Interim Senior Management Accountant

Robertson Bell; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A reputable finance recruitment firm is seeking an Interim Senior Management Accountant for a 12-month fixed-term contract based in London. The successful candidate will prepare monthly management accounts, support budgeting and forecasting activities, and analyze variances to provide clear business insights. This role offers a chance to engage with senior stakeholders and enhance financial reporting processes while working two days a week in the London office.

Qualifications

• Fully qualified accountant with ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent.
• Proven experience in management accounts, budgets, and forecasts.
• Ability to explain financial information to non-finance audiences.

Responsibilities

• Prepare monthly management accounts on time and accurately.
• Support budgeting and reforecasting across the organization.
• Analyze variances against budget and forecast.

Skills

Ability to communicate financial information clearly

Attention to detail

Proactive, improvement-focused mindset

Education

Fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent)

Job description

Do you enjoy analysing performance and helping senior leaders understand what’s happening behind the numbers? Are you comfortable balancing technical accuracy with clear, practical insight? Would you value a role where your work genuinely supports planning, decision-making, and the implementation of finance process improvements?

We’re recruiting an Interim Senior Management Accountant on a 12m FTC on behalf of a sizeable organisation in London with a broad operational footprint. Working within a central finance reporting team, this role supports the delivery of high-quality management information, forecasts and analysis to senior stakeholders.

Key responsibilities include:

• Preparing monthly management accounts, ensuring results are accurate, well-explained and delivered on time
• Supporting organisation-wide budgeting and reforecasting activity, resolving issues and maintaining momentum
• Analysing variances against budget and forecast, translating detail into clear business insight
• Providing constructive challenge to financial inputs and assumptions from across the organisation
• Partnering with operational teams to ensure financial reporting reflects underlying activity and performance
• Helping to enhance reporting processes, tools and outputs to improve consistency and usefulness

This is a visible role that offers the chance to build strong relationships across the business and develop a reputation for high-quality analysis and trusted financial insight. You’ll be encouraged to think commercially, ask questions and contribute to improving how performance is understood. Working pattern is two visits to the London office per week.

To be considered, please meet these criteria:

• Fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent)
• Proven experience producing management accounts, budgets and forecasts
• Ability to communicate financial information clearly to non-finance audiences
• A proactive, improvement-focused mindset with strong attention to detail
• Confident working to deadlines in a fast-moving environment

If you’re looking for a management accounting role that combines technical quality with real business engagement, apply now or contact us for a confidential conversation.