Management Accountant; FTC)

Want to be part of a UK hub, in a global business that is scaling rapidly, evolving fast and radically changing the decades-old delivery universe? If so, read on, as we’re looking for a Management Accountant to join our finance team!

Our mission? To switch up the status quo and become the UK’s leading out-of-home business. With a fast-growing network of thousands of smart lockers, hundreds of leading retail partners and the launch of our transformative Send service, we’re bringing freedom to anyone with a parcel.

At InPost UK, we’re building an unparalleled group of talent that’s committed to help us power our mission to reshape the way parcels move, and redefine eCommerce logistics. Our team is packed full of top-notch experts in e-commerce, technology, scale-up growth, sustainability, logistics and supply chain. We’re a passionate bunch with high ambition – we collaborate, innovate, support each other, and leave egos at the door.

This is a core accounting role sitting within one of our Financial Accounting sub‑teams. The Management Accountant works under the direction of a Senior Accountant or Financial Controller, taking ownership of a defined set of close tasks — including journals, accruals, reconciliations and reporting schedules — while developing the technical accounting knowledge and professional skills needed to progress toward Senior Accountant level.

• Prepare and post month‑end journals for your assigned area — including accruals, prepayments and any standard reclassifications — ensuring all entries are accurately calculated, supported by clear evidence and posted within the close timetable.
• Review operational data and invoices to identify accruals requirements for your area — flagging any unusual or material items to the Senior Accountant or Financial Controller promptly.
• Maintain clear, well‑organised working papers for all journals posted — ensuring your entries can be easily reviewed, understood and recreated by others.
• Contribute to the efficient running of the month‑end close — completing your assigned tasks on time and communicating proactively if you are at risk of missing a deadline.

• Prepare and maintain balance sheet reconciliations for accounts within your assigned scope — ensuring all accounts are reconciled to timetable and all reconciling items are clearly documented and investigated.
• Escalate aged or unresolved reconciling items to the Senior Accountant or Financial Controller, providing a clear summary of the issue and the steps taken to resolve it.
• Maintain a tidy, audit‑ready reconciliation pack for your assigned accounts — updating it on a monthly basis and ensuring supporting documentation is well‑organised and readily accessible.

• Prepare reporting schedules and analysis for your assigned area — including cost centre summaries, entity‑level reports and any other regular outputs required by the Senior Accountant or Financial Controller.
• Provide straightforward variance commentary for your area — explaining movements in your numbers against budget, forecast and prior period in a clear, concise way.
• Assist the Senior Accountant or Financial Controller in compiling sections of the management accounts pack — ensuring your inputs are accurate, clearly presented and submitted on time.

• Liaise with the Transactional Finance team to ensure that supplier invoices, cash receipts and payment runs relevant to your area are correctly coded, processed and reflected in the ledger.
• Investigate and resolve any discrepancies between ledger entries and supporting documentation — escalating items that require commercial or operational…