FINANCIAL ACCOUNTANT / MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTANT

(12 MONTH CONTRACT STARTING FEB 26 - POSSIBILITY OF PERMANENT)

WEST LONDON | HYBRID WORKING (2 DAYS PER WEEK IN THE OFFICE)

£60,000 to £70,000 BASE + 10% BONUS FOR CONTRACT COMPLETION

THE COMPANY:
We're exclusively partnering with a highly successful, people-first business with multiple global offices and a growing UK finance function, supporting operations across five international entities.

This is a contract opportunity for an individual with strong a strong blend of Management Accountant and Financial Accountant experience, working closely with the Group Financial Controller.

You'll take rotational ownership of a proportion of the entities, delivering high-quality UK GAAP reporting, robust balance sheet control and meaningful commercial insight, with genuine scope to drive process and reporting improvements.

This is a high-impact Financial Accountant / Management Accountant role within a collaborative finance team and offers the potential to convert to a permanent position for the right individual.

THE FINANCIAL ACCOUNTANT / MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTANT ROLE:

• As Financial Accountant / Management Accountant, you'll be reporting into the Group Financial Controller, you'll work alongside a colleague to manage the financial and management accounts for a proportion of 5 legal entities on a rotational basis


• Owning the month-end close for your allocated entities, including close timetable management, accurate cut-off, and maintaining a clear audit trail


• Preparing and posting month-end journals across your portfolio (accruals, prepayments, deferred income, payroll, fixed assets, FX revaluations, provisions and other UK GAAP adjustments)


• Producing monthly UK GAAP management accounts (P&L and balance sheet) with clear commentary and variance analysis vs budget, forecast and prior year, providing insight and analysis to support management decision-making


• Providing ad-hoc financial analysis and advice to the management team and stakeholders


• Ensuring accurate revenue recognition in line with client contracts and applicable reporting standards, including appropriate accounting for accrued and deferred income and associated costs


• Partnering with operational and project stakeholders to validate performance, billing triggers and improve financial accuracy across entities


• Maintaining strong balance sheet controls through timely reconciliations across key accounts


• Supporting intercompany accounting across multiple jurisdictions, including management of intercompany agreements, recharges, journals, reconciliations and stakeholder query resolution


• Assisting with treasury and cash management, including cashflow forecasting, working capital management


• Supporting budgeting and reforecasting, delivering KPI reporting, commercial insight and decision support to senior management


• Playing a key role in statutory reporting and the year-end audit process, including audit schedules, responding to auditor queries, and liaising with internal and external stakeholders


• Identifying, designing and delivering process improvements

THE PERSON:

• ACCA, ACA or CIMA Qualified or a strong Finalist, with dual Management Accountant and core Financial Accountant experience


• UK GAAP understanding (FRS 102 exposure beneficial) and confident preparing/posting month-end journals through close


• Strong balance sheet control capability with a disciplined approach to reconciliations and audit readiness


• Commercially minded with excellent analytical skills


• Confident communicator, able to work with cross-functionally stakeholder relationships


• Process improvement mindset; experience with systems projects/automation is desirable


• Experience of Sage would be an advantage

TO APPLY:
Please send your CV for the Management Accountant / Financial Accountant role via the advert for immediate consideration.

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