Management Accountant - CIMA/ ACCA / ACA - Fully qualified- Software - Central London -Hybrid
About the Role
Our client, a rapidly expanding and market leading software platform is looking for an experienced Management Accountant to play a central role in driving their financial planning, reporting, and operational efficiency as they enter their next stage of growth.
This is a hybrid role based three days per week in their Central London office and two days per week working from home.
The successful candidate will combine strong technical accounting expertise with commercial acumen, delivering accurate financial insights that empower strategic decision-making across the business.
Reporting directly to the senior finance leadership team, you will take ownership of the month end management accounts, rolling forecasts, annual budgeting, and business partnering across commercial and operational departments.
Main responsibilities
- Management Reporting & Month-End Close: Owning the end-to end month end process, preparing detailed monthly management accounts (P&L, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flow), accompanied by high-quality variance analysis and commentary.
- Budgeting & Rolling Forecasts: Leading the annual budgeting cycle and updating quarterly rolling financial forecasts, collaborating with business heads to align financial targets with strategic objectives.
- Cash Flow & Treasury Management: Monitoring daily cash flow, managing short- and long-term liquidity projections, and overseeing working capital requirements.
- KPI & Financial Intelligence Tracking: Developing, monitoring, and reporting key SaaS/platform metrics (e.g., Gross Sales Value, Net Revenue, Customer Acquisition Cost, Churn) to provide actionable insight for leadership.
- Systems & Process Improvement: Continuously refining financial controls, driving process automation, and optimising accounting software and reporting tools to support business scale.
- Compliance & Audit: Managing annual audit preparation, statutory reporting, tax/VAT compliance, and assisting with regulatory filings.
Must-haves
- Experience: Minimum 5 years of experience in management accounting, financial reporting, or FP&A roles.
- Qualification: CIMA fully qualified preferred (or ACCA / ACA / equivalent professional qualification).
- Technical Skills: Strong mastery of management accounting concepts, cash flow modeling, variance analysis, and operational financial controls.
- Systems Expertise: Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel/Google Sheets and experience with modern cloud accounting software (e.g., Xero, NetSuite) and BI tools.
- Commercial Acumen: Ability to look beyond the numbers, interpret complex data, and effectively communicate financial concepts to non-finance stakeholders.
- Problem Solving & Precision: High attention to detail, proactive mindset, and a strong sense of ownership over financial outputs
Nice to have-
- Experience working within a fast-growing technology or SaaS company.
- Experience managing high-volume transactional data or marketplace revenue models.
- Track record of implementing new finance software, automating reporting workflows, or improving operational unit economics.
- Experience within a start-up, scale up, fast growth SME or investor backed business.
- International experience.
Benefits
As a pivotal role within the business, the package will be flexible to accommodate the successful hire. Our client offers the Management Accountant a highly competitive salary, a performance bonus and other benefits.
Our client has achieved considerable success since their inception and yet have retained the energy, boldness and fun of a startup and are now looking to scale up. This is a wonderful opportunity for a fully qualified CIMA / ACCA/ ACA Management Accountant to join this rapidly expanding company as they take their business to the next level
Management Accountant - CIMA/ ACCA / ACA) - Fully qualified- Software -Central London -Hybrid