The Financial Controller will be accountable for all accounting, external reporting / compliance and day to day financial operations (Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable / Credit Control) while helping build an automated and scalable finance function. Initially the remit will be for the UK and is expected to expand to include accountability for the US subsidiary and group / consolidated accounts.

Reporting to the Finance Director, who has overall responsibility for the finance function at TympaHealth, you will be managing two direct reports and liaising with outsourced US accounting / tax support.

This role will be critical for delivering effective, efficient and scalable financial operations as the Company grows, and in elevating finance to better support business decisions and the formulation / execution of strategic plans.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Management: Managing the Assistant Accountant and Credit Controller.
• General Ledger / Accounting: Managing the month-end close and balance sheet control; year-end close and audit.
• Accounts Receivable: Overseeing all aspects, including customer billing / invoicing, credit control and ensuring timely and high-quality responses to customer queries.
• Accounts Payable / Working Capital: Overseeing all aspects of Accounts Payable and supporting the Finance Director with treasury / cash management.
• External Reporting: Ensuring compliant filing with HMRC (then also the IRS and US state authorities).
• Other duties as assigned by the Finance Director.

Your Profile

You are a fully qualified and chartered ICAEW (ACA) or ACCA accountant with experience leading the month-end close, exposure to external audit and prior line management responsibility. You are comfortable in a fast-paced startup or scaleup environment and have a demonstrated interest in process improvement, automation and leveraging technology. Familiarity with subscription billing models is also preferred.

Essential Requirements

Technical:

• Fully qualified chartered accountant (ACA or ACCA preferred).
• Strong working experience of applying accounting standards (FRS 102 preferred), preparing statutory financial statements and external audit.
• Solid knowledge and experience of UK VAT compliance.
• Practical experience of and exposure to external audit and experience preparing statutory financial statements.
• Ownership of month-end close for an entity or major area across a group, including responsibility for balance sheet control.
• Responsibility for finance operations including Accounts Receivable and Credit Control.
• Excellent Excel skills.
• Experience using Xero (preferred) or a comparable cloud-based accounting system.

Soft Skills:

• Previous line management responsibility of at least one direct report.
• High level of aptitude; strong process / system thinking.
• Concise and professional communication style.
• Positive, proactive mindset and ability to manage competing priorities.
• Aligned with the pace, ambiguity and pragmatism of a scale-up environment, the team values and TympaHealth’s mission.

Desirable Skills/Experience

• Experience with subscription billing processes and tooling.
• Previous responsibility for managing high volume / complex billing.
• Experience resolving complex customer queries and communicating directly with external customers.
• Knowledge of what lean, effective Accounts Payable processes look like.
• Track record of improving processes in a growing or changing business.
• Exposure to US external reporting / compliance.
• Experience preparing consolidated group accounts.

Team Values

• Honesty: We act with integrity, transparency and in accordance with ethical and legal standards. We foster open communication to build trust within our team and with our customers.
• Clarity: We value straightforward communication and design. The simpler the solution, the easier it is for everyone to understand, adopt and benefit from.
• Excellence: We centre everything we do on delivering value to our customers. We harness our talents to produce high-quality work that truly helps others, taking genuine enjoyment in honing our craft along the way.
• Collaboration: We combine our unique skills, adapt to change proactively and take responsibility. We can rely on each other to deliver consistently and together we achieve more than we ever could alone.
• Continuous Improvement: We tackle core issues while leveraging data, technology and effective process to eliminate repeated effort. We constantly learn - both as individuals and as a team - and refine our approach to free ourselves for more meaningful, high-impact work.

The Company

TympaHealth are a team of doctors and technology experts united by a vision to help the world to hear. Currently, there are half a billion people in the world with disabling hearing loss. In the UK by 2030 hearing loss will overtake diabetes and cataracts in the top ten global disease burdens.

Our mission is to help the world to hear and make intervention more accessible and simplified both on a local and global scale. TympaHealth is growing fast and is currently helping thousands of patients a year access vital ear and hearing healthcare services in the UK, with plans to expand globally.

TympaHealth have created a collaborative and supportive environment, everyone is valued and encouraged to contribute their own ideas and opinions.

Salary & Benefits

A competitive salary and benefits package include:

25 days holiday (increasing to 26 after two years) plus Bank Holidays

Birthday Holiday and Christmas Holiday (three additional days)

5% Company & Employee Pension Scheme Contributions

Life Assurance Scheme (four times salary)

Hybrid Working (two days per week in the London Headquarters / Office)

Remote GP and Medical Second Opinion Services

Mental Health Support

Physiotherapy (eight sessions per year)

Life, Money and Wellbeing Support

360 Wellbeing Score, Insights and Calendar

Financial and Legal Support

1-2-1 Lifestyle Coaching

Savings and Discounts

Perkbox

There has never been a more exciting time to join our team with our growth, focus on excellence and opportunities for development in an inclusive, inspiring Company.