Assistant Management Accountant

Assistant Management Accountant | Waterloo | Hybrid (3 days office)

Ever feel like month-end is just box-ticking? We don't either.

We're looking for an Assistant Management Accountant who wants to do more than process journals. This is a role where you'll own P&Ls, present insights to leadership, and actually understand the story behind the numbers.

What makes this different?

You won't be stuck in spreadsheets all day. We're actively investing in AI and automation to handle the grunt work, which means you'll spend more time on analysis, working with global teams, and building processes that actually make sense.

You’ll be joining a global software company working with enterprise clients across financial services, government, and technology. We operate in multiple markets worldwide, and we've built a reputation for delivering solutions that genuinely solve complex problems. We've scaled rapidly since 2016, but growth hasn't come at the expense of culture or quality.

The work itself:

• Conduct monthly profit and loss reviews, analysing, explaining, and documenting key movements, trends, and variances.
• Produce clear and insightful month-end performance commentary for the Finance Manager and wider finance team.
• Prepare, review, and maintain balance sheet reconciliations, ensuring discrepancies are fully understood, resolved, and appropriately adjusted.
• Provide ad hoc analytical support, reporting, and assistance on finance projects as required by the Finance Manager.
• Post month-end accruals and prepayment journals to ensure accurate period-end reporting.
• Assist with the upkeep and accuracy of the Group’s fixed asset registers.
• Work closely with Accounts Payable to support timely invoice processing and ensure correct cost allocation.
• Review outstanding or disputed invoices and new purchasing requests to determine appropriate accrual levels.
• Support broader month-end close activities across multiple Group entities.
• Assist in responding to Group audit requests by preparing and supplying required financial information.
• Prepare VAT calculations and supporting workings in line with local statutory requirements.
• Support the preparation of annual corporation tax returns for regulatory and statutory filings.
• Identify opportunities to streamline finance processes, improve workflows, and enhance reporting efficiency.
• Support the implementation and adoption of new finance systems and tools, embedding them into day-to-day finance operations.
• Ensure compliance with internal controls and accounting policies, maintaining high-quality and well-documented audit trails.

You’ll fit if:

• You're part-qualified (ACCA/CIMA)
• You understand the month-end rhythm and can explain accruals and prepayments without sounding like a textbook
• You will have strong Excel skills and be curious about ERP systems and automation tools
• You can talk to people in Finance or Sales and make equal sense to both
• The idea of using AI to make finance more efficient excites rather than worries you

What’s in it?

• Study Support
• Three days in the office because collaboration matters, but so does flexibility.
• Private healthcare, life insurance, pension contribution, 25 days holiday plus your birthday, plus genuine development opportunities in a business that's still scaling.

This isn't just another step-up role. It's a chance to work somewhere that’s actually trying to do finance differently.