
Systemiq · London
Company Description: Systemiq is the system change company, working to accelerate the transition to a net-zero, nature-positive and more inclusive economy. As a...
Company Description: Systemiq is the system change company, working to accelerate the transition to a net-zero, nature-positive
and more inclusive economy. As a certified B Corp, we partner with business, finance, policymakers and civil society to transform
five interconnected systems: energy, nature and food, materials and circularity, sustainable finance, and urban transformation.
We bring together strategy, policy, market design and capital mobilisation to deliver tangible results in the real economy.
Founded in 2016, Systemiq has grown to a global team of more than 300 people across Brazil, France, Germany, Indonesia, Kenya, the
Netherlands, the UK and the US, united by a singular focus on sustainability.
Job title: Accounts Receivable Associate
Diversity & Inclusion
At Systemiq, we absolutely believe diverse perspectives are essential to driving system change. We are committed to creating an
inclusive workplace where people feel respected, supported and able to do their best work.
Click here to view our Data Policy.
Valarian: Innovating for the new era of digital sovereignty Valarian Technologies is a dual-use technology company building critical tools to safeguard the future in an era of evolving global security challenges. We're rethinking security beyond traditional military domains, addressing asymmetric threats that impact our technological advantage, economic strength, and democratic institutions. We build Acra – the platform foundation for everything we do as a dual-use technology company. The platform’s name, rooted in the Greek word for citadel (or, fortress), reflects the design and purpose of our infrastructure-agnostic secure enclaves: protecting critical data. Some of the government and commercial workflows include: increased operational resiliency for mission-critical systems and functions; enabling organisations to more quickly and widely adopt emerging technologies while ensuring the integrity of their intellectual property; information flow during disaster response scenarios, and zero-trust / least-privilege environments for M&A, attorney-client privileged communications, etc. And we’ve only scratched the surface. At our core, we're driven by a shared mission and a belief in making a tangible impact on our world. Whether you join our London HQ or the wider global organisation, you’ll be a part of collaborative, high-performing teams, creating cutting-edge software, platforms, and infrastructure. The Role We are looking for a hands-on Assistant Accountant to join our growing finance team as our second finance hire. This is a broad, high-ownership role in an early-stage business where the finance function is still being built. You will support the day-to-day running of finance while helping introduce better controls, clearer processes, stronger accountability, and more reliable reporting. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys operating in a fast-moving environment, is comfortable with ambiguity, and wants to help build the finance foundations of a scaling company. This is not a narrow transactional finance role. You will be expected to roll up your sleeves, keep the basics running, spot issues, improve processes, and help create discipline across the business. What you’ll do Finance operations Own day-to-day accounts payable, including supplier onboarding, invoice processing, coding, approval tracking, payment runs, and supplier queries. Support accounts receivable, including customer invoicing, payment tracking, reconciliations, and debt follow-up where needed. Manage employee expenses and company card processes, ensuring spend is correctly coded, approved, and supported by receipts. Maintain accurate finance records in the accounting system and ensure transactions are posted on a timely basis. Perform regular bank reconciliations and investigate unreconciled or unusual items. Help maintain clean supplier, customer, and general ledger data. Month-end and reporting Support the month-end close process, including journals, accruals, prepayments, fixed assets, deferred revenue, and balance sheet reconciliations. Help prepare monthly finance packs, management reports, and variance analysis. Track spend by department, vendor, and budget owner, highlighting unusual movements or missing approvals. Support cash flow tracking, burn analysis, and runway reporting. Help improve the accuracy, consistency, and timeliness of financial reporting. Controls, processes, and accountability Help design and embed basic finance controls across purchasing, approvals, payments, expenses, billing, and reconciliations. Create and maintain simple, practical finance processes, checklists, and documentation. Follow up with budget owners and employees to ensure finance deadlines, approvals, and policies are met. Identify process gaps, control weaknesses, duplicated work, and recurring errors, then help fix them. Support the implementation or improvement of finance tools, workflows, and reporting processes. Help establish a culture where financial ownership, documentation, and accountability are taken seriously. Compliance and admin Support VAT, tax, payroll, audit, and statutory reporting processes as required. Assist with preparation for investor reporting, board packs, R&D claims, or other external reporting where relevant. Maintain organised finance records and supporting documentation. Work with external accountants, auditors, payroll providers, and tax advisers as needed. What you’ll bring 2–4 years of experience in finance, accounting, bookkeeping, or finance operations. Experience in a startup, scale-up, or fast-moving environment is highly desirable. A good understanding of accounting principles and a willingness to develop knowledge across areas such as accounts payable, accounts receivable, reconciliations, month-end, and financial reporting. Part-qualified ACCA, CIMA, ACA, or equivalent experience preferred. Comfortable working in an environment where processes are not yet perfect and where you will need