Interim Senior Management Accountant

Dotdigital; Greater London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Commission & bonus opportunities

Annual leave growth with service

Wellbeing days & rewards

Office shutdown during holidays

Job summary

Dotdigital, a global marketing automation platform, seeks an experienced Interim Senior Management Accountant to join Group Finance in London. You will oversee month-end close for multiple entities and drive improvements during a period of transformation.

The role requires 5+ years post-qualification experience, strong revenue reporting, budgeting and treasury skills, and the ability to collaborate across regions. Hybrid working and exposure to SaaS environments are offered.

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant with 5+ years post-qualification experience.

Responsibilities

• Manage month-end general ledger close for group entities, including reconciliations and intercompany entries.

Skills

Interpersonal communication

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Collaboration across regions

Education

ACA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent

Tools

Excel

CRM tools

QuickBooks

Sage

Billing platforms

Job description

About Us

Dotdigital is a thriving global community of passionate, dedicated professionals, committed to the collective success of the organization and its clients. Our core principles of innovation, teamwork, and client-focused solutions drive us to approach challenges with a growth mindset and take ownership of our work. At Dotdigital, collaboration and curiosity pave the way for meaningful connections and learning opportunities with diverse peers. Our work environment encourages knowledge sharing, fosters exploration, and cherishes creative ideas that guide us towards our shared vision of empowering businesses through marketing automation and engagement.

The Company:

Dotdigital is a thriving global community of passionate, dedicated professionals, committed to the collective success of the organization and its clients. Our core principles of innovation, teamwork, and client-focused solutions drive us to approach challenges with a growth mindset and take ownership of our work. At Dotdigital, collaboration and curiosity pave the way for meaningful connections and learning opportunities with diverse peers. Our work environment encourages knowledge sharing, fosters exploration, and cherishes creative ideas that guide us towards our shared vision of empowering businesses through marketing automation and engagement.

The Product:

Dotdigital is an all-in-one customer experience and data platform (CXDP) that empowers marketing teams to exceed customer expectations with highly personalized cross-channel journeys. With Dotdigital, marketers can seamlessly unify, enrich, and segment customer data. Breaking down data siloes, Dotdigital streamlines decision-making and paves the way for marketing creativity that delivers customer engagement at scale. With powerful AI capabilities, Dotdigital makes it easy to automate deeply personalized experiences across web, email, SMS, WhatsApp, chat, push, social, ads, and more.

About the Role

A global digital business going through transformation and change across a complex, fast-paced, multi-entity environment and is continuing to invest heavily in automation, systems and finance transformation. They have a large finance team and, due to growth, are looking to bring in an Interim to support the team through a busy period of change.

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Management Accountant who can jump into different areas of the business as the team goes through a period of significant change also having recently completed 2 acquisitions and the opening of our Japan entity.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Manage the month-end general ledger close for some of the entities in the group including producing balance sheet reconciliations, journals including accruals, prepayments, deferred income & intercompany.
• Prepare accurate monthly management accounts in line with reporting deadlines and assist with budgeting, forecasting and cash flow reporting as required along with treasury.
• Assist with revenue reporting across the group, utilizing systems such as HubSpot CRM, Sales Board, Dotdigital platform, and various accounting software.
• Support the Tax team with the preparation and submission of VAT, GST, sales tax returns, compliance globally as required and deal with queries.
• Help shape and develop the finance function by contributing ideas and implementing changes to ensure the department adapts to the evolving needs of the business.
• Support ad hoc finance systems and business improvement projects as required.

About You

• Professional accounting qualification (e.g. ACA, ACCA, CIMA) 5+ year post qualification experience in a similar role.
• Proven experience in financial accounting, team work, and regional oversight within a multinational environment.
• Comfortable in a high-growth SaaS or tech environment and working hybrid/remote within a team
• Strong working knowledge of excel/financial systems, including CRM tools, QuickBooks, Sage, Billing platforms and other financial platforms.
• Experience in revenue reporting, budgeting, forecasting, cash flow, and treasury management.
• Excellent communication, leadership, and stakeholder management skills.
• Adaptability and a proactive approach to driving change and process improvement within the finance department
• Ability to work collaboratively across all business functions and regions.

Interview Process

• 15min Screening Call with Team Talent
• 1 hour video interview with Group Finance Manger and a team member
• 1 hour FINAL video interview with Group Finance Manager and Group Finance Director

Some of Our Global Benefits

• Commission & bonus opportunities
• Annual leave that increases with service + option to buy more
• Additional paid wellbeing days + annual wellbeing reward
• Christmas office shutdown (extra time off)
• Enhanced parental leave & family support policies
• Employee recognition & reward schemes
• Referral bonuses & long-service rewards

Authenticity in Our Hiring Process

At Dotdigital, we believe in genuine conversations and authentic expertise. While AI can be a valuable and legitimate tool in many contexts, we ask candidates not to use AI-generated content or live AI assistance at any stage of our recruitment process, including applications, assessments, and interviews.

We appreciate your cooperation in helping us keep our hiring process fair, transparent, and focused on real human insight.

DEI commitment

As an equal opportunities employer we are committed to equality in all its practices with regard to race, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, or sexual orientation. If you have any additional requirements or adjustments to assist an application then please don't hesitate to contact us and advise us how we can best support you.

Legal statement

No agencies/recruiters please. We are only accepting applications directly from the applicants. If you are a recruiter, please refrain from reaching out to our staff about this position. Anything contrary will be treated as unsolicited approach under the applicable data protection law.

Department Finance Locations London Bridge Remote status Hybrid