Top Benefits
Private Medical and Dental coverage for family.
Generous holiday allowance.
Pension/401K matching.
About the role
Who you are
- Part-qualified (or studying) towards CIMA, ACCA or ACA , combining commitment to qualification and a strong foundation in accounting theory
- Previous exposure to month-end accounting routines: accruals/prepayments, reconciliations, deferred income / deferred/deferred revenue or similar
- Comfortable working with journal entries, general ledger, reconciliations and reporting under tight deadlines
- Strong numerical and analytical skills; proficient with Excel (and ideally experience with accounting software / ERP systems)
- Detail-oriented, organised, methodical. You should be able to manage multiple concurrent tasks, maintain control-account accuracy, and ensure compliance
- Good communication, ability to collaborate with senior finance staff, explain accounting treatments, respond to auditor queries, and work cross-functionally (e.g. sales / operations if needed)
- Flexible, can handle busy periods (e.g. end-of-period close and audit season) and willing to work in a dynamic, evolving environment
- We encourage you to apply even if you do not feel you match all of the requirements exactly. The list of requirements is intended to show the kinds of experience and qualities we’re looking for, but it is not exhaustive. If you are interested in the role, the team, and our mission, we would love to consider your application. We are always open to conversations and look forward to hearing from you
What the job involves
- We are looking for a motivated and capable Assistant Accountant, ideally someone mid-way through a CIMA, ACCA or ACA qualification, to join our finance team on an initial 12-month fixed-term basis
- The role is designed to provide extra capacity and support our month-end processes, billing, deferred income, tax reporting and audit readiness. There is potential for this role to be converted to a permanent position
- Assist with month-end close: prepare and post accruals, prepayments, deferred income, deferred/ accrued income, and other adjusting journal entries
- Perform balance sheet reconciliations (e.g. cash, deferred income/liabilities, accruals, other control accounts) to support accurate financial reporting
- Take ownership of day-to-day billing and usage-based billing processes, raise invoices, manage deferred/recognised income appropriately, and ensure billing integrity
- Preparation of commission statements based on billing data
- Support all sales and use tax reporting requirements; work under the guidance of the Financial Controller to ensure compliance
- Support audit process (audit due in late January): providing supporting schedules and workpapers to auditors; act as a key liaison between finance team and auditors
- Maintain accurate records: journals, reconciliations, documentation of deferred income, usage billing, commission calculations, tax submissions, audit schedules
- Provide general accounting support to finance team, helping absorb overflow capacity, including ad-hoc tasks, data entry, ledger maintenance, and assisting with other finance functions as required
Benefits
- Incredibly Flexible Working 🤸
- With our 'Focus Fridays' you get an undisturbed day of focus 🧘♀️, offset with Together Tuesdays when we have our team meetings 👫
- Company Lunches, with fully stocked snacks and drinks 🥗
- Private Medical and Dental for you and your family 🏥 Our plan is Medical History Disregarded, and we cover the premiums
- Global Working Opportunities 🌎
- Generous Holiday Allowance ☀️
- Pension/401K matching 🪺
- Home allowance for tech/home office equipment (on top of your choice of laptop, screen and accessories- of course) 🧑💻
- EV Scheme 🚗
- Work from Abroad Scheme 🏝️
- Learning & Development budget 📚
- Enhanced Parental Leave 🫶
- Free On-Site Massages 💆♀️
- Independent Financial Advice 💷
- Friday Lunch Yoga 🧘
- Wellbeing Support 🤲 Health Assured provide: A 24/7 confidential employee assistance programme
- Charity Day 🎗️
- Cycle to Work Scheme 🚲
- Life Insurance 🛟
- Referral Bonus 🧑💻
- Patent Bonus 💡
- Income Protection 🔒
- Reproductive Health Plan 👩⚕️ We are providing access for Speechlings to receive specialist reproductive health services that can include; Hormone & Fertility Tests; Fertility Advisor Calls; Menopause Consultations (Advanced Nurse Prescriber); Nutrition Consultations (Prenatal, Postpartum, Fertility or Menopause); Fertility Counselling; Private Gynaecologist Consultations.
About Speechmatics
Software Development
51-200
Speechmatics is the world’s leading expert in speech technology, combining the latest breakthroughs in AI and ML to unlock the business value in human speech. Businesses use Speechmatics worldwide to accurately understand and transcribe human-level speech into text regardless of demographic, age, gender, accent, dialect or location in real-time and on recorded media.
Combining these transcripts with the latest AI-driven speech capabilities, businesses build products that utilize summaries, topics, sentiment, chapters, translation and more. Speechmatics processes over 300 years of transcription worldwide every month in 50 languages. Having pioneered machine learning in speech recognition, its neural networks consider acoustics, languages, dialects, multiple speakers, punctuation, capitalization, context and implicit meanings.
Speechmatics is headquartered in Cambridge, UK with a New York office too. Speechmatics is a registered trademark.
