Assistant Management Accountant

Investigo; London; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services firm is seeking an Assistant Management Accountant to support their management accounting team in London. This role involves preparing financial schedules, journals, and month-end reporting, providing an excellent opportunity for individuals to deepen their accounting skills in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in a finance or accounting team.
• Solid understanding of double-entry and core accounting principles.
• Comfortable using Excel for reconciliation and data review.

Responsibilities

• Prepare journals, reconciliations, and month-end reporting.
• Support with financial schedules and journal entries.
• Assist with reconciliations between operational systems and the general ledger.

Skills

Attention to detail

Communication

Excel

Education

Studying towards AAT, ACCA, CIMA

Tools

NetSuite

TM1

Job description

Assistant Management Accountant
up to £40k
Hybrid working
London

I am currently recruiting for an Assistant Management Accountant to role for a Financial Services firm in London. You will support the management accounting team with the preparation of financial schedules, journals, reconciliations, and month-end reporting. This is a hands-on role ideal for someone with some finance experience who is looking to deepen their accounting skills in a fast-paced environment.

• Prepare journals including accruals, prepayments, provisions, and re-classifications as directed.
• Reconcile key balance sheet accounts and maintain complete supporting schedules.
• Draft monthly working papers for inclusion in the management accounts.
• Ensure all entries are accurately posted and properly supported in the GL (NetSuite).
• Prepare revenue schedules using data from the general ledger and front office systems.
• Review revenue postings for accuracy in coding, timing, and completeness.
• Post adjustments and accruals as needed to reflect correct revenue recognition.
• Work closely with the Group Management Accountant to ensure correct cut-off and alignment with business activity.
• Maintain and update cost tracking schedules across departments and expense categories.
• Review cost postings in the GL, identify mis-coding's, and prepare appropriate adjustments.
• Post month-end accruals and prepayments for key operating costs with supporting documentation.
• Tidy up operating cost areas by correcting errors and ensuring alignment with the month-end timetable.
• Extract, reconcile, and post data using TM1 and NetSuite.
• Assist with reconciliations between operational systems and the general ledger.

Other Support Areas

• Prepare audit support schedules and documentation for assigned areas.
• Assist with partner-related activities such as monthly cost allocations and partner statement preparation.
• Support debtor, outlay, and WIP reconciliations as required by the team.
• Complete other tasks or ad hoc requests as required by the Group Management Accountant.

Candidate specification:

• Experience in a finance or accounting team, with exposure to core accounting processes.
• Studying towards AAT, ACCA, CIMA (or similar), or already qualified, or possessing strong relevant experience without formal qualifications.
• Solid understanding of double-entry and core accounting principles.
• Comfortable using Excel for reconciliation and data review (lookups, pivots, filters).
• Strong attention to detail and willingness to investigate and resolve discrepancies.
• Ability to manage workload to meet recurring reporting deadlines.
• Proactive, reliable, and eager to learn.
• Good communicator who can work effectively as part of a collaborative team.