Management Accountant

Management Accountant

Moorgate, London | Hybrid Working | £40,000–£45,000

A growing education consultancy is looking for a Management Accountant with strong month-end and balance sheet reconciliation experience, who is keen to develop into a more commercially focused role.

With an ERP transformation underway, the role will increasingly evolve towards commercial reporting, analysis and business partnering, with exposure to senior management and the opportunity to develop a strong understanding of the company’s revenue and gross profit drivers.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage a broad range of month-end activities, including journals, accruals, prepayments, fixed assets and balance sheet reconciliations
• Complete bank and intercompany reconciliations, revenue recognition and cost of sales analysis
• Own daily sales dashboards and provide commercial MI and analysis to senior management
• Analyse gross profit and operating expenses, identifying trends and variances
• Prepare weekly cash flow forecasts and support payment runs
• Support year-end audit, statutory accounts and tax-related queries
• Manage batch invoicing, expenses and day-to-day billing queries
• Support and guide the Accounts Assistant

About You

• Part-qualified ACA, ACCA or CIMA
• 3+ years' finance experience with strong management accounts exposure
• Solid experience across month-end and balance sheet reconciliations
• Advanced Excel skills and confident working with financial data
• Highly organised, analytical and comfortable working to tight deadlines
• Strong communication skills and attention to detail
• Commercially curious, with a genuine interest in understanding the 'why' behind the numbers
• Ambitious and keen to transition from traditional management accounting into commercial analysis/business partnering

The Opportunity

This role offers the chance to build on your management accounting experience while developing towards a commercial finance/business partnering position.

As the ERP transformation progresses, you'll have increasing exposure to senior management reporting and the opportunity to become a key finance partner to the Training division.