger
Process build, systems and controls
Take ownership of finance processes across the transactional cycle - purchase ledger, sales ledger, expenses and payroll journals - ensuring controls are documented and consistently applied
Design and implement new processes for activities the business has not had to account for before, getting them right at the point of introduction rather than retrofitting them later
Identify and remove manual effort, making the case for change where a process works today but will not scale
Embed scalable financial controls as the business grows, ensuring key processes are appropriately documented, evidenced and reviewable
Supporting the wider finance function
Support the Financial Controller on VAT, year-end and audit by providing accurate, reconciled figures and supporting schedules to deadline
As you establish yourself in the role, we expect the remit to broaden, with increasing ownership of areas such as VAT, year-end, audit and other technical accounting matters
Contribute actuals, cost driver insight and practical input to budgeting and forecasting
Escalate technical and judgement-based issues promptly, with a clear recommendation rather than an open question
Team leadership and development
Line manage a Management Accountant and an Assistant Management Accountant, review their output, set the standard for quality, and act as the first point of technical escalation before matters reach the Financial Controller
Coach and develop the team, supporting professional study and creating opportunities for them to take on more
Skills - must haves
Fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA) with a strong technical accounting foundation
Demonstrable ownership of a month-end close and a management accounts pack in their own right, not solely preparing components of someone else's
Strong balance sheet discipline, with real experience owning reconciliations and driving breaks to resolution
Line management experience, or clear readiness for it - able to review others work
Experience in a high-volume transactional environment, comfortable working with large data sets and reconciling between systems
Strong Excel skills and confidence with cloud accounting systems
Process-minded and hands-on - comfortable getting into the detail, identifying processes that will not scale, and implementing practical solutions rather than simply highlighting problems
Skills - nice to have
Payments, fintech or other FCA-regulated financial services experience
Hands-on involvement in systems implementation and change
What We Offer
A genuinely developmental Senior Finance Manager role - you'll take ownership of the day-to-day finance operation from the outset, with the opportunity to broaden your remit into technical accounting and other areas as the business scales
A chance to shape the future of payments at a high-growth fintech
Hybrid working from our Manchester office and flexible hours
Meaningful equity options
25 days holiday + bank holidays
Regular team socials and offsites
A fast-paced working environment with genuine responsibility and autonomy
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Ryft is a regulated payment facilitator and authorised payment institution building the infrastructure layer for modern commerce platforms.
We enable marketplaces, SaaS platforms and multi-party ecosystems to embed and monetise payments natively. Our technology handles onboarding, compliance, orchestration, split payments and revenue sharing, allowing our partners to focus on growth while we manage complexity.
We are now entering the next phase of scale, expanding into new verticals and building a category-defining embedded payments platform.
About the role
This is a hands-on Senior Finance Manager role within a fast-growing finance team at
an FCA-regulated payments business. Reporting to the Financial Controller and leading
a team of two, you will own the monthly close and the integrity of the balance sheet and
take day-to-day responsibility for how the finance team runs.
A significant part of this role is being involved in building the processes that do not exist
yet and automating the ones that still rely on manual effort.
This suits a fully qualified accountant who has already owned a month-end close in their
own right and wants to step up into genuine team leadership - someone comfortable in
the detail, working at pace, in a business whose volumes and complexity are growing
quickly.
Key responsibilities
Month-end close and management reporting
Own the month-end timetable end to end, maintaining a disciplined and efficient close as transaction volumes and complexity grow
Prepare and review the monthly management accounts pack, ready for review by the Financial Controller and Finance Director
Review the journals, accruals, prepayments and reconciliations prepared by the team, taking responsibility for the accuracy of what is issued
Take full ownership of balance sheet integrity, ensuring accounts are reconciled monthly, reconciling items are resolved promptly and appropriate review controls are maintained
Work closely with our client funds and reconciliations team, ensuring the positions they produce are reflected correctly and promptly in the ledger
Process build, systems and controls
Take ownership of finance processes across the transactional cycle - purchase ledger, sales ledger, expenses and payroll journals - ensuring controls are documented and consistently applied
Design and implement new processes for activities the business has not had to account for before, getting them right at the point of introduction rather than retrofitting them later
Identify and remove manual effort, making the case for change where a process works today but will not scale
Embed scalable financial controls as the business grows, ensuring key processes are appropriately documented, evidenced and reviewable
Supporting the wider finance function
Support the Financial Controller on VAT, year-end and audit by providing accurate, reconciled figures and supporting schedules to deadline
As you establish yourself in the role, we expect the remit to broaden, with increasing ownership of areas such as VAT, year-end, audit and other technical accounting matters
Contribute actuals, cost driver insight and practical input to budgeting and forecasting
Escalate technical and judgement-based issues promptly, with a clear recommendation rather than an open question
Team leadership and development
Line manage a Management Accountant and an Assistant Management Accountant, review their output, set the standard for quality, and act as the first point of technical escalation before matters reach the Financial Controller
Coach and develop the team, supporting professional study and creating opportunities for them to take on more
Skills - must haves
Fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA) with a strong technical accounting foundation
Demonstrable ownership of a month-end close and a management accounts pack in their own right, not solely preparing components of someone else's
Strong balance sheet discipline, with real experience owning reconciliations and driving breaks to resolution
Line management experience, or clear readiness for it - able to review others work
Experience in a high-volume transactional environment, comfortable working with large data sets and reconciling between systems
Strong Excel skills and confidence with cloud accounting systems
Process-minded and hands-on - comfortable getting into the detail, identifying processes that will not scale, and implementing practical solutions rather than simply highlighting problems
Skills - nice to have
Payments, fintech or other FCA-regulated financial services experience
Hands-on involvement in systems implementation and change
What We Offer
A genuinely developmental Senior Finance Manager role - you'll take ownership of the day-to-day finance operation from the outset, with the opportunity to broaden your remit into technical accounting and other areas as the business scales
A chance to shape the future of payments at a high-growth fintech
Hybrid working from our Manchester office and flexible hours
Meaningful equity options
25 days holiday + bank holidays
Regular team socials and offsites
A fast-paced working environment with genuine responsibility and autonomy
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