Management Accountant

London City Airport; Greater London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A major London-based airport is seeking a Management Accountant / Finance Analyst to oversee month-end tasks, assist finance partners with budgeting and forecasting, and provide insightful ad-hoc financial analysis. Candidates should have a strong background in finance, excellent analytical skills, and proficiency in Excel. This full-time role offers a variety of benefits including free onsite parking, medical insurance, and annual bonuses based on company performance.

Benefits

Free uniform

Free onsite parking

Discounted Private Medical Insurance

Annual bonus based on performance

Discounted Gym Membership

22 Days Annual leave increasing to 25 days

Access to Salary Sacrifice Car leasing Scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in a commercial facing role within finance.
• Evidence of month-end, budgeting and forecasting activities.
• Ability to communicate variances against budget and forecast.

Responsibilities

• Deliver accurate month-end close including reconciliations.
• Assist in weekly reporting and ad-hoc analysis for stakeholders.
• Identify process improvement opportunities.

Skills

Commercial finance experience

Month-end closing

Budgeting and forecasting

Excel proficiency

Problem-solving ability

Analytical skills

Education

Degree or equivalent

Part-Qualified or Qualified Accountant (ACCA/CIMA/ACA)

Tools

Financial systems/data warehouses

Job description

The Vacancy

The Management Accountant / Finance Analyst will take ownership of month end and weekly tasks and assist Finance Business Partners in ad-hoc analysis and budgeting/forecasting.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Deliver accurate and timely month-end close, including journals, reconciliations, and clear variance analysis vs budget and prior periods
• Assist in the production of weekly reporting
• Assist the Finance BP's to produce reliable, well-explained forecasts with documented assumptions, highlighting key risks, opportunities, and drivers of change.
• Provide quality ad-hoc analysis that turns financial data into clear, commercially useful insights for stakeholders.
• Improve processes and reporting, identifying opportunities to increase efficiency, strengthen controls, and reduce manual work.
• Timely period end closing including posting of prepayments, accruals and correction journal
• Assist Finance Business Partners with budgeting and forecasting activities
• Ability to clearly communicate variances vs budget and forecast
• Actively working towards improving processes

Experience and Personal Attributes

• A degree of experience in a commercial facing role within finance
• Evidence of month end, budgeting and forecasting
• Skilled in excel
• Ability to work collaboratively as part of a team
• Ability to identify and proactively solve problems
• Excellent quantitative, analytical and financial modelling skills
• Ability to assist in month end close including posting of pre-payments, accruals and other journal postings

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent
• Part- Qualified or Qualified Accountant (ACCA/CIMA/ACA)
• A strong working knowledge of financial systems/data warehouses

Hours of Work

Full time permanent role

Benefits

• Free uniform
• Free onsite parking
• Access to discounted Private Medical Insurance for you and immediate family
• Medicash Cash plan
• Enrolment into company AE pension scheme
• Access to Salary sacrifice pension scheme
• Bereavement Counselling
• Cycle 2 Work salary sacrifice scheme
• 22 Days Annual leave (increasing by 1 day each year for the first 3 years until you reach 25 days)
• LCY Central discount website
• Annual Bonus based on increase in passengers each year
• Annual Season Ticket Loan
• On site Physiotherapist
• Discounted Gym Membership at many local facilities
• Staff discounts at most of retailers on site & some local restaurants & hotels
• Holiday Buy scheme (Ability to purchase up to 1 weeks A/L per year)
• Access to Salary Sacrifice Car leasing Scheme

Closing Date: midnight 10/02/2026 23:59

The Company

London City Airport is one of the largest private sector employment sites in the London Borough of Newham. We offer a wide range of interesting and challenging career opportunities for the local community.

With over 2,000 employees here, working either directly for London City Airport Limited or for one of our concession partners, airlines, or other business partners on site, the scope for career satisfaction and progression is huge.

London City Airport is an Inclusive Employer. At London City Airport we respect and celebrate each other's individual differences. We embrace all backgrounds and abilities of all team members and we work closely with our Inclusion Group A Voice for all to ensure we are an inclusive workplace.

Please note that we only ask candidates to go through the necessary security checks (Criminal Record Checks or CRC) once a position has been offered. If you are approached by a third-party site offering to manage the process for you, please ignore it. London City Airport Ltd is not currently delivering a Graduate Training Programme but we do run a Work Experience Programme. Please click here to find out more.

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Location

As the only airport actually in London, London City Airport is less than a mile from the world-class events venue ExCeL London; three miles from Canary Wharf and six miles from the City of London.