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# Senior Group Accountant at Boku

- **Company:** Boku
- **Location:** London, United Kingdom
- **Posted:** 2026-09-07
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-09
- **Apply:** https://boards.greenhouse.io/boku/jobs/6151358004?gh_jid=6151358004

## Job description

Build the payment infrastructure powering global commerce.

Boku connects billions of consumers to the payment methods they prefer, one market at a time. Our platform connects the world’s leading digital businesses to the local payment methods their customers already use. Spotify, Meta, Microsoft, Netflix and Tencent already run on Boku’s payment infrastructure. We operate across 60+ countries, support 200+ local payment methods and reach 7.5 billion consumer accounts.

With headquarters in London and San Francisco and colleagues working across markets around the world, Boku is global by default. From London to Mumbai, São Paulo to Singapore, our teams collaborate across time zones, markets and cultures to build products for customers around the world.

Join us to solve complex, real-time payment challenges at global scale. We share knowledge freely, take ownership of complexity and look for people who question how things are done and find better ways to build.

Role Title: Senior Group Accountant

Location: London, Hybrid

## Role Purpose

Boku is the world's leading provider of local payment solutions, connecting global merchants to consumers through mobile-first payment methods across more than 90 countries. Group Finance is on a finance transformation journey - accelerating the month end close, strengthening balance sheet control, and automating core accounting processes across a multi-entity, multi-currency group.

Reporting to the General Ledger Manager, you will take ownership of key components of the group close and balance sheet, act as a safe pair of hands-on technical accounting matters and contribute directly to process improvement and automation initiatives. This is a genuine step-up opportunity: You will operate with real autonomy, work with senior finance leadership, and help shape how a listed fintech runs its financial control function.

## Key Responsibilities

- Own key elements of the group month end close, including preparation and review of prepayment, accrual and payroll journals, intercompany, FX and balance sheet revaluations and general ledger postings across multiple entities and currencies, delivering to a disciplined close timetable.
- Prepare and review balance sheet reconciliations in line with group policy and materiality thresholds, ensuring balances are fully substantiated, ageing items are resolved and issues are escalated with clear analysis.
- Perform intercompany reviews of postings, reconciliations and settlements, support the clearance of historical balances and contribute to the implementation of an intercompany automation module.
- Support FX accounting across the group, helping document and strengthen the end-to-end FX process, ownership and controls.
- Drive process improvement and automation initiatives within the general ledger team, making full use of Dynamics 365 and emerging AI-enabled tools to reduce manual effort and improve accuracy.
- Provide timely and clear response and support for the half year review and year-end audit, own assigned deliverables E2E and contribute to the remediation of any audit findings
- Collaborate closely with broader finance teams including Financial Control, New Products, Statutory Reporting and Finance Transformation teams, fostering knowledge-sharing and continuous improvement.
- Deputise for the General Ledger Manager where required and take on ad hoc projects across financial control as the transformation progresses.

Measures of Success

- Reliable close - Assigned close activities are accurate and delivered within the agreed timetable, with minimal rework or late adjustments.
- Balance sheet control - Reconciliations are timely and fully substantiated; ageing items have clear action plans and material issues are escalated promptly.
- Intercompany and FX - Intercompany and FX issues are identified, resolved and controlled effectively, reducing unexplained differences and recurring issues.
- Process improvement - Meaningful improvements to GL processes, controls or automation are delivered, reducing manual effort, risk or processing time.
- Ownership and collaboration - Operates independently, anticipates risks, communicates clearly across Finance and provides reliable GL Manager cover when required.

## Key Skills and Competencies

- Professional experience: Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CPA or equivalent) with approximately 2-4 years' post-qualification experience.
- Background: Audit-trained (ideally at a top-tier firm) and/or experience within FinTech, payments or broader Financial Services.
- Technical accounting: Strong double-entry and month-end close fundamentals; experience of complex group structures with multiple entities and currencies, intercompany accounting and balance sheet substantiation.
- Systems and data: Hands-on ERP experience (Dynamics 365 highly desirable), advanced Excel, and confidence handling large, intricate data sets; an interest in automation and AI-enabled finance tools.
- Controls mindset: A controls-first approach - comfortable documenting processes, applying reconciliation policies and thresholds, and supporting audit and ICFR-style requirements.
- Personal attributes: Takes genuine ownership, works to tight deadlines, communicates clearly with senior stakeholders, and challenges the status quo constructively - someone who improves the process rather than just running it.

## Qualifications

- Essential: Membership of a recognised professional accountancy body (ACA ACCA, CPA or equivalent).
- Desirable: Strong academic background, ideally including a university degree in a business, accountancy or related discipline.

## About Boku

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Boku provides a global payment network that connects merchants to local payment methods, including mobile wallets and real-time payment schemes, to help them acquire and retain customers worldwide.
- **Entity Type**: Public (LSE: BOKU)
- **Headquarters**: San Francisco, California, USA (North America HQ); London, UK (Europe HQ)
- **Founded**: 2009
- **Founders**: Not publicly listed as a single founder; the company was founded by a team.