to help build them. Strong attention to detail and a high level of personal accountability. Confident following up with people across the business to get approvals, receipts, explanations, and actions completed. Able to prioritise competing tasks and keep finance operations moving without constant supervision. Good Excel / Google Sheets skills. Experience with accounting systems such as Xero or similar. Experience with tools such as Pleo, Spendesk, Dext, HubSpot, or similar is a plus. The kind of person who will succeed here You are organised, reliable, and proactive. You do not wait for perfect instructions before getting started. You are comfortable asking questions, chasing people, and bringing order to messy situations. You care about accuracy, but you are also pragmatic and understand that growing businesses require pace, judgement, and continuous improvement. You will enjoy this role if you like fixing broken processes, making finance run more smoothly, and seeing the direct impact of your work on how the company operates. What success looks like in the first 6 months Supplier invoices, expenses, payments, and reconciliations are processed accurately and on time. Month-end close is more structured, better documented, and completed faster. Core balance sheet reconciliations are reliable and regularly reviewed. Spend approvals, expense policies, and payment controls are clearer and better followed. Finance data is cleaner, easier to trust, and easier to report from. Budget owners understand what finance needs from them and are held accountable to deadlines. Recurring manual work, control gaps, and process failures have been identified and improved. The operational finance engine is running more reliably, allowing for strategic finance, reporting, planning, and supporting the wider business. Why join us This is an opportunity to join an ambitious, growing business and play a key role in building the finance function. You will get broad exposure, real responsibility, ongoing development, and the chance to grow your career while helping shape how finance supports the wider business. Benefits Our benefits are designed to ensure our employees feel taken care of and are proud to be a part of the Valarian team. We are committed to consistently enhancing our benefit package, taking into account the overall well-being and needs of our teammates. Here are the key benefits accessible to all employees at Valarian Technologies: Equity – because you have the right to own what you’re building A competitive salary – because we value your unique skills Employer pension contributions – because you deserve a secure future Private health insurance - because your health is important to us Hybrid work setup – because everyone has different needs Rewarding company retreats and meetups that respect your work/life balance – because we love getting to know each other! Life at Valarian Our culture is built on inclusivity, compassion and flexibility – we want everyone to be empowered to achieve their goals at Valarian. The world is changing, and so is our way of working. If you want to join us in the London office – it’s quite nice! – you’re welcome to; and if you’d prefer to work remotely, that’s fine too. And as we build elegant solutions to simplify the complexities of business collaboration, we also simplify work life: contribute wherever and whenever allows you to be your best self. We trust each other to consistently raise the bar, and we challenge each other to continually reach new heights.
Company Description: Systemiq is the system change company, working to accelerate the transition to a net-zero, nature-positive and more inclusive economy. As a certified B Corp, we partner with business, finance, policymakers and civil society to transform five interconnected systems: energy, nature and food, materials and circularity, sustainable finance, and urban transformation. We bring together strategy, policy, market design and capital mobilisation to deliver tangible results in the real economy. Founded in 2016, Systemiq has grown to a global team of more than 300 people across Brazil, France, Germany, Indonesia, Kenya, the Netherlands, the UK and the US, united by a singular focus on sustainability. Role: Financial Controller Location: London Role Overview As Financial Controller you will be leading a global finance team and reporting to the Group Finance Director. You will be responsible for the month end and year-end financial and management reporting for our UK and overseas subsidiaries including Brazil, Netherlands, US, Germany, France and Kenya entities and working with our local partners, the associated global consolidated reporting. The role will continually develop as the organisation grows, for example into Asia. Key responsibilities * Ownership of global reporting. Delivering accurate, consolidated and timely monthly, quarterly and annual management and statutory reporting * Ownership of period-end accounting and consolidation accounts for management and statutory reporting. * Leading the annual group audit, being the key contact for our group auditors and managing a team to deliver the audit on time. * Accountable for mandatory filing of financial statements and tax returns (ie. CIT and VAT) for Systemiq’s global subsidiaries through collaboration with local accountants and BPOs. * Leading subsidiaries’ local audits (mandatory and ad-hoc) and responsible for all compliance matters across the group. This will involve navigating complex statutory accounting, tax laws and transfer pricing with the help of locally engaged accounting firms * Oversight of internal controls and banking approvals for all financial outgoings (eg. Accounts payable, statutory payments, exceptional transactions). * Manage the finance transactions team with support from the manager of accounts receivable and payable. * Working closely with the in-house legal counsel on exceptional matters related to governance, group structure, and risk management. * Team leadership of a small dispersed group of local financial professionals * Critically assess, adapt and update our existing systems, processes and procedures to suggest ways to improve