Top Benefits
Private Medical and Dental coverage for family.
Generous holiday allowance.
Pension/401K matching.
About the role
Who you are
- Part-qualified (or studying) towards CIMA, ACCA or ACA , combining commitment to qualification and a strong foundation in accounting theory
- Previous exposure to month-end accounting routines: accruals/prepayments, reconciliations, deferred income / deferred/deferred revenue or similar
- Comfortable working with journal entries, general ledger, reconciliations and reporting under tight deadlines
- Strong numerical and analytical skills; proficient with Excel (and ideally experience with accounting software / ERP systems)
- Detail-oriented, organised, methodical. You should be able to manage multiple concurrent tasks, maintain control-account accuracy, and ensure compliance
- Good communication, ability to collaborate with senior finance staff, explain accounting treatments, respond to auditor queries, and work cross-functionally (e.g. sales / operations if needed)
- Flexible, can handle busy periods (e.g. end-of-period close and audit season) and willing to work in a dynamic, evolving environment
- We encourage you to apply even if you do not feel you match all of the requirements exactly. The list of requirements is intended to show the kinds of experience and qualities we’re looking for, but it is not exhaustive. If you are interested in the role, the team, and our mission, we would love to consider your application. We are always open to conversations and look forward to hearing from you
What the job involves
- We are looking for a motivated and capable Assistant Accountant, ideally someone mid-way through a CIMA, ACCA or ACA qualification, to join our finance team on an initial 12-month fixed-term basis
- The role is designed to provide extra capacity and support our month-end processes, billing, deferred income, tax reporting and audit readiness. There is potential for this role to be converted to a permanent position
- Assist with month-end close: prepare and post accruals, prepayments, deferred income, deferred/ accrued income, and other adjusting journal entries
- Perform balance sheet reconciliations (e.g. cash, deferred income/liabilities, accruals, other control accounts) to support accurate financial reporting
- Take ownership of day-to-day billing and usage-based billing processes, raise invoices, manage deferred/recognised income appropriately, and ensure billing integrity
- Preparation of commission statements based on billing data
- Support all sales and use tax reporting requirements; work under the guidance of the Financial Controller to ensure compliance
- Support audit process (audit due in late January): providing supporting schedules and workpapers to auditors; act as a key liaison between finance team and auditors
- Maintain accurate records: journals, reconciliations, documentation of deferred income, usage billing, commission calculations, tax submissions, audit schedules
- Provide general accounting support to finance team, helping absorb overflow capacity, including ad-hoc tasks, data entry, ledger maintenance, and assisting with other finance functions as required
Benefits
- Incredibly Flexible Working 🤸
- With our 'Focus Fridays' you get an undisturbed day of focus 🧘♀️, offset with Together Tuesdays when we have our team meetings 👫
- Company Lunches, with fully stocked snacks and drinks 🥗
- Private Medical and Dental for you and your family 🏥 Our plan is Medical History Disregarded, and we cover the premiums
- Global Working Opportunities 🌎
- Generous Holiday Allowance ☀️
- Pension/401K matching 🪺
- Home allowance for tech/home office equipment (on top of your choice of laptop, screen and accessories- of course) 🧑💻
- EV Scheme 🚗
- Work from Abroad Scheme 🏝️
- Learning & Development budget 📚
- Enhanced Parental Leave 🫶
- Free On-Site Massages 💆♀️
- Independent Financial Advice 💷
- Friday Lunch Yoga 🧘
- Wellbeing Support 🤲 Health Assured provide: A 24/7 confidential employee assistance programme
- Charity Day 🎗️
- Cycle to Work Scheme 🚲
- Life Insurance 🛟
- Referral Bonus 🧑💻
- Patent Bonus 💡
- Income Protection 🔒
- Reproductive Health Plan 👩⚕️ We are providing access for Speechlings to receive specialist reproductive health services that can include; Hormone & Fertility Tests; Fertility Advisor Calls; Menopause Consultations (Advanced Nurse Prescriber); Nutrition Consultations (Prenatal, Postpartum, Fertility or Menopause); Fertility Counselling; Private Gynaecologist Consultations.
About Speechmatics
Software Development
51-200
Speechmatics is the world’s leading expert in speech technology, combining the latest breakthroughs in AI and ML to unlock the business value in human speech. Businesses use Speechmatics worldwide to accurately understand and transcribe human-level speech into text regardless of demographic, age, gender, accent, dialect or location in real-time and on recorded media.
Combining these transcripts with the latest AI-driven speech capabilities, businesses build products that utilize summaries, topics, sentiment, chapters, translation and more. Speechmatics processes over 300 years of transcription worldwide every month in 50 languages. Having pioneered machine learning in speech recognition, its neural networks consider acoustics, languages, dialects, multiple speakers, punctuation, capitalization, context and implicit meanings.
Speechmatics is headquartered in Cambridge, UK with a New York office too. Speechmatics is a registered trademark.