Interim Management Accountant

Location: London

Status: 5 month fixed term contract

Reports to: Financial Controller

About the Role

We are looking for an experienced Interim Management Accountant to join the Finance team on a fixed-term basis to provide additional support during a particularly busy period. The successful candidate will play a key role in managing the 31 December 2026 year-end close and the subsequent external audit, which is expected to run through to March 2027, while also supporting business-as-usual activities including month-end reporting, reconciliations, and financial controls. The interim Management Accountant will be instrumental in maintaining continuity, supporting the wider team through a period of change, and ensuring key deadlines are met during this peak period.

Job Purpose: The Interim Management Accountant is responsible for ensuring the accuracy, completeness, and integrity of the month-end close and management reporting for the Foundation’s entities.

Reporting to the Financial Controller, this role takes hands-on ownership of preparing the management accounts with commentary for assigned regional entities and reporting categories, whilst reviewing the month-end work and reconciliations prepared by the Associate Accountants. Working alongside the FP&A team, this role focuses heavily on balance sheet integrity, robust financial controls, and ensuring the absolute accuracy of the trial balance.

Principal accountabilities:

Management Reporting & Month-End Close

• Preparation:  Own the end-to-end month-end close process and prepare comprehensive management accounts with variance commentary to assure accuracy.
• Review:  Perform a technical review of the month-end close packages and supporting reconciliations prepared by the Associate Accountants for other designated regional entities.
• Variance & Data Integrity:  Collaborate cross-departmentally (e.g., with HR, IT, Operations) to ensure correct accruals and analyse variances to ensure the numbers are correct prior to handing over to the FP&A team.
• Balance Sheet Control:  Perform and maintain detailed balance sheet reconciliations to ensure outstanding items are investigated and resolved promptly.
• Intercompany:  Manage intercompany transactions and reconciliations across the regional entities.

Audit, Compliance & Technical Support

• Support the Financial controller in the preparation of year-end audit files, trial balances, and supporting schedules, acting as a key point of contact for external auditors.
• Support the Financial Controller in reviewing year-end packages, statutory financial statements, and compliance filings.
• Ensure all accounting treatments comply with relevant local standards and overall Group accounting policies.

Process Optimisation & Systems

• Identify opportunities to standardise accounting processes and templates
• Support the Financial Controller in optimizing ERP usage (Microsoft Business Central) and workflow tools to automate manual tasks.

Qualifications, Knowledge & Experience

Qualifications

• Fully Qualified Accountant (CIMA, ACCA, ACA or equivalent).

Knowledge & Experience

• Proven experience in a technical Management Accountant or General Ledger role within a multi-entity, multi-currency environment.
• Strong background in balance sheet control, reconciliations, and complex month-end close processes.
• Hands-on experience preparing management accounts with commentary, alongside experience reviewing the trial balances and reconciliations of other entities/colleagues.
• Experience working across European and/or APAC entities is highly advantageous.
• High proficiency with modern ERP systems, preferably Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central.
• Advanced Excel skills

Skills & Attributes

• Team player with a strong work ethic.
• Attention to detail.
• Strong technical accounting skills with high attention to detail
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities; able to scrutinize numbers and identify errors.
• Proactive communicator, comfortable reaching out to other departments to clarify variances.
• Self-motivated and organized
• Adaptable and positive mindset towards process change, automation, and system upgrades.

Application Closing Date: 30th October 2026

Please note that while we have a closing date for this application, we reserve the right to interview candidates and potentially close the role early should we find a suitable candidate before the closing date.

About us

At the IFRS Foundation, we believe better information leads to better decisions. We set financial reporting standards that enable companies to meet the evolving information needs of the global capital markets. United by our purpose to foster trust, growth and long-term financial stability in the global economy, we engage in challenging, meaningful work every day-across all our areas of expertise.

If you share our passion for this mission, we want to hear from you.

Diverse perspectives. International expertise.

Working for our global organisation offers many benefits, including:

• rewarding work that serves the public interest;
• engagement with diverse international experts;
• inclusive and collaborative teams;
• intellectually challenging projects;
• flexible working arrangements;
• numerous areas of specialisation; and
• opportunities for professional growth and development.

Diversity and inclusion are seen as key strengths of our organisation. These qualities are essential for us to engage with and meet the needs of our varied global stakeholders, and they are part of what makes the IFRS Foundation a great place to work.