Accounts Payable Analyst - Fixed Term (Maternity Leave Cover)

The Firm

XTX Markets is a leading algorithmic trading firm which uses state-of-the-art machine learning technology to produce price forecasts for over 53,000 financial instruments across equities, fixed income, currencies, commodities and crypto. It uses those forecasts to trade on exchanges and alternative trading venues, and to offer differentiated liquidity directly to clients worldwide. The firm trades over $250bn a day across 35 countries and has over 300 employees based in London, Singapore, New York, Paris, Bristol, Mumbai, Yerevan and Kajaani.

We leverage the talent of the people who work here, modern computational techniques and state-of-the-art research infrastructure to analyse large data sets across markets quickly and efficiently, to maximize the effectiveness of our proprietary trading algorithms. We are actively seeking new methods and ideas. The models that drive our trading strategies have evolved considerably over the last 10 years, from econometric methods that gave our company its name, to trees, to neural networks, to modern deep learning architectures.

XTX Markets has an unrivalled level of computational resources in the trading industry, with a growing research cluster currently containing well over 25,000 GPUs with more than 1 exabyte of usable storage. Teams across the firm include world-class researchers, developers and technologists with backgrounds in pure math, programming, physics, computer science and machine learning. The firm is also constructing a large-scale data centre in Finland to future-proof its significant computational capabilities.

At XTX Markets technology is our business and we are a diverse organization which attracts outstanding talent from across all industry backgrounds. We are focused on teamwork and our people collaborate on all aspects of the business, working openly and with respect for each other, our clients and the market. Our culture is non-hierarchical and one where everyone is valued. We strive for excellence in everything we do.

The Role: AP Analyst Temp – maternity cover

The primary responsibility of the AP Analyst is to manage the accounts payable process end to end driving high quality, strong controls and financial discipline. The role includes processing incoming invoices from global suppliers, recording accounting entries, instructing payments and managing internal and external relationships. The role also includes supporting the wider finance team to achieve continuous operational improvements using technology and automation.

This will be a 15-months contract for maternity cover commencing from mid Oct 2026.

 

Responsibilities

• Accounting for invoiced costs, including month end journal posting and control processes.
• Supporting other payable processes, including employee expenses, payments to tax authorities.
• Administration of the accounts payable mailbox, processing invoices using Concur and posting journals into the general ledger, adhering to a high level of quality control through all activities.
• Supporting the Financial Control team during month-end close processes, including applicable balance sheet account reconciliations (bank, intercompany, prepayments, etc.).
• Professional and timely communications with stakeholders, including suppliers and colleagues and appropriate follow up actions leading to prompt resolutions.
• Develop strong understanding of key controls and ensure they are followed appropriately.
• Identify opportunities for further improvements to finance processes and the controls environment.

 

Essential Attributes

• At least a Bachelor's degree.
• Proficient in using MS Office package and experience using SAP S/4HANA and SAP Concur.
• Strong communication and organisation skills with a keen attention to detail.
• Confident & proactive when interfacing with experienced stakeholders, both internal and external.
• Keen interest in tech & finance and passion to further develop skills, technically & professionally.
• Strong analytical skills and ability to work through problems logically.
• A great team player, with ability to work well independently.
• Positive attitude with a track record of high performance & meeting deadlines.
• Calm, diplomatic and professional at all times.