Senior Management Accountant

About the role

Superscript is on the lookout for a commercially-minded and detail-driven Senior Management Accountant to join our Finance team and help steer the financial direction of our growing business.

You’ll work closely with the Head of Finance and budget holders across the company to lead key accounting processes, provide deep financial insights, and help shape strategic decisions through high-quality analysis and reporting.

What you\’ll get up to:

• Own and lead the month-end close process, ensuring accurate and timely reporting across ledgers and business lines
• Prepare and present monthly management accounts, including P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow
• Partner with external auditors during the annual audit, managing all supporting documentation and financial schedules
• Drive improvements in budgeting and forecasting cycles, collaborating with stakeholders across departments
• Maintain and evolve financial models for budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning
• Translate complex financial data into clear, actionable insights for both finance and non-finance audiences
• Act as a senior business partner to budget holders, advising on performance, risks, and opportunities
• Support scenario planning and cost-benefit analyses for strategic initiatives
• Champion continuous improvement across financial processes, reporting accuracy, and automation

About you:

• Fully or nearly qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent)
• Extensive experience in management accounting, including experience with budgeting and forecasting processes
• Strong analytical and commercial acumen, with a proactive approach to solving complex problems
• Experience in reading financial models and confident using Excel and financial systems (we use Xledger)
• Excellent communicator who can engage and influence senior stakeholders across the business
• Experience supporting audits and preparing year-end financial statements
• Comfortable working at pace, managing multiple priorities and deadlines
• Naturally collaborative with a team-first mindset
• Committed to continuous improvement and always looking for smarter ways of working
• Insurance industry experience highly desirable

In return, we offer you:

• A competitive salary and the ability to grow your career
• 25 days holiday – so there’s plenty of time for work, rest and play
• Hybrid way of working for the perfect work / life balance
• Vitality private health and dental insurance
• Added benefits including competitive pension and salary sacrifice
• Access to financial wellbeing platform Mintago
• Full access toSpill, our mental health platform
• Cycle to work scheme
• Fun andmodern office environment with regular team social events
• City ofLondon location

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