Financial Accountant

Optiver is seeking a motivated and detail-oriented Financial Accountant to join our growing Finance team in London. This role is well-suited to a qualified accountant with early post-qualification experience who is keen to deepen their technical accounting knowledge in a fast-paced, high-performance environment. The successful candidate will support core accounting and reporting processes while working closely with senior team members across the business.

What you'll do 

• Support the month-end and year-end close processes for multiple entities, ensuring accurate and timely financial reporting
• Prepare and post journal entries for trading and servicing entities, including trading-related balances, intercompany transactions, accruals, prepayments, leases, and fixed assets
• Perform balance sheet substantiation and reconciliations, ensuring the accuracy and completeness of general ledger records
• Assist with the preparation of expense allocations, profit-sharing calculations, and transfer pricing calculations, including related journal entries
• Prepare statutory financial statements in compliance with IFRS
• Support year-end audit processes, liaising with external auditors and responding to audit queries in a timely manner
• Contribute to technical accounting research, accounting policy documentation, and the implementation of new accounting standards
• Liaise with Tax to support compliance with transfer pricing policies and other regulatory requirements
• Support cash and treasury activities, including bank reconciliations
• Own VAT accounting and VAT return preparation, ensuring accurate and timely indirect tax reporting and compliance
• Coordinate corporate tax compliance activities with external advisors and support employment tax reporting requirements in partnership with Payroll
• Assist with the documentation, implementation, testing, and ongoing monitoring of internal controls and financial governance processes
• Collaborate with Tax, Treasury, Middle Office, Risk, Procurement, and other stakeholders on business initiatives and finance-related projects
• Drive continuous improvement in data quality, process optimisation, automation, and the adoption of AI-enabled tools

Who you are

• Qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA preferred)
• 1+ years of post-qualification experience in corporate accounting
• Highly motivated, detail-oriented, and able to handle multiple priorities in a complex finance environment
• Have a willingness to embrace new challenges and drive continuous improvement across finance processes as both Optiver and the role evolves, using AI and automation where appropriate
• Strong communication and analytical skills
• Financial services experience is advantageous
• NetSuite experience is a plus

Who we are

At Optiver, our mission is to constantly improve the market by injecting liquidity, providing accurate pricing, increasing transparency and acting as a stabilizing force no matter the market conditions. With a focus on continuous improvement, we participate in the safeguarding of healthy and efficient markets for everyone who participates. As one of the largest market making institutions, we are a trusted partner of 70+ exchanges across the globe.

What you'll get

You’ll join a culture of collaboration and excellence, where you’ll be surrounded by curious thinkers and creative problem solvers. Motivated by a passion for continuous improvement, you’ll thrive in a supportive, high-performing environment alongside talented colleagues, working collectively to tackle the toughest problems in the financial markets.

In addition, you’ll receive:

• A performance-based bonus structure, enabling all of our employees to benefit from our global profit pool.
• 27 paid vacation days plus all UK public holidays.
• Daily breakfast and lunch, along with support on commuting expenses.
• Private medical insurance, pension scheme, and ClassPass fitness membership.
• Training and continuous learning opportunities, including access to conferences and tech events.
• International transfer opportunities for global career growth.

How to apply

Apply directly via the form below. If you have any questions feel free to contact our Recruitment team via our recruitment inquiry form.

Please note:

• We do not require any assistance from third-parties including agencies in the recruitment of this role
• We cannot accept applications via email

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