Financial Accountant

About the role

Are you a highly motivated and experienced financial accountant ready to make a significant impact within a rapidly growing defense technology company? We're seeking an individual with a strong accounting foundation to enhance our UK & EMEA operations, ensuring financial accuracy, compliance, and efficiency as we scale our presence across the region. The ideal candidate will thrive at an incredibly fast pace and be ready to support the hyper growth of our business. Come join us as we disrupt an entire industry and help take your career to the next level while changing the world of defense. We're building a world-class International Accounting team in the United Kingdom. As a Financial Accountant, you will be a core member of this team, supporting day-to-day accounting functions, month end close, financial reporting, and strategic initiatives. You will partner cross functionally to help build and improve the processes, controls, and systems that allow Anduril to efficiently operate and scale across the region as our international presence grows.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and assist with review of monthly management accounts and annual financial statements in accordance with UK GAAP (FRS102).
• Reconcile balance sheet accounts, including but not limited to bank reconciliations, accounts payable, fixed assets, prepayments, accruals, and multi-currency intercompany balances, ensuring adherence to fast-paced internal reporting deadlines.
• Assist with the prompt month-end close process, including preparing and posting journals, accruals, and prepayments, under the direction of the International Accounting Manager.
• Manage the general ledger, ensuring accuracy and completeness of all financial transactions.
• Support the annual audit process by providing robust audit evidence, preparing schedules, providing explanations, and collaborating with external auditors.
• Identify opportunities to streamline accounting processes, implement best practices, and improve system efficiencies in our new ERP (Oracle Fusion).
• Collaborate effectively with internal stakeholders across various departments both locally in the UK and across Anduril's head office and other global offices.

Requirements

• 2+ years of progressive accounting experience, ideally within a fast-paced corporate environment.
• Experience operating within a global organizational structure.
• ACA, CPA or equivalent certification preferred.
• An understanding of UK GAAP (FRS102) is essential, whilst IFRS and US GAAP is preferential to aid collaboration globally.
• Advanced Excel skills and proficiency with ERP systems (Oracle Fusion or another large ERP system preferred).
• Excellent stakeholder management and interpersonal skills.
• Proven analytical and problem-solving skills with a mindset for continuous improvement.
• Experience with process improvement with an eye for enhancing efficiency, streamlining workflows, and implementing best practices within accounting operations.
• Proven ability to manage competing priorities in a high growth organization.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite.

Benefits

Additional Information

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. By bringing the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century's most innovative companies to the defense industry, Anduril is changing how military systems are designed, built and sold. Anduril's family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a realtime, 3D command and control center. As the world enters an era of strategic competition, Anduril is committed to bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not years.

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