Group Finance Assistant (14 month FTC)

Thought Machine’s mission is bold – to properly and permanently rid the world’s banks of legacy technology. To achieve this, we have developed the foundations of modern banking through core and payments technology which run natively in the cloud. What we are attempting is hard and means we need great people working together to build great technology.

We have grown rapidly in the past few years – growing our team to more than 550 individuals across offices in London, New York, Singapore and Sydney. We have raised more than $500m in funding and are now valued at $2.7bn. Our investors include Molten Ventures, Eurazeo, Intesa Sanpaolo, Temasek, Nyca Partners, JPMorgan Chase Strategic Investments, Standard Chartered Ventures, and more.

We have created a culture that enables our team to produce the best work in the industry while ensuring we have fun along the way. We're regularly cited as having a fantastic workplace culture and have been recognised by Sifted magazine as having one of the highest Glassdoor ratings for a UK fintech company and the industry's most generous employee share package. Named one of the world’s most innovative fintechs by Global Finance Magazine, we were also recognised by the Financial Times as one of Europe’s fastest-growing companies for two consecutive years—and a UK Best Employer for 2026.

The Group Finance Assistant will drive the management of the company’s procure to pay process globally covering the entities in UK, APAC, EMEA and Americas. This role will work with finance and non-finance teams to drive the highest standards of finance operations related to procure to pay. This is an opportunity to make an impact as finance professional who thrives on finance change and projects and be responsible for providing best in class procure to pay process, reporting and compliance through the group companies.

Duties

• Manage accounts payable inbox, processing invoices and payment runs for all entities across the group.

• Review and approve employee expense claims across the group and ensure compliance with the group’s travel and expense policy.

• Work with department heads to ensure smooth processing of invoices, ensure they are aligned with budgets, and in line with payment run deadlines.

• Work closely with Compliance team so that new suppliers are onboarded and ensure compliance with the group procurement and purchasing policy.

• Manage bank postings (receipts and payments), reconcile bank transactions in the accounting system on a weekly basis.

• Work closely with the Accounting team on month-end related tasks such as accounts payable, accruals, bank reconciliations and other month-end tasks and analyses.

• Purchase order training for existing and new employees.

• Update daily cash sheet, to assess movements of receipts and payments monthly.

• Maintain AP process notes and include how other ad-hoc tasks/reports are accessed in Workday.

• Support ad hoc projects as the team and business expands internationally.

Requirements

Essential

• Solid experience in multi-country procure to pay process.

• Solid understanding of controls and procure to pay best practices.

• Driven and able to balance multiple priorities.

• Thrives on and excited about finance and business changes.

• Very good communication skills. Ability to articulate procure to pay matters to finance and non-finance teams.

Desirable

• Proven experience working within a group environment.

• Industry experience (fast growth technology company) is a plus.

• Working knowledge of Workday accounting system is a plus.

Benefits

• Highly competitive salary

• Pension plan (match up to 5%)

• 25 days holiday and bank holidays

• Flexible working hours

• Access to outstanding learning materials and courses

• Sports and hobby clubs, subsidised by Thought Machine

• All the latest tech you need

• Start the day properly with fresh fruit and cereals

• Huge range of healthy (and not-so-healthy) snacks, smoothies and drinks

• A talented and experienced team as your colleagues

• An environment where we encourage learning and progress

• Weekly food pop-up

We actively hire candidates who demonstrate technical excellence in their field and welcome people of all ages and backgrounds, providing everyone with equal access to professional development. You are encouraged to apply even if your experience doesn't accurately match the job description. We also encourage applications from those with different abilities, including candidates with ADHD, autism, dyslexia or dyspraxia.