Interim Management Accountant

Location: London
Status: 5 month fixed term contract
Reports to: Financial Controller

About the Role

We are looking for an experienced Interim Management Accountant to join the Finance team on a fixed-term basis to provide additional support during a particularly busy period. The successful candidate will play a key role in managing the 31 December 2026 year-end close and the subsequent external audit, which is expected to run through to March 2027, while also supporting business-as-usual activities including month-end reporting, reconciliations, and financial controls. The interim Management Accountant will be instrumental in maintaining continuity, supporting the wider team through a period of change, and ensuring key deadlines are met during this peak period.

Job Purpose: The Interim Management Accountant is responsible for ensuring the accuracy, completeness, and integrity of the month-end close and management reporting for the Foundation’s entities.

Reporting to the Financial Controller, this role takes hands-on ownership of preparing the management accounts with commentary for assigned regional entities and reporting categories, whilst reviewing the month-end work and reconciliations prepared by the Associate Accountants. Working alongside the FP&A team, this role focuses heavily on balance sheet integrity, robust financial controls, and ensuring the absolute accuracy of the trial balance.

Principal accountabilities:

Management Reporting & Month-End Close

• Preparation: Own the end-to-end month-end close process and prepare comprehensive management accounts with variance commentary to assure accuracy.
• Review: Perform a technical review of the month-end close packages and supporting reconciliations prepared by the Associate Accountants for other designated regional entities.
• Variance & Data Integrity: Collaborate cross-departmentally (e.g., with HR, IT, Operations) to ensure correct accruals and analyse variances to ensure the numbers are correct prior to handing over to the FP&A team.
• Balance Sheet Control: Perform and maintain detailed balance sheet reconciliations to ensure outstanding items are investigated and resolved promptly.
• Intercompany: Manage intercompany transactions and reconciliations across the regional entities.

Audit, Compliance & Technical Support

• Support the Financial controller in the preparation of year-end audit files, trial balances, and supporting schedules, acting as a key point of contact for external auditors.
• Support the Financial Controller in reviewing year-end packages, statutory financial statements, and compliance filings.
• Ensure all accounting treatments comply with relevant local standards and overall Group accounting policies.

Process Optimisation & Systems

• Identify opportunities to standardise accounting processes and templates
• Support the Financial Controller in optimizing ERP usage (Microsoft Business Central) and workflow tools to automate manual tasks.

Qualifications, Knowledge & Experience

Qualifications

• Fully Qualified Accountant (CIMA, ACCA, ACA or equivalent).

Knowledge & Experience

• Proven experience in a technical Management Accountant or General Ledger role within a multi-entity, multi-currency environment.
• Strong background in balance sheet control, reconciliations, and complex month-end close processes.
• Hands-on experience preparing management accounts with commentary, alongside experience reviewing the trial balances and reconciliations of other entities/colleagues.
• Experience working across European and/or APAC entities is highly advantageous.
• High proficiency with modern ERP systems, preferably Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central.
• Advanced Excel skills

Skills & Attributes

• Team player with a strong work ethic.
• Attention to detail.
• Strong technical accounting skills with high attention to detail
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities; able to scrutinize numbers and identify errors.
• Proactive communicator, comfortable reaching out to other departments to clarify variances.
• Self-motivated and organized
• Adaptable and positive mindset towards process change, automation, and system upgrades.

Application Closing Date: 30th October 2026

Please note that while we have a closing date for this application, we reserve the right to interview candidates and potentially close the role early should we find a suitable candidate before the closing date.