Management Accountant

Department: Finance

Sub Team: Financial Reporting

Reports To: Financial Controller

Location: London / Hybrid c. 3 days in the office

Job Type: Full-time

Insurance Insider International (Insider) is a leading voice in global speciality (re)insurance journalism. Renowned for its deep industry insights, investigative reporting, and exclusive market intelligence, the company serves professionals who need to stay ahead of trends and developments in underwriting, broking, and capital markets. Working within this organisation means joining a team driven by editorial excellence, data-driven analysis, and a culture of innovation.

The Management Accountant is an essential member of the Insider Finance team, contributing to the preparation of management accounts and supporting the overall financial reporting process, including Board, Lender and PE investor-level reporting.

The role covers a wide range of accounting activities. These include processing month-end journals, KPI reporting and preparing financial reports for treasury, Revenue, EBITDA and headcount. The successful candidate will also handle provisioning and accruals and support departmental monthly reporting.

In addition, the role will line manage an Accounts Assistant (based in Hungary), who is responsible for Accounts Payable. This will entail reviewing the weekly payment run as well as line manager responsibilities, including objective setting.

Beyond the core accounts, the Management Accountant will play an active commercial role. You will partner with budget holders and work alongside FP&A on value-add projects across the business, such as new product launches and pricing reviews. You will be expected to embrace AI tools to improve how we work, from streamlining reporting and analysis to finding new ways to add value to the business. There will be a strong emphasis on AI usage to reduce manual processing and increase automation throughout financial processes.

Financial Reporting and Management Accounts

• Significantly contribute to tasks leading up to the preparation of management accounts.
• Process month-end journals accurately
• Contribute to the Flash reporting on WD 4 for critical financial metrics.
• Significant input into monthly board-level reporting and responsible for metrics reporting to PE investors and external Lenders
• Respond to audit queries for both group and statutory audits, ensuring compliance and integrity of financial reports.
• Generate insightful reports on KPIs to aid strategic decision-making and performance evaluation for the business.
• Provide detailed work, calculations, and schedules for financial accounts, preparing balance sheet schedules and supporting the broader business needs.
• Provide narrative understanding of variances month on month, quarter on quarter of financial statements.
• Perform bank allocation tasks through the automated cash application tool and as a minor yet integral part of the role, ensuring transactions are correctly recorded and reconciled.

Commercial Operations

• Business partner with budget holders across the organisation.
• Business partner with FP&A on value-add projects and other commercial initiatives.
• Assist the financial business partners in the departmental monthly reporting, enhancing the accuracy and timeliness of financial information across the organisation.

Tax

• Assist in the preparation of VAT returns
• Support the reporting of US Sales Tax

Project Work

• Support financial system upgrades.
• Help to streamline current business processes.
• Contribute to the integration of AI into finance processes.
• Ad hoc business projects (including integration of any company acquisitions).

• Qualified: CIMA/ACA/ACCA qualified with experience in management accounting and financial reporting. Experience within a SaaS business environment would be beneficial.
• Technical Expertise: Strong technical accounting knowledge, with experience in preparing statutory accounts and management reports.
• Systems Expertise: Familiarity with Sage would be desirable while experience with Salesforce would be preferred but not essential.
• SAAS and PE Experience (Preferred): Experience within the SaaS industry is preferred, though not essential, as is any prior exposure to Private Equity
• Communication Skills: Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to convey complex financial information clearly and concisely.
• Attention to Detail: High level of accuracy in financial reporting and strong Excel skills are mandatory.
• Proactive and Self-Motivated: Ability to work independently, manage multiple priorities, and drive initiatives forward.
• AI Experience: There is a strong emphasis on using AI within the Finance function to improve how we operate, so the ability to use AI tools such as Co-Pilot or ChatGPT is an advantage.

Insurance Insider offers a dynamic work environment where your contributions are valued and celebrated. We provide competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits, and opportunities for professional growth. Join us to be a part of a team that is dedicated to excellence and making a difference in how businesses communicate.

• Work hours – 9am – 5:30pm
• Dress Code: Smart casual
• Hybrid working conditions