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Fintech, Payments, Mobile Commerce
- **Target customers**: B2B, specifically large global enterprises (tech giants) in eCommerce, entertainment, and digital advertising (e.g., Netflix, Spotify, Google, Amazon, Meta).
- **Mission or purpose statement**: "The future of payments is local." Boku helps global companies tap into local payment methods to reach mobile-first consumers.

## Products & Services
- **Boku Payment Network**: A single integration connecting merchants to 200+ local payment methods across 90+ countries, reaching over 7 billion consumer payment accounts. It supports mobile wallets (e.g., GCash), carrier billing, account-to-account (A2A) real-time payments (e.g., Blik), and recurring billing.
- **Mobile Identity & Authentication**: Capabilities acquired from Danal in 2018, providing mobile identity and authentication services.
- **Payment-Linked Marketing**: Programs to help merchants attract, engage, and retain digital subscription users.
- **Merchant Services**: Services that ease the complexities of global settlement, compliance, tax, and fraud mitigation.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed in provided sources. As a public company (BOKU.L), this fluctuates daily. Check financial platforms for current market cap.
- **Key Metric**: Annual Revenue (Public Company). Revenue is publicly reported in annual and quarterly filings. The company processes **$9B+ annually** and has a **55M+ increase in newly acquired users in the past 12 months** [boku.com](https://www.boku.com/).
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Public company; no venture capital investors listed. Key merchant partners include Netflix, Spotify, Google, Amazon, Meta, and Sony [boku.com](https://www.boku.com/).
- **Growth Signals**: 
    - Revenue and user growth: 475% growth in Monthly Active Users since 2018 [boku.com](https://www.boku.com/).
    - Strategic acquisitions: Acquired Danal (2018) and Fortumo (2020) to expand capabilities and geographic presence [boku.com](https://www.boku.com/about-us).
    - Major partnership expansions: Global partnership with Amazon (2023) and Google for Blik in Poland (2024) [boku.com](https://www.boku.com/about-us).
    - Awards: Winner of "Paytech Company of the Year" (2023 Fintech Awards London) and "Best Payment Facility" (2024 The Card and Payments Award) [boku.com](https://www.boku.com/about-us).

## Competitive Advantages
- **Massive, Unique Network**: The world’s largest selection of local payment methods, reaching over 7 billion consumer payment accounts. This is a significant moat, as building and maintaining these custom connections is complex and time-consuming.
- **Deep Enterprise Relationships**: Trusted by the world’s largest tech and entertainment brands (Netflix, Spotify, Google, Amazon, Meta), creating a high barrier to entry for competitors.
- **Recurring Revenue Model**: Focus on automatic, repeatable charges for subscription merchants, providing predictable, high-margin revenue.
- **Proprietary Technology**: Each payment method is "reengineered" for automatic, repeatable charges and multi-factor authentication to prevent chargebacks, differentiating it from simple aggregation [boku.com](https://www.boku.com/).

## Strategic Focus
- **Expand Payment Method Coverage**: Continue to add the most popular and high-performing local payment methods, prioritizing those that solve merchants' most urgent needs.
- **Deepen Merchant Partnerships**: Move beyond simple payment processing to offer tailored success strategies (performance, conversion, retention, settlement) for each merchant.
- **Lead in Real-Time Payments**: Capitalize on the massive growth in real-time payment transaction volume (289% increase expected between 2022-2027) by adding support for more A2A schemes [boku.com](https://www.boku.com/).
- **Global Expansion**: Continue to grow its global team and presence, with employees in 29 countries.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Described as a diverse, global team ("We are many. But we are also one.") that values customer focus, operating as one team, unleashing ingenuity, and knowing the impact of their work [boku.com](https://www.boku.com/careers).
- **Work Model**: Hybrid/Office-based, with fully stocked kitchens in offices. A WFH stipend is provided to create a productive home workspace [boku.com](https://www.boku.com/careers).
- **Perks**:
    - **Equity Scheme**: Employees receive shares of Boku’s publicly traded stock [boku.com](https://www.boku.com/careers).
    - **Generous Vacation Policy**: Generous annual time off in all countries [boku.com](https://www.boku.com/careers).
    - **Healthcare**: Healthcare benefits provided [boku.com](https://www.boku.com/careers).
    - **Personal Development**: Learning & development programs to grow careers [boku.com](https://www.boku.com/careers).
- **Engineering Culture**: The company emphasizes its engineering teams can "adapt our platform to meet your unique implementation requirements," suggesting a high level of autonomy and technical challenge [boku.com](https://www.boku.com/).

## Sources
1. [boku.com](https://www.boku.com/)
2. [boku.com](https://www.boku.com/about-us)
3. [boku.com](https://www.boku.com/careers)
4. [job-boards.greenhouse.io](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/boku)
5. [investors.boku.com](https://investors.boku.com/)

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