Management Accountant – Northern Europe
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Requirements
- Background in a fast-paced practice environment or a similar multi-entity industry role.
- Must be a highly competent MS Excel user (Advanced formulas, Pivot tables, and data manipulation). SAP/SAP Business1 experience would be a plus
- Proven ability to build relationships and communicate effectively with stakeholders outside of the finance function.
- While English is our primary business language, European language skills especially Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, or Danish would be highly advantageous
- 📢 Our interview process:
- Our interview process:
- Application review
- Skills interview (60 minutes): In-person interview with our Group Head of Finance, who will want to learn more about you, your skills and how they align to the requirements of our role.
- Commercial interview: This will be a remote interview with the regional P&L director and one of our FP&A team, testing your commercial awareness and business acumen.
- Behaviours interview (45 minutes): In person interview in our office in White City where you will meet with our CFO, who will be assessing your alignment to the behaviours required to be successful in this role.
- ℹ️ Logistics:
- This team works 3 days per week from our West London office (Monday, Wednesday and Thursday), and 2 days from home. This is non-negotiable so please only apply if you’re within a reasonable commute of London.
- We reserve the right to close the position if we receive a lot of applications. We’re a small recruitment team so do bear with us - we aim to respond to all applicants personally.
- We are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.
- We are not looking for recruitment agency support for this role.
Responsibilities
- Financial Ownership & Reporting
- Lead the end-to-end month-end process for the Benelux and Nordic regions, ensuring the accuracy and timely delivery of management accounts.
- Own and report a periodic balance sheet with robust reconciliation and insightful commentary.
- Direct the weekly payment run process and maintain excellent ledger hygiene, ensuring our financial foundations are scalable for rapid growth.
- Act as the primary point of contact for external tax and accounting advisors, navigating multiple European jurisdictions to ensure seamless, on-time filings and total compliance.
- Proactively identify and implement best-in-class control improvements, streamlining the month-end cycle to boost data integrity and reporting speed.
- Business Partnering & Commercial Analysis
- Act as the dedicated finance partner for Regional Leads in Northern Europe, translating complex financial data into a clear, commercial narrative that drives decision-making.
- Provide detailed and commercially insightful commentary on performance against budget, identifying key drivers and potential risks or opportunities.
- Partner with department heads to support in budget and forecasting activities, collaborating with our FP&A team
- Work with the wider finance team to develop and track regional KPIs that support sustainable growth in these territories.
- Identify, quantify and help deliver on LTV improvement, profitability enhancement and working capital optimisation initiatives.
- Play a key role in the planning and execution of further expansionary efforts across the Northern European region, ensuring our financial model scales seamlessly into new territories.
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