Senior Management Accountant

Who we are:

Access Partnership is the frontier consultancy getting innovation into market faster across technology, AI, Space and Health. With over 150 experts across six continents, we help clients in government, private sector and industry navigate complex regulatory, policy and communications challenges for the benefit of society.

The Role - Senior Management Accountant

You will oversee revenue recognition and revenue reporting for the group, ensuring all figures are accurately processed and documented.

In addition, you will take ownership of producing monthly management accounts, providing detailed insights into the financial performance of the business.

You will play a significant role in the budgeting and forecasting processes, collaborating closely with other finance colleagues to ensure projections reflect business realities.

As part of your duties, you will be responsible for specific balance sheet reconciliations, with particular emphasis on accrued and deferred income.

Furthermore, you will provide business partnering support, assisting users throughout the organisation with their use of NetSuite and helping them to navigate financial systems effectively.

What you can expect to be doing:

• As part of your role, you will be responsible for overseeing the Group’s revenue recognition processes, including the accurate processing and management of project revenue.

• You will collaborate closely with the wider business to ensure that the sales pipeline remains current and precise, utilising and maintaining Power BI reports in this process.

• You will produce accurate and timely management accounts packs each month, providing insightful commentary and analysis regarding the business’s financial performance. In addition, you will play a pivotal part in the budgeting and forecasting of revenue and gross profit.

• Your duties will also include performing balance sheet reconciliations on all accounts associated with gross profit, particularly those relating to deferred and accrued income, utilising the NetSuite Advanced Revenue functionality.

• Further responsibilities involve posting project cost journals and managing related accruals and prepayments, alongside reconciling payroll and bonus accruals. You will also work in partnership with Accounts Receivable to ensure that administrative fees and rechargeable expenses are billed and reported correctly.

• You will provide NetSuite support to the business, with a specific focus on assisting NetSuite project managers to ensure that all projects are established correctly from the outset.

• Business partnering is a key aspect of your role, offering support to Client and Practice Leads across the organisation.

• You will also contribute to the audit process by preparing audit schedules and responding promptly to audit queries as they arise.

What you will bring:

Essential 

• Qualified accountant with experience in a management accounting role

• Strong NetSuite experience

• A curious mindset and an appetite for innovation, in particular to harness the benefits of AI

• Experience in managing revenue recognition

• Strong Excel and modelling skills

• Strong understanding of accounting principles

• Ability to work independently and as part of a team

• Strong task management and prioritisation skills

• Personal motivation to work without constant supervision, and to see tasks through to completion

• Due to international nature of role, some flexibility in terms of working hours will be required from time to time

Desirable 

• Experience using NetSuite’s Advanced Revenue functionality

• Experience working in an international organisation across time zones

• Experience working in professional services / management consulting environment
  

What We Offer:

Our diverse international client base of technology giants and start-ups will provide the opportunity to work on multiple international projects on behalf of some of the industry’s leading companies. Our firm boasts a collaborative working environment, social events and a robust support system. We are committed to providing training and professional development for all colleagues. We work in a hybrid/remote fashion, with employees aligning to one of our global offices, and typically working three days per week in the office, and two days remotely.