Senior Management Accountant

Lawhive; City Of London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading legal technology firm in London seeks a Senior Management Accountant to independently manage financial operations across UK and US entities. You will lead the month-end close and enhance audit-ready infrastructure, driving finance transformation and integration in a high-growth environment. The ideal candidate has a chartered accountant qualification and strong experience in management accounting under UK GAAP. This role offers significant equity and benefits, including flexible working arrangements.

Benefits

Meaningful early-stage equity

33 days’ annual leave

Pension contribution

20% off legal fees

Top-spec equipment

Regular team building activities

Qualifications

• Strong PQE in management accounting and group finance.
• Confident in complex, multi-entity environments.
• Experienced in finance transformation across systems and processes.

Responsibilities

• Own the month-end close for multiple group entities.
• Prepare consolidated management accounts.
• Assess and stabilize newly acquired entities.

Skills

Chartered Accountant (ICAEW or equivalent)

Management accounting skills

Deep technical understanding of UK GAAP

Analytical skills

Strong communicator

Ability to influence stakeholders

Education

Chartered Accountant

Job description

About Lawhive

Our mission is to make the law accessible to everyone.

The legal industry is built on technology and process that hasn’t been updated in hundreds of years - that’s why we've reinvented the entire model from the ground‑up with our own bespoke AI operating system at the core.

Lawhive is a regulated law firm with an AI-native platform built to amplify expertise and revolutionise the way people practice law, leading to exceptional outcomes for clients and lawyers.

Lawhive Labs is how we bring this vision to life. It's our frontier lab that combines top engineering, design, AI and legal talent from around the world, joining forces to build the future of law.

We’re backed by top-tier investors including Google Ventures, Balderton Capital and TQ Ventures and in December 2024 we secured $40M Series A funding round to facilitate international expansion and to grow our team, representing one of the five largest Series A rounds in Europe for 2024.

We’re headquartered in London and in 2025 successfully launched in the US…and we’re just getting started.

Finance at Lawhive

We are a lean, high-impact finance organisation operating across the UK and US group structure – the engine room that keeps Lawhive moving with precision as we scale a first-of-its-kind global AI-native law firm. We partner deeply with every part of the business: product, engineering, legal operations, hr, talent, and the exec team. Our mandate is simple: build world-class, audit-ready, scalable finance architecture that can support hyper‑growth and international expansion.

The next 12–18 months will bring some of the most challenging and meaningful work you'll do in your career. We’re focused on:

• Designing and embedding the financial systems, controls and reporting infrastructure required for a multi-entity, multi-jurisdiction group (UK, US) on the path to audit and global scale
• Building real-time, decision-grade data – from cashflow to margins to unit economics – ensuring the business can make fast, high-quality decisions as we grow revenue and deploy capital
• Transforming acquired entities into a single, unified finance ecosystem with tight working‑capital discipline and deep operational control
• Implementing automation and intelligent workflows across payables, payroll, client-money compliance, tax, FP&A and revenue accounting to unlock leverage across the business
• Partnering with leaders to shape strategy, investment decisions, and the future of AI-enabled legal services

If you want a finance role where the bar is high, the problems are real, and the impact is visible across the whole company – this is it.

Role Overview

We are looking for a Senior Management Accountant who can operate independently across a complex, multi-entity group. You will lead the month-end close for UK and US entities, strengthen controls, and play a central role in building audit-ready infrastructure under FRS 102. This is a hands‑on role for someone who can step into unfamiliar environments, diagnose issues quickly, and improve them with confidence.

Key Responsibilities:

Core Management Accounting

• Own the month-end close for multiple group entities, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and strong controls
• Prepare consolidated management accounts with clear variance analysis and insights
• Maintain balance sheet integrity, including reconciliations, accruals, deferred revenue, WIP, and intercompany activity

Finance Transformation and Systems

• Design and implement scalable, automated processes across payables, revenue, payroll, and the general ledger
• Lead key elements of the finance architecture transformation
• Improve reporting, data quality, and the speed of month-end

Acquisition Integration and Entity Stabilisation

• Assess and stabilise newly acquired entities, establishing Lawhive standards across controls, reporting, and compliance
• Act as finance lead for integrations, ensuring accurate migration of processes, systems, and data
• Identify operational risks early and drive clear remediation plans

Cashflow, Controls, and Strategic Support

• Build and maintain direct method cashflow models for group planning
• Strengthen financial controls and support audit readiness
• Partner with finance leadership and teams across the business on complex decision-making and strategy

About you:

• Chartered Accountant (ICAEW or equivalent) with strong PQE in management accounting and group finance
• Confident operating independently in complex, multi-entity environments and comfortable working through ambiguity
• Deep technical understanding of UK GAAP (FRS 102), consolidations, intercompany accounting, WIP, revenue recognition, and law firm finance
• Experienced in finance transformation across systems, processes, automation, and integrations
• Highly analytical with strong commercial judgement and the ability to turn data into clear insights
• Strong communicator who can influence stakeholders and drive change
• Thrives in high-growth environments where autonomy, adaptability, and high standards are core
• Self-starter who takes ownership and works effectively with minimal supervision

Interview process

• Introductory call with our Talent team
• 1:1 with your hiring manager
• Practical skills assessment
• Values interview with one of our Founders
• We offer!

UK Benefits:

💰 Meaningful early‑stage equity at one of Europe’s fastest growing startups

✈️ 33 days’ annual leave (25 + bank holidays) plus your birthday off

💰 Pension contribution via Nest

💷 20% off legal fees through Lawhive

💻 Top-spec equipment – MacBook/Windows

⛳️ Regular team building activities and socials!

Diversity at Lawhive

At Lawhive, we know that diversity of thought is critical to delivering outlier outcomes. As such, we’re always working hard to ensure we build a diverse, inclusive team, and as we scale, we’ll only ever increase the focus we apply to this.