About the Role
Support the delivery of robust, accurate, and timely group financial reporting across Kepler Interactive. This role is central to the day-to-day execution of the Group's financial close, consolidation, and statutory reporting processes, while contributing to the continuous improvement of systems, controls, and accounting policies.
Responsibilities
- Execute a timely and accurate month-end close process, working closely with studio finance teams to ensure group consolidation is completed without disrupting business deliverables.
- Support the preparation and delivery of Group Financial Statements and Holding entity statutory accounts that are audit-ready and signed off within agreed timelines.
- Act as a key point of contact for studio finance teams, building strong working relationships and ensuring consistent application of Group accounting policies.
- Play an active role in the implementation and continuous improvement of the Group's consolidation system (Tagetik/ERP), enhancing efficiency and data integrity.
- Contribute to the drafting and maintenance of Group-wide accounting policies and procedures, ensuring they are clearly documented, up to date, and consistently applied.
- Support the Group Senior Finance Manager in delivering a high-quality audit process, including preparation of audit schedules and responding to auditor queries.
- Be a reliable and responsive point of support for the UK holding entity, ensuring any ad hoc operational finance requests are handled accurately and efficiently.
- Drive the day-to-day execution of the Group's month-end close process, including intercompany eliminations, consolidation adjustments, and variance analysis.
- Act as the primary operational point of contact for studio finance teams, reviewing their submissions and supporting them with local reporting challenges.
- Draft Group Financial Statements and Holding entity statutory accounts, ensuring compliance with IFRS and relevant regulatory requirements.
- Assist in the drafting and maintenance of Group-wide accounting policies and procedures to ensure consistency across the Group.
- Support the design, documentation, and implementation of Group-wide financial controls, identifying gaps or inefficiencies in existing processes and driving continuous improvement initiatives.
- Support the implementation and optimisation of the Group's consolidation system (ERP/Tagetik), identifying opportunities to improve efficiency and data integrity.
- Prepare audit schedules, respond to auditor queries, and support the Group Senior Finance Manager in managing the year-end audit process.
- Provide operational finance support to the UK HQ on an ad hoc basis, including assistance with various projects.
Requirements
- Recently qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA) with 1-2 years post-qualified experience.
- Experience in group reporting or consolidation, ideally within a multi-entity, multi-currency environment.
- Solid technical accounting knowledge with working familiarity of IFRS.
- Strong attention to detail with the ability to manage multiple deadlines simultaneously.
- A proactive, hands-on approach — comfortable with execution as well as problem-solving.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to liaise confidently across finance teams and studios.
- Comfortable operating in a fast-moving, evolving environment where processes are still being built.
Skills
- Group financial reporting
- Financial close
- Consolidation
- Statutory reporting
- IFRS
- Tagetik
- ERP systems
- Accounting policies
- Financial controls
- Process improvement
- Audit support
- Communication skills
- Problem-solving
Location
- UK
Work Type
- Full-time
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Senior Associate
- 1-2 years post-qualified experience
Education Level
- ACA
- ACCA
- CIMA
Salary/Compensations
- Competitive salary
- 20% bonus
- Potential for stock option plans
Benefits
- 25 days holiday plus public holidays and end of year shutdown
- Flexibility to manage working hours
- Personal training budget equivalent to £1,500 GBP per year
- Access to conferences and formal training
- Up to 5 days paid volunteering leave per year
- £100 to a charity of your choice on your birthday
- Personalised wellbeing support systems including Spill, Mental Health First Aiders
- Medical and health insurance (subject to country of residence)
- Pension contributions (subject to country of residence)
About the Company
- Kepler Interactive is a collective of creatives working together to bring bold, beautiful ideas and experiences to life.
- We believe in empowering creativity, championing diverse voices, and shaping what’s next in interactive entertainment.
- Creativity is at the core of everything we do, it’s the backbone of how we work.
- We back artistic vision, push boundaries, and believe in doing things differently.
- There is space for everyone to have a voice at Kepler, and we expect you to as well.
- Diversity in thought is where creativity flourishes, and we encourage different people to contribute to conversations they might not normally be involved in.
- You’ll need to be comfortable pushing yourself to try new things, taking on different responsibilities, challenging others and being challenged, as this is where growth really happens.
- Our Values: Experimentation, Kindness, Excellence.
Equal Opportunity
- We care more about outcomes than ticking boxes, and we know the perfect person for the role often has a CV that's a little different.
- Research shows that women are particularly less likely to apply if they don't meet all the criteria in a job listing. If you're second guessing yourself, we encourage you to get in touch anyway.
- Don't quit before you've started!
