Management Accountant

Company: Marshall Wace
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Location: London
Job Description:

Overview

As Management Accountant, you will be the operational engine of our finance function, ensuring accurate numbers, tight processes, and clear reporting. You will oversee a remote accounting team and partner with the Head of Finance to keep month-end, P&L, and balance sheet in good shape. This hands-on role lets you improve processes and shape finance as Wiser grows. You’ll support cross-functional teams and provide financial insights that help the business move forward.

Pay / Benefits

  • Happiness team and office culture
  • Work from Anywhere policy
  • Learning & development through ‘Wiser Way’
  • Therapy session subsidies
  • Vitality Health Insurance
  • Gymbox membership discount

Responsibilities

  • Manage and review the outsourced Sri Lanka team to ensure timely, accurate month-end reconciliation and bank reconciliation
  • Own end-to-end month-end close, including accrual/deferral journaling and posting
  • Ensure P&L and balance sheet accuracy and readiness for review
  • Oversee AP/AR cycles, invoices processing, approvals, and payments; maintain clean ledgers
  • Provide cash flow visibility through AR/AP reporting; support financial queries across the business
  • Partner with department heads on budgets, project costs, and invoicing; align billing with contractual terms
  • Maintain finance records within QuickBooks and Airtable; contribute to process automation and policy rollout

Key requirements

  • 3–5 years of experience in a finance role
  • Part-qualified or advanced phase of ACA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent
  • Experience managing month-end close, journals, reconciliations, and P&L review
  • Experience supervising outsourced or remote finance teams
  • Hands-on AP/AR experience and ledger accuracy
  • Familiarity with QuickBooks; comfortable with multi-time zone collaboration
  • Attention to detail
  • Clear communicator to non-finance colleagues
  • Independent, able to manage multiple priorities
  • QuickBooks
  • Airtable
  • Accounts payable/receivable processes

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Posted: October 1st, 2026