Accounts and Payroll Manager

About InvestEngine

InvestEngine is everything the modern investor should need: unbeatable value, market-leading automation, and a platform built for easy, long-term investing.

We’ve built a strong foundation, with over £3.5 billion invested, award-winning service, and a passionate team. Now we’re scaling quickly — and our Finance function needs to scale with us.

About the Role

We’re looking for an Accounts and Payroll Manager to join our Finance team.

This is a hands-on role with ownership across UK payroll, Accounts Payable, VAT preparation, reconciliations and finance process improvement. As our headcount and transaction volumes grow, you’ll help ensure our core finance processes remain accurate, well-controlled and scalable.

You’ll be joining at a point where there is real opportunity to improve how things work — simplifying processes, introducing automation and strengthening controls rather than simply maintaining the status quo.

You’ll work closely with Steven Woodford and the wider Finance and People teams, with significant autonomy over your area.

What You’ll Do

• Own the end-to-end UK payroll process, ensuring employees are paid accurately and on time

• Maintain strong payroll controls, including approvals, reconciliations, variance reviews and documentation

• Manage Accounts Payable processes and ensure invoices and payments are processed accurately and within agreed timelines

• Maintain accurate accounting records in Xero

• Complete payroll, AP and relevant control-account reconciliations as part of the monthly close

• Prepare VAT returns and maintain the supporting records and reconciliations required for accurate submissions

• Identify manual or inefficient finance processes and introduce practical improvements and automation

• Help build scalable processes and controls that can support continued growth in company headcount and transaction volumes

• Work closely with stakeholders across Finance, People and the wider business to resolve issues and improve processes

What We’re Looking For

• Strong hands-on experience managing UK payroll for a small or medium-sized business

• Experience running payroll through periods of significant headcount growth

• Strong experience owning or managing an Accounts Payable function

• Confidence processing and overseeing high volumes of invoices and payments with appropriate controls

• Strong working knowledge of Xero

• Experience preparing UK VAT returns, including the underlying reconciliations and supporting documentation

• Strong reconciliation and accounting control skills

• A high level of accuracy and attention to detail

• Comfortable taking ownership of processes and identifying where they can be improved

• Able to work independently in a fast-moving environment while collaborating effectively with others

• English fluency at C1 level or above — we are a UK-based company and the role involves regular communication across the business

Nice to Have

• Experience with Deel

• Experience improving or automating payroll or Accounts Payable processes

• Experience working in a fast-growing company

• Experience in fintech, financial services or another regulated environment

How We Work

We’re a lean, fast-moving team that values clarity, ownership and transparency.

You’ll have the freedom to improve how things work, the responsibility to follow through, and the backing of a team that values clear thinking and open dialogue. We believe in solving problems at the root rather than simply treating the symptoms.

What We Offer

Impact from day one
You’ll own critical finance processes and have a direct impact on their accuracy, efficiency and scalability as the company grows.

Room to grow
As InvestEngine scales, you’ll have opportunities to expand your responsibilities and help shape how the Finance function operates.

Opportunity to improve and automate
This isn’t a role where you’ll simply inherit processes and run them forever. We want someone who will identify better ways of working and help us implement them.

Transparent and open culture
We share information openly, keep communication clear and encourage collaboration across the business.

Supportive, high-calibre team
You’ll work alongside talented people who are experts in their areas and care about both the quality of their work and the success of the wider team.

Our Hiring Process

1. Introductory call with our Talent team

2. Gamified cognitive assessment to understand how you think and problem-solve

3. Competency interview focused on your payroll, Accounts Payable, accounting and process-improvement experience

4. Senior leadership interview focused on how you work, your approach to ownership and your alignment with InvestEngine

We aim to keep the process straightforward, transparent and efficient.