Management Accountant

Management Accountant London (3 days in the office and 2 from home) £60,000 - £70,000

A leading international law firm is looking for a Management Accountant to join its London-based finance team. The business has a sizeable finance function across multiple offices and is focused on accurate, timely and commercially useful reporting.

This role sits within the Reporting and Analysis team and will play a key part in supporting UK monthly reporting, budgeting, reconciliations and wider finance processes. It is a strong opportunity for a confident accountant who enjoys ownership, stakeholder interaction and process improvement.

Duties

Produce UK monthly management accounts, including P&Ls, balance sheet and supporting reporting packs.

Prepare variance analysis and investigate movements against budget.

Support month-end and year-end close to ensure timely production of management accounts.

Prepare headcount and other KPI reports, highlighting variances and investigating issues.

Complete balance sheet reconciliations across areas such as intercompany, accounts payable, bank loans, debtors, creditors and PAYE.

Maintain UK accruals, prepayments and support the fixed asset register.

Review overhead expenditure reports and work with business support owners to understand variances and budget impact.

Support annual budgeting, audit work, ad hoc reporting and finance projects.

Help maintain general ledger setups and improve management accounts processes and systems.

Ideal candidate profile

Part-qualified or fully qualified accountant, ACCA, CIMA or ACA.

Minimum 3 years of relevant finance or accounting experience.

Confident management accountant with strong month-end, reconciliations and variance analysis experience.

Understanding of multicurrency bookkeeping and statutory requirements.

Good working knowledge of Excel and comfortable using finance systems.

Accurate, organised and able to work to tight deadlines.

Able to communicate clearly with non-finance stakeholders.

Process improvement mindset with the ability to identify and deliver efficiencies.

Previous legal sector experience, CRM exposure, 3E or similar finance system experience would be advantageous.