Senior Accountant

An Introduction to Primer

The 21st century has witnessed remarkable expansion within the payments ecosystem with the introduction of new payment methods, growth in cross-border commerce, and development of multi-payment processer payment strategies.

The bottom line is payments aren't just another step in the purchasing funnel; they're a strategic asset that facilitates business growth and innovation.

Enter Primer - the world's first unified payment infrastructure, empowering businesses worldwide to unleash their payment potential. By choosing our platform, merchants can take control over their payment stack, create unique commerce experiences, accelerate their roadmap and increase payment success.

Primer's enterprise-grade infrastructure, frameworks, and tooling allow merchants to unify their disparate payment solutions and services to build optimised payment flows tailored to their unique business needs with no code or additional complexity. We strive to make something complex incredibly simple and intuitive.

Our success so far has been reflected in the trust placed in us by category leaders such as Printify, NewLook, Voi, and Dabble, who are using Primer to transform their payments into a growth lever. Moreover, the world's top investors, including Accel, Balderton, Iconiq, and Tencent, have also invested in Primer's vision to rebuild payments and commerce from the ground up.

Join us in shaping the future of payments and commerce. Let's pave the way for a world where businesses can fully realise their payment potential.

📄 What does the role involve?

The role of Senior Accountant will be critical in helping shape the future of Primer’s finance function. During the first 6-9 months we will be bringing the currently outsourced accounting department in house and, as a result, the role is likely to evolve over time as new processes and controls are established. Key ongoing activities however are expected to include:

• Overseeing key financial cycles, including Order to Cash, and Revenue Recognition

• Journal preparation including accruals and prepayments

• Processing AP and updating of ledgers; verifying, allocating, posting and reconciling accounts payable and receivable

• Maintaining general ledgers and end-to-end month end processing, including balance sheet reconciliations

• Performing weekly AR collectability process

• Communicating with Primer's clients for outstanding AR collection

• Performing and driving monthly and quarterly closing activities

• Ensuring statutory accounts are closed in a timely fashion and in accordance with UK GAAP

• Developing internal management accounting reports and providing external audit support; implementing robust financial controls for our entities

• Preparing the business for audit and liaising with external parties

• Partnering with Revenue Operations, People Ops, Treasury, and/or Legal to investigate issues that arise during reporting cycles

• Preparation of VAT returns

🔍 What are we looking for?

• 7+ years’ experience in a relevant position at a software or digital service company

• Exposure to Big 4 audit, accounting, and risk reviews

• Previous experience with Revenue Recognition accounting principles for complex and usage-based B2B contracts

• Qualified accountant with strong understanding of IFRS

• Experience performing analysis (FP&A) in a venture backed and /or SaaS related business environment is a plus

• Proficient with NetSuite

• Experience of working with finance systems such as Xero

• A proactive, “can do” attitude and commitment to continuous improvement

What’s the culture like at Primer?

We’re building a culture where people can come and do their best work and enjoy it. We want our people to be proud of the impact that they have at Primer, and of the work that they are doing. You will be working with a team of people who are mission-driven, smart, and reflective, and who are invested in building exceptional products and delivering success for our merchants (and we also know how to have fun along the way).

We work remotely. We believe that building a successful, profitable company goes beyond proximity. We invest in our relationships with each other through great remote working practices and thoughtfully designed face-to-face time together. Our heads-together time comes in the form of workstations, our annual company retreat, and co-working space access worldwide.

Finally, let’s go ahead and say it. The work that we do is challenging. Startups are a challenge, building category defining products is a challenge. You should be prepared for a challenge at Primer. But, there’s a big difference between a challenge and a struggle. The key difference is that the right challenge comes with the right support structures, an acceptance that not everything always goes to plan, a collaborative environment, and a great team around you. It’s never a challenge that you will face alone.

Our benefits:

• We are fully remote

• Competitive share options

• Uncapped holiday, with 25 days minimum to be taken

• Co-working space access

• Workations & company retreat

• The best equipment for your role

• £500 towards your home office setup

• Generous learning budget

• Medical insurance

• A broad set of additional perks and benefits (depending on location)

Don’t meet every single requirement?

At Primer, we’re dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply. You may be the right candidate for this or other roles. Primer is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees, regardless of background or beliefs—see our diversity commitment statement for more details

Equity, diversity, inclusion and belonging policy

Primer adopts a zero-tolerance approach to discrimination.

We are committed to providing equal opportunities to all current and prospective employees regardless of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.