Assistant Management Accountant (15 Month Contract)

proSapient; London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a detail-oriented finance professional for an Accounts Receivable role on a 15-month maternity cover. This position involves managing client invoicing, collaborating with various teams, and ensuring accurate financial reporting. The ideal candidate will have a solid grasp of finance principles and a collaborative spirit.

Benefits

Flexible remote working days

Employee Assistance Programme

Enhanced Maternity & Paternity pay

25 days annual leave + bank holidays

MyMindPal app for mental fitness

Corporate events and gatherings

Qualifications

• Solid understanding of debits and credits.
• Experience in accounts receivable.
• Good communication skills for finance matters.

Responsibilities

• Create and issue client invoices promptly.
• Collaborate with Client Services to collect missing information.
• Conduct month-end reconciliations and postings.

Skills

Attention to detail

Communication

Collaboration

Tools

Gaviti

Job description

Every day, somewhere in the world, important decisions are made. Whether it is a private equity company deciding to invest millions into a business or a large corporation implementing a new strategic direction, these decisions impact employees, customers, and other stakeholders.

Consulting and private equity firms come to proSapient when they need to discover knowledge to help them make great decisions and succeed in their goals. It is our mission to support them in their discovery of knowledge.

We help our clients find industry experts who can provide their knowledge via interview or survey: we curate this knowledge in a market-leading software platform; and we help clients surface knowledge they already have through expansive knowledge management.

We’re looking for a hands-on, detail-oriented finance professional to join our team for a 15-month maternity cover. This is a fantastic opportunity to take ownership of a varied, AR-focused role that also plays a key part in our month-end processes.

You’ll be joining a collaborative finance function where the wider team is supportive and knowledgeable. What makes this role different is our client base: you'll be working closely with a major global client who operates across multiple territories and holds complex subscription models. This means accurate and timely invoicing, regular usage updates, and sharp attention to detail are essential.

Whether you're someone with a few solid years in AR or a finance assistant looking to take the next step, we’re open to different levels of experience. You don’t need to be studying ACCA/CIMA, but a solid grasp of debits and credits is important. Experience posting journals and working with FX, accruals, and prepayments would be a big plus.

If you’re looking for a supportive team, a role with variety, and a business that encourages ownership and initiative, we’d love to hear from you.

The Role:

Accounts Receivable

• Create and issue client invoices promptly and accurately.
• Collaborate closely with Client Services (CS) to collect missing information, reducing the cash cycle and enhancing efficiency.
• Establishing and maintaining workflows using Gaviti, our third-party cash collection tool, optimising collection processes.
• Preparing reports for weekly debtors meeting
• Setting up and managing subscription bundles on the platform, ensuring accuracy and alignment with client needs.
• Conducting reviews of subscription balances in comparison to platform figures.
• Updating the platform following the review of call logs by CS, ensuring data accuracy
• Accurately reconciling and allocating client payments for precise financial reporting
• Performing bank reconciliations for cash receipts, ensuring financial integrity
• Send out client statements to Commercial team for review
• Assistance with ad-hoc projects and process improvement initiatives

Month End:

• Posting fixed assets journal entries and update the lead schedule, meticulously reconciling assets for precise financial records.
• Handling of monthly prepayments postings and conducting thorough reconciliations to maintain financial accuracy.
• Reconciling withholding taxes and managing the filing of certificates received from clients.
• Ensuring accurate updates of the bad debt provision.
• Generating and distribution of monthly client usage statements and subscription client statements working with client services to resolve anomalies and differences. Followed by reconciliation of deferred income accounts and cross-check balances of subscription accounts against the records on the platform.
• Reconciling staff benefits between the external platform to the accounting software.

• Solid understanding of debits and credits
• Experience in accounts receivable
• Good communication skills - able to chase, clarify, and explain finance matters clearly
• Comfortable collaborating with non-finance teams (e.g. Commercial, Client Services)
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy

• Enjoy the flexibility of working remotely for up to 20 days each year, allowing you to tailor your work environment to your needs and embrace a change of scenery.

• Employee Assistance Programme - Access to a health and wellbeing service that offers personalised advice and support from specialist teams.

• Enhanced Maternity & Paternity pay.

• Annual Leave - 25 days + bank holidays which includes a week's closure over the Christmas period to fully reset.

• MyMindPal app - Online support for mental fitness that helps people to stress less and enjoy life more

• Corporate Events - From quarterly gatherings to our annual winter & Summer parties, we love to celebrate, collaborate and have fun together!

Want to hear more? Take a look at our careers Notion page - https://prosapient.notion.site/Careers-at-proSapient-bfb1f316031b4dabbd9d40943cc4cc6f

We are committed to building an inclusive workplace – did you know that marginalized groups are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every requirement listed? If you are interested in the above role, but don’t necessarily tick every box, we encourage you to apply anyway – this role could still be a great match!

At proSapient, we are an equal opportunity employer. As such, we offer equal employment opportunities without regard to race, colour, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status and other protected class characteristics.

All employment is decided based on qualifications, merit, and business need. Due to the regulated nature of our clients, all successfully offered candidates are subjected to thorough screening & pre-employment checks, including an enhanced background check, which can affect the outcome of any offer of employment.