Assistant Management Accountant – Global Consumer Tech Scale-Up
- Location: Shoreditch area, London (Hybrid – 2 days in office, Mon & Wed)
- Salary: Up to £40k maximum (dependent on experience) + Study Support & Benefits
- Contract: Full-time, Permanent (37.5 hours per week)
The Opportunity
Are you a proactive finance professional with a hands-on approach, ready to take a major step up in your career? On behalf of our client, a highly successful and established global consumer tech and digital services platform, we are seeking an experienced Assistant Management Accountant to join their lean, high-performing finance team in East London.
Operating a thriving digital ecosystem with a massive international user base, this scale-up has a long track record of growth. Because of the company's prominent market positioning, our client is keeping this search strictly confidential. The role offers a steep learning curve and a fantastic gateway into a wider management accounts role, giving the successful candidate direct mentorship and support from the Financial Controller.
Key Responsibilities
The successful candidate will enjoy a highly varied, end-to-end role covering everything from foundational day-to-day operations to core month-end reporting across multiple international entities:
- Transaction & Ledger Management: Process multi-currency supplier invoices, execute regular payment runs, and manage multi-currency bank reconciliations via Xero.
- Digital Revenue Reconciliation: Reconcile global customer receipts and merchant data across a variety of modern digital payment platforms.
- Month-End Support: Assist the Financial Controller with month-end reporting, including schedules of prepayments, accruals, fixed asset registers, and intercompany reconciliations.
- Financial Reporting: Support the Financial Controller on the preparation of monthly Group Profit & Loss and Balance Sheet reports.
- International Tax & Payroll: Assist with processing monthly payroll alongside the HR team, and support the FC with international digital VAT/tax compliance returns.
- Audit & Projects: Help prepare for year-end close ahead of audits, and collaborate closely with the FC on ad-hoc business-critical projects.
The Ideal Candidate
Our client is looking for someone forward-thinking, adaptive, and entirely comfortable rolling up their sleeves to help at all levels of finance processing.
- Background: Prior experience working as a Finance Assistant or Bookkeeper, with a solid basic understanding of financial statements.
- Technical Skills: Basic to intermediate proficiency in Microsoft Excel and hands-on experience with modern cloud accounting software.
- Core Competencies: Exceptional attention to detail, strong analytical and problem-solving skills, and the ability to work independently or collaboratively.
- Travel: Comfortable with occasional, infrequent UK travel to a secondary company hub for team updates and meetings.
What’s on Offer"This isn't a rigid, corporate environment. Our client rewards initiative with real ownership, professional qualification backing, and an amazing work-life balance."
- Professional Development: Financial backing and study support to become further qualified (ACCA).
- Work-Life Balance: Balanced hybrid working (minimum 2 days in the office, specifically Monday and Wednesday) and Early Finish Fridays.
- Time Off: 25 days holiday (increasing with long-term service) plus discretionary working days off between Christmas and New Year.
- Lifestyle Perks: Free Perkbox subscription, a competitive pension scheme, regular team lunches, and vibrant company social events.
All applications will be treated with the strictest confidentiality.
Pay: £30,000.00-£40,000.00 per year
Work Location: Hybrid remote in London EC2A
