Management Accountant

Location: City of London

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.

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PLEASE NOTE:

We can only consider applications from candidates who have the right to work in the UK