We’re looking for a technically strong Accounting Manager to join our Finance team in London. Reporting to our Financial Controller, this is a broad, global accounting role with a meaningful focus on revenue.
Milltown PartnersOur clients operate at the frontiers of innovation – we advise technology companies driving change, global investors funding the future, the giants of sport and entertainment, and influential individuals on the communications and policy challenges that define their reputations. Our work spans corporate and financial communications, policy and public affairs to engage regulators and policymakers, policy communications and leadership communications. We underpin the full breadth of our capabilities with research-driven insights and campaigns. We're also pioneering AI-enhanced advisory work for both our clients and internal innovation, using technology to unlock insights from data at unprecedented scale and speed.
The roleYou’ll own core accounting responsibilities while also taking charge of the revenue process for our growing global business. This is a hands-on role requiring technical rigour and the confidence to work independently across a multi-entity, multi-currency environment. Whether you’re moving into industry from audit or come with industry experience and strong revenue knowledge, we’d like to hear from you.
What you'll doOwn global revenue recognition: ensure all client revenue is correctly booked, deferred, and accrued in line with accounting standards
Manage billing milestones, reconcile third-party cost recharges and ensure billing and sales orders in NetSuite are consistent with revenue schedules
Own global balance sheet reconciliations and review the Management Accountant’s work – ensuring accuracy across expense allocations, GL coding, and journal postings within NetSuite
Review monthly budget versus actuals, flag material variances, and support ad hoc financial analysis as required
Act as primary point of contact for auditors throughout the annual audit process, managing all audit working papers across entities
Review the work of the wider finance team and take ownership of the month-end close schedule, ensuring deliverables are completed accurately and on time
Identify process improvements across accounting and revenue workflows; maintain finance policies and controls
Support ad hoc finance projects and be the London-based point of contact for the wider Finance team
What we're looking for
ACA, ACCA, or CIMA qualified, with a strong technical accounting foundation - including balance sheet, VAT, and audit
Hands-on revenue recognition experience –either from an audit background or an industry role with a revenue focus
NetSuite experience or equivalent ERP
The ability to take ownership, work independently, and flag issues without prompting
Detail-oriented and comfortable operating across a multi-entity, multi-currency environment
Confident communicator, able to present financial information clearly to non-finance stakeholders
Commitment to contributing to a supportive and inclusive culture
Successful applicants will need to have the right to work in the UK; while it is possible for us to sponsor work permits, this may not be the case in all circumstances
Experience working with CRM systems, such as HubSpot
Experience working in a transatlantic or global business
Experience working in a professional services firm or SME
We're an independent, employee-owned firm, which means the people who work here share in our collective success. We operate across London, Brussels, San Francisco, New York, and Washington D.C., advising technology companies, global investors, iconic brands and influential individuals on the communications and policy challenges that define their reputations.
Our culture is built on five values: brilliance, restlessness, comradeship, inclusivity and integrity. We expect a lot from each other, but we also invest in each other—through honest feedback, shared learning and genuine care that goes beyond the work itself.
You'll have access to competitive pay with transparent salary bands, twice-yearly bonuses, professional development opportunities guided by our career framework and progression pathways, private healthcare, mental health support, 26 days holiday plus public holidays (outside of our annual Christmas break), and a hybrid working model (three days in the office: Monday, Tuesday and Thursday).
We're also serious about building a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace. We have measurable commitments around representation, inclusion, and supporting underrepresented communities through pro bono work. Creating an environment where everyone can thrive is central to how we operate.
Skills Required
- ACA, ACCA, or CIMA qualified
- Hands-on revenue recognition experience
- NetSuite experience or equivalent ERP
- Ability to take ownership and work independently
- Detail-oriented with multi-entity, multi-currency experience
- Confident communicator for financial information presentation
What We Do
Milltown Partners is a global advisory firm working with influential organisations and individuals on the communications and public policy challenges that define their reputations. Our clients are leaders in their field: groundbreaking technology companies and their founders; global businesses and their CEOs; prominent individuals and renowned institutions. Technology and innovation are at the heart of our business and problem-solving approach, and we root our strategies in data insights and research on the audiences that matter, messages that work, and communications channels that deliver. We work as one team to ensure our clients can draw on our collective experience. The advice of our teams in London, Brussels, Dublin, San Francisco and New York is informed by everyone from our accomplished analysts to the founding partners, including leaders who have joined us from respected advisory firms as well as senior positions at Google, WhatsApp, The Royal Household, Uber, the British Government, Airbnb, the Financial Times, Manchester United or the BBC. By combining our breadth of experience, deep sector-specific knowledge and a research-driven approach, we help our clients analyse and solve their most important communications challenges. We are an Employee Ownership Trust. The people that work here own the company and share in its success. We're fully independent and will remain so. That means we can continue to do what we've always done: take the long view, build a business aligned to our values, invest in our people and their development, and innovate to improve the quality of our advice.
