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Management Accountant
Contract type
Ongoing
Work mode
Hybrid · London, United Kingdom
Experience
3 years
Job description
Management Accountant at Trainline responsible for financial reporting and control across Group overhead cost areas including Marketing and Corporate Functions, acting as Finance Business Partner to senior stakeholders.
At a glance
- Employment
- Full-time · Employee (employment agreement)
- Work mode
- Hybrid · London, United Kingdom
What you'll do
- Own monthly reporting and analysis for designated overhead cost areas, delivering insightful commentary on variances, risks, and opportunities against budget and forecast, with outputs prepared to Finance Leadership and Board reporting standards
- Act as a trusted Finance Business Partner to budget holders and senior stakeholders across Marketing and Corporate Functions, supporting financial performance, challenging assumptions, and providing clear, timely decision support
- Take ownership of balance sheet areas - including accruals, prepayments, month-end journals, and reconciliations - ensuring completeness, accuracy, and appropriate supporting documentation at all times
- Play an active role in annual budget, quarterly forecast, and reforecast cycles, working collaboratively with stakeholders to build well-considered and robust financial plans
- Partner closely with FP&A and Financial Control to ensure consistency and integrity across management reporting, statutory reporting, and forecasting outputs
- Drive continuous improvement across Finance processes, identifying opportunities to simplify, standardise, automate, and enhance reporting, controls, and financial insight
- Support business cases, investment appraisals, and ad hoc financial analysis, helping stakeholders understand their performance picture and make well-informed decisions
- Coach and support junior team members, reviewing their work where appropriate and contributing actively to their development and growth
What we're looking for
- A professional accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent), combined with well-rounded experience in management accounting, month-end reporting, and balance sheet control
- Strong analytical capability, with the ability to interpret complex financial data and present it clearly and