Senior Financial Controller

tide · Berlin

<div class="content-intro"><h3><strong>A</strong><strong>BOUT TIDE</strong></h3> <p>At Tide, we help SMEs save time and money in the running of their businesses by not only offering business accounts and related banking services, but also a comprehensive set of highly usable and connected administrative solutions, from invoicing to accounting.</p> <p>Tide is transforming the small business banking market and now supports over 2 million members globally across the UK, India, Germany and France.</p> <p>Using advanced technology, all solutions are designed with SMEs in mind. With quick onboarding, low fees and innovative features, we thrive on making data driven decisions to serve our mission: to help SMEs save time and money so they can get back to doing what they love.</p> <p><strong>Tide facts:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Tide is available for UK, Indian, German and French SMEs</li> <li>Over 2 million members across UK and India</li> <li>Over $300 million raised in funding</li> <li>Over 2,800 Tideans globally</li> <li>Recognised with Great Place to Work certification three years in a row, and among India’s Top 50 Best Workplaces in Banking, Financial Services, and Insurance in 2026</li> <li>We have offices in Central London, with a member support and technology centre in Sofia, Bulgaria, technology centres in Serbia, Romania, Lithuania and Hyderabad and offices in Gurugram, New Delhi, Berlin, Paris and Luxembourg</li> </ul></div><h2><strong>ABOUT THE TEAM:</strong></h2> <p>The Financial Reporting &amp; Control team is responsible for the preparation of Tide’s key financial reports, as well as implementing and monitoring controls to safeguard the Group’s financial integrity.&nbsp; The team plays a critical role in ensuring the financial data is accurate and complete, compliant with regulations and presented clearly to internal and external stakeholders.</p> <h2><strong>ABOUT THE ROLE:&nbsp;</strong></h2> <p>As our Senior Financial Controller you’ll report to the Lead Financial Controller and be responsible for our credit products and areas of credit risk at Tide.&nbsp; It’s exciting times here at Tide, we are scaling and developing our product offering at a phenomenal rate!</p> <p>As Senior Financial Controller you will</p> <ul> <li>Controllership of our proprietary credit offerings over our 3 Tide Capital companies with varying credit products.&nbsp;</li> <li>Ownership of the month end processes for reporting P&amp;L, balance sheet and cashflow</li> <li>Documenting and reviewing loss provisioning policies for credit risk, fraud and disputes, negative balances and other risk costs.&nbsp; Ongoing monitoring and reporting of credit risk performance and adequacy of provisioning coefficients and methods.</li> <li>Ensuring strong control of the new APPF fraud legislation, including accurate representation of losses from fraudulent transactions in the P&amp;L and ensuring monthly balance sheet substantiation</li> <li>Ensuring strong control over our members accounts with negative (overdrawn) account balances, accurately reporting our P&amp;L each month and ensuring monthly balance sheet substantiation</li> <li>Working closely with the Tide Credit Services business, product and operations teams to understand the performance of our products and ensure that our transactions are correctly recorded</li> <li>Handling the introduction of new credit lending products along with our new investment product.</li> <li>Working closely with the collections team for overdue loan payments, analyzing performance of recovery efforts.</li> <li>Collaborating with the ongoing monitoring, operations and risk teams to monitor and report cost of risk, resulting from the credit portfolio, negative customer account balances, fraud and disputes, chargebacks, etc.</li> <li>Working closely with the FP&amp;A team to support with analysis, budgeting and forecasting of the credit portfolio and cost of risk.</li> <li>Represent the finance team at the Credit Risk Working Group and Risk and Compliance Committee.</li> <li>Building robust financial control processes and strengthening internal controls.</li> <li>Maintain strong balance sheet controls with monthly substantiation.</li> <li>Maintaining relationships with external auditors, tax advisors and accounting advisors.</li> <li>Collating financial data for the preparation of corporation tax ensuring compliance with tax legislation.</li> <li>Identifying opportunities to streamline and improve accounting processes, operations and systems.</li> </ul> <h2><strong>WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR:&nbsp;</strong></h2> <p>The ideal candidate will have:</p> <ul> <li>Experience in financial services – preferably in technology-driven &amp; scale-up environments</li> <li>Experience with credit products and provisioning for credit risk essential</li> <li>Strong financial acumen and excellent technical accounting skills. Familiar with accounting standard and disclosure requirements under UK GAAP and/or IFRS</li> <li>Dealt with the statutory audit of financial services company</li> <li>Hold a professional finance qualification</li> <li>Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.&nbsp;</li> <li>Thrive work with minimal hands-on management</li> <li>Meticulous attention to detail</li> <li>Comfort in taking responsibility for business-critical financial operations</li> <li>Exceptional organizational skills</li> <li>Motivated by Tide’s values and mission&nbsp;</li> </ul> <h2><strong>WHAT YOU’LL GET IN RETURN:&nbsp;</strong></h2> <ul> <li>Competitive Compensation -&nbsp; competitive salary&nbsp;</li> <li>Time Off – Generous annual leave on top of bank holidays.</li> <li>Parental Leave – Paid maternity, paternity, and adoption leave to support your family journey</li> <li>Sabbatical – Extended unpaid and paid leave options after completing milestone years with Tide</li> <li>Access to salary sacrifice benefits – like Nursery (could save up to 47% on fees!) and Cycle to Work discounts</li> <li>Health Insurance – Comprehensive Private family insurance plan</li> <li>Life &amp; Accident Cover – Comprehensive accidental and life insurance protection</li> <li>Mental Wellbeing – Access to therapy sessions, courses, meditations, and workshops</li> <li>Retirement Planning – Build your retirement fund faster with Tide’s pension scheme on eligible earnings</li> <li>Volunteering &amp; Development Days – Paid days annually for volunteering or personal growth</li> <li>Learning &amp; Development – Annual budget for books, courses, coaching, and more</li> <li>WOO (Work Outside the Office) – Work from abroad for up to 90 days annually</li> <li>Home Office Setup – Contribution towards setting up your home office</li> <li>Laptop Ownership – Keep your old laptop and get a new one when it’s time for a replacement</li> <li>Snacks &amp; Meals – Daily&nbsp;breakfast spread with all-day coffee, tea, and juices</li> </ul> <p><strong>TIDEAN WAYS OF WORKING</strong></p> <p>At Tide, we champion a <strong>flexible workplace </strong>model that<strong> </strong>supports both in-person and remote work to cater to the specific needs of our different teams.&nbsp;</p> <p>While remote work is supported, we believe in the power of face-to-face interactions to foster team spirit and collaboration. Our offices are designed as hubs for innovation and team-building, where we encourage regular in-person gatherings to foster a strong sense of community.<strong> For this role we would expect the role holder to attend our Old Street offices at least one day a week. </strong></p><div class="content-conclusion"><h3>TIDE IS A PLACE FOR EVERYONE</h3> <p>At Tide, we believe that we can only succeed if we let our differences enrich our culture. Our Tideans come from a variety of backgrounds and experience levels. We consider everyone irrespective of their ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, family or parental status, national origin, veteran, neurodiversity or differently-abled status. We

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