Senior Management Accountant

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.

Complex problems don't sit in silos and neither do we. Delivering frontier innovation into market takes a team of specialists that get you from concept to diffusion. Our architects of innovation - from strategists, economists, engineers, physicians to lawyers - work as one team to deliver technology into market for the benefit of society.

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:

• Overseeing the Group's revenue recognition processes, including the accurate processing and management of project revenue.
• Collaborating closely with the wider business to ensure that the sales pipeline remains current and precise, utilising and maintaining Power BI reports in this process.
• Producing accurate and timely management accounts packs each month, providing insightful commentary and analysis regarding the business's financial performance.
• Playing a pivotal part in the budgeting and forecasting of revenue and gross profit.
• 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.
• Posting project cost journals and managing related accruals and prepayments, alongside reconciling payroll and bonus accruals.
• Working in partnership with Accounts Receivable to ensure that administrative fees and rechargeable expenses are billed and reported correctly.
• Providing 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.
• Offering business partnering support to Client and Practice Leads across the organisation.
• Contributing 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 the international nature of the 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.