Assistant Management Accountant

Scaleup Finance; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary £35-40k per year

Annual bonus scheme (up to 10%)

Income protection insurance

Cycle to work scheme

Hybrid working (4 days in office)

Team socials & company events

Job summary

Scaleup Finance is building Europe’s fintech-driven finance partner for startups. We seek an Assistant Management Accountant to own parts of month-end, collaborate with Finance Business Partners and CFO Partners, and support founders with actionable reporting.

You’ll manage bookkeeping, postings, and client queries while gradually taking more ownership across a portfolio from AI companies scaling internationally to consumer brands preparing for Series A.

Qualifications

• Hands-on month-end experience posting prepayments, accrual and deferred revenue journals.
• Around 2–3 years in a management accounts or similar finance role.
• Clear, confident communication with clients and colleagues.
• Experience with Xero or a similar accounting system.

Responsibilities

• Running ongoing operational finance for clients: bookkeeping, payments, journals, invoicing.
• Delivering month-end processes: prepayments, accruals, deferred revenue, balance sheet reconciliations.
• Supporting Finance Business Partners and CFO Partners with robust management reporting for founders.
• Handling day-to-day client queries with experienced colleagues behind you for complex issues.
• Suggesting improvements to internal processes and controls and implementing better ways of working.
• Exploring new financial and accounting tools that can automate work for clients.

Skills

Month-end experience

Client-facing

Communication

Finance analysis

Tools

Xero

Job description

Ready to be part of Europe's finance revolution? We're transforming how startups manage their finances - and we want you to help shape that future.

Every startup founder has a moment when financial complexity threatens to derail their vision - brilliant minds get lost in spreadsheets instead of building breakthrough products. That's the problem we solve.

This isn't your typical finance role. Our Assistant Management Accountant enables the data that founders rely on for critical decisions, working alongside experienced Finance Business Partners and CFO Partners in a collaborative environment.

The role

This is a step-up role. You've been doing the real work of month-end - posting prepayments, accruals and deferred revenue journals, owning parts of the process - and you're ready to grow into fuller ownership. We'll give you that ownership progressively, with support around you while you build it.

You'll join a team of finance professionals working across a portfolio of startup clients - from AI companies scaling internationally to consumer brands preparing for their Series A. We don't hand new joiners our most complex clients on day one: we look at your strengths and experience, match you to clients accordingly.

What you'll be doing:

• Running ongoing operational finance for your clients: bookkeeping, payments, journals and invoicing
• Delivering month-end processes: prepayments, accruals, deferred revenue, balance sheet reconciliations
• Supporting our Finance Business Partners and CFO Partners with robust management reporting that founders rely on for real decisions
• Handling day-to-day client queries directly, with experienced colleagues behind you for the complex ones
• Helping improve our internal processes and controls - if you spot a better way of doing something, we want to hear it
• Exploring new financial and accounting tools that can automate work for our clients

What you'll bring

• Hands-on month-end experience: you've posted prepayment, accrual and deferred revenue journals yourself, even if someone else owned the overall process
• Around 2-3 years in a management accounts or similar finance role
• Experience with Xero or a similar accounting system
• Clear, confident communication - you'll be talking to clients as well as colleagues

Nice to have:

• UK payroll experience - a strong advantage, but we can teach it
• Previous client-facing or external stakeholder experience

Why Scaleup Finance?

We started Scaleup Finance because we saw brilliant entrepreneurs getting bogged down in financial admin instead of building the future. Now, as one of Europe's fastest-growing fintech companies, we're the trusted finance partner for hundreds of innovative startups across Denmark and the UK.

What makes us different? We combine cutting-edge technology with genuine human expertise. Our team of finance professionals doesn't just process numbers - we become strategic partners to founders who are changing the world. And because we're scaling rapidly ourselves, you'll be part of an exciting growth story.

What we offer:

• Salary range £35-40k
• Annual bonus scheme (up to 10%)
• Income Protection Insurance
• Cycle to work scheme
• Regular team socials and company events
• Hybrid working (4 days in office)

Join us, and you'll be part of a team that's not just doing finance - we're enabling the next generation of breakthrough companies.