The Role
You are a detail-oriented finance professional who takes full ownership of liquidity movement across the Koto Group. You own two critical pillars of our financial health: the optimization of Group Cash Liquidity and the end-to-end management of our Intercompany trading, loan, and settlement framework.
As an integral team member, you ensure cross-border funding is compliant, cost-effective, and accurately reflected in our financial statements. You prepare and manage all intercompany reporting, maintaining close relationships with external stakeholders and internal teams to execute global funding strategies seamlessly. You support the CFO and Group FCs in upholding robust financial controls, ensuring all data is complete and accurate. You are a proactive partner dedicated to improving processes as Koto’s global needs evolve.
Your Responsibilities
You have the ability and confidence to manage the entire lifecycle of intercompany loans, from initial documentation and loan agreements to tracking principal and interest repayments.
You ensure all IC loans are priced accurately in accordance with Transfer Pricing policies and international standards.
You are a self-starter who directs the month-end reconciliation process, ensuring all "To/From" balances net to zero at a Group level. By coordinating global netting processes and managing monthly recharges, you reduce transaction fees and streamline our global operations.
You are proactive in monitoring daily cash balances across all global bank accounts to ensure the Group always has adequate operational liquidity.
You provide valuable insight to senior stakeholders by consolidating 13-week rolling cash flow forecasts and identifying potential funding gaps or "idle" cash.
You support the heart of our financial structure by operating the In-House Bank and cash pooling systems to centralise liquidity.
You maintain close and meaningful relationships with our suppliers and internal teams, reviewing weekly payment runs and serving as the lead approver for new bank details.
You have an eye for process improvement, constantly addressing and strengthening controls to ensure they remain effective and efficient.
You possess a forward-thinking mindset and a genuine curiosity for the evolving role of AI in Finance. You don’t just follow existing workflows; you actively explore and advocate for the implementation of AI strategies and automation tools to streamline intercompany reconciliations and treasury reporting.
You act as a strategic partner to the finance leadership team by providing the critical data and analysis needed to inform the Group’s FX hedging strategy.
You take full ownership of global bank account management, from KYC requirements to leading the unification of the Group’s accounts into a single global source.
You communicate confidently and competently with local finance teams to identify balance sheet FX exposures created by intercompany trading.
You apply your technical expertise to protect the Group’s financial health, ensuring that currency risks are identified and managed proactively.
You follow the Group's financial best practices and controls across all global studios, ensuring you provide the best level of care and service through your interactions. You demonstrate a growth mindset, staying eager to develop your technical skills while keeping an awareness of different studio needs and time zones. You understand the value of co-operating with the wider finance team to achieve our collective business aims.
Further Requirements
Accountant with 3-5 years’ experience in a multinational/international finance or treasury function and sufficient intercompany accounting exposure. Professional qualification is an advantage.
Used to working in a multi-currency, multi-entity environment.
Experience with SWIFT/BACS/CHAPS and global banking portals.
Proficient in recognised accounting software packages (Sage Intaact experience is beneficial).
Have a strong attention to detail, excellent organisation and time-management skills and strong communication/collaborative skills.
Strong understanding of IFRS 9 (Financial Instruments) regarding intercompany loans.
Our Responsibilities
We will ensure you have meaningful and regular access to your manager to support your personal development and career trajectory.
We will actively reward performance with promotions, pay increases and a discretionary annual bonus of up to 10% of salary to all employees.
We ensure Koto is an equal environment for all its employees regardless of race, gender, age, or sexual preference.
We will support you in taking family leave and offer significant paid maternity and paternity.
We will actively encourage you to take 25 days holiday yearly, in addition to UK bank holidays (on average eight), one additional holiday day per year (capped at 5 additional days), and a studio closure between Christmas and New Year.
We will contribute an additional 3% to anyone wanting to engage in the People’s Pension Scheme following their 3m probation.
We deploy a monthly ‘employee wellness’ benefits package via Juno of £75 per month.
We offer access to YCN and fund relevant training opportunities to any employee looking to develop themselves and career.
We reward five years of service with £5,000 and five days holiday. We reward ten years of service with £10,000 and four weeks holiday.
We will give you the opportunity to work from any the four koto studios globally, with appropriate planning and application.
Our Culture
At Koto we encourage our team to be ‘rationally optimistic’ about the potential of our work, our clients, their businesses, and the power of brand.
We pursue the best briefs, want to inspire meaningful work, and for those interested provide an opportunity to make the work of their lives. We are actively cultivating leadership, culture and spaces to encourage this.
We work in person with an optional WFH day on Friday, and an additional two weeks remote a year. We believe this produces the best work, mentoring opportunities, collective learning and culture.
We encourage autonomy in each member of our team, allowing them to manage their own time, hours and personal commitments appropriately to complete work.
