Management Accountant (6-month FTC)

Job Description

Please note this is a 6-month contract and you must be available to start on 17th May 2023.

About us

We’ve grown at an incredibly fast pace since our launch in 2017. We’re the trusted student-recruitment partner to 600 higher ed institutions in 35 countries worldwide. Including the University of Cambridge, Kings College London, Boston University, University of Southern California, NYU Global Services, HEC Paris, and Erasmus.

We’ve raised over $33M from top-tier investors, and we’re on course to achieve our mission of empowering 10 million students to make the right choices in their higher ed journey.

Here’s where you come in

We’re now ready to take an even bigger leap. We’re transforming our product offering changing the way both prospective and current students make their life-determining decisions. This means that we need people like you to help us supercharge our growth and shape our future.

What you’ll be doing

Period accounting

• Maintain accurate bookkeeping across all three legal entities including reconciliations, journal postings, accruals and prepayments schedule and intercompany recharges.

• Manage day-to-day overseas advisers on bookkeeping in their entities and local tax regulations

• Own the month-end close for all three legal entities

• Own our VAT return process, and oversee other regulatory processes

Reporting & decision support

• Own monthly business spend reporting, showing the breakdown of departmental spend vs forecast and providing commentary to explain variances

• Assist the Head of Commercial Finance with the preparation of the Consolidated monthly management accounts and reporting to the Exec team

• Support the VP Finance and Ops teams with ad hoc analysis to support decision making

Process improvements

• Assisting with ad-hoc project-based work and financial analysis as required, for example to manage our cash collection process

• Support business teams to deliver business goals, including supporting procurement and payroll

This might be for you if

You have a professional qualification:

• Qualified or in the final years of your professional accounting qualification (AAT, ACCA, ACA, CIMA or global equivalent)

You have

• 3+ years of professional work experience in a start-up or scaling companies, you thrive on the challenge of growing from a series B company and beyond.

• Prior ownership of month-end close in a single entity (multiple entity ideally) business

• Hands-on experience using Xero

You might also have

• Background in a SaaS company

• Hands-on experience of Salesforce, Pleo, Brex

• Experience dealing in international accounting standards and cross-entity, cross-regional transactions

We know that typically some people only apply to jobs if they see themselves ticking every box. We believe we’re more than boxes to tick. If you don't meet all the requirements but think you might still be right for the role or others, please apply anyway. We're always keen to speak to people who connect with our mission and values.

Perks and benefits

• Salary of £50-55k (pro-rota) plus stock options.

• Highly flexible work culture. Hybrid with 1 day per week in the London office.

• 25 days of vacation (pro-rota) plus national holidays.

• Private healthcare is provided by Bupa.

• Mental health support is provided by Spill.

• Life insurance.

We rock! It’s our people that make us successful. We have 100 employees globally and a fantastic culture. But don’t take our word for it - we’re proud to be named by Built In as one of the best mid-sized companies to work for in the US, Mogul awarded us as a top 100 workplaces for benefits, and we won an award with Flexa as one of the most flexible EdTech & Education companies.

Are you ready to become a buddy? Apply now.

Not quite ready to apply or have some questions? Then you can get in touch with the People Experience team at becomeabuddy@unibuddy.com