efficiency. * Maintaining a strong financial control framework for the organisation globally. Skills and Experience Our ideal candidate will have a practise trained background with a desire to join a growing team and company to implement best practise and drive change. You will have worked in different contexts and will be keen to work in a young, entrepreneurial company where you can get involved in a variety of projects, shape the business, and make maximum impact. You are inspired by SYSTEMIQ’s mission and approach to system change. Essential Experience * Hold an active ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CPA or equivalent certification, with at least 2-3 years PQE. This will not be your first role out of practice though * Proven track record of working across both UK GAAP and IFRS and International compliance environments * Experience in running Group statutory audits in the UK and local statutory audits in overseas subsidiaries * Experience in Group consolidation processes with cross border transactions Core Capabilities * Proven technical accounting expertise across both UK and international jurisdictions * Regulatory navigation across contrasting tax jurisdictions, filing requirements, and compliance regimes. * Excellent attention to detail with the ability to relay complex financial information to others * Proven track record in small-team environments, requiring a balance of strategic leadership and direct execution of daily accounting tasks * Good problem solving and analytical skills and can produce engaging, concise, and timely management information. * Intellectual curiosity and an interest to quickly dive into new topics. * Collaborative team player and can-do attitude. * Able to work effectively as part of a diverse and inclusive team. * Entrepreneurial spirit with the ability to identify opportunities and new initiatives and to turn them into reality. * Resilience under stress and resourcefulness to deliver. * Alignment with SYSTEMIQ's values (creativity, challenge, collaborate, change, care). Desirable Experience * Professional services background - working within a global advisory, consultancy, or partnership structure. * ERP systems migration involving the rollout or upgrade of global platforms * Transfer pricing policy developing and documenting cross-border cost-sharing agreements. * Emerging market expansion experience in setting up finance operations or new corporate entities We are keen to receive applications from all parts of the community. Please send your application via our website. You must have the Right to Work in the location for the position you are applying for – SYSTEMIQ usually cannot provide sponsorship. Diversity & Inclusion At Systemiq, we absolutely believe diverse perspectives are essential to driving system change. We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace where people feel respected, supported and able to do their best work. Click here to view our Data Policy.
Do you thrive in a fast-paced environment, where you gain a tremendous amount of responsibility? Do you want to be part of an exceptional entrepreneurial team with young, motivated and extremely driven people? And are you curious or passionate about finance? If so, you might be our Finance Associate. About us HRtechX is a world leading HRtech community, connecting industry executives, entrepreneurs and professionals. We are a start-up on a growth journey who help leaders evolve and create stronger businesses through people and technology. We aim to address the challenges and opportunities for HR and HR Tech. We bring together the most influential executives, investors, and entrepreneurs to share their insights on how technology will shape the future of HR, as well as forge long lasting partnerships and client relationships. HRtechX is part of United Media which focuses on building large scale industry media and conferences products in sectors such as insurance, HR, private equity, retail, etc. As of today, we have organically launched 8 media companies and acquired one. What we offer you As our Finance Associate you get the unique opportunity to be a key player in building one of our portfolio companies. By providing you with the ownership of our finances, we want to constantly push you out of your comfort zone. You’ll be working out of our HQ in London and to ensure a never ending growth curve, we provide you with: * To work with a high growth international company with super brands. * Great prospects of personal growth and development in the company. * Best in class finance training. * Ability to make a contribution and gain the recognition. * Great company culture. Your Responsibilities Your responsibilities will vary; however, some of them will be to: * The role would entail both accounts payable and accounting receivable functions. * Ensuring daily accounting transactions are posted into Zero. * Assisting with budget trackers / cost reconciliations for conferences (this will be a new process and requires the careful tracking of invoices). * Assisting with the production of monthly finance reports across the business, * Assisting with ad-hoc finance projects and assisting with the implementation of new finance processes. What we expect from you You possess an unparalleled work ethic with a high sense of urgency. You have a relentless drive and desire to be the very best at what you do. You take ownership of everything you do, are proactive and follow through on commitments. Moreover, you’re humble and you share our passion for building and executing new businesses. Furthermore, we expect that you: * Have acquired a finance bachelor’s or master's degree with outstanding results (finance exams are a plus) * 2 + years of experience in finance * Have an UK work permit * Have an exceptional attention to detail * Have excellent problem solving skills * Are highly process oriented and systematic Startdate Flexible The role is onsite, Monday to Friday, based in our offices at Buckingham Gate. It is essential we work at a fast pace and collaborate in person to create market-leading, unmatched events throughout the calendar year. It will be great to have you as part of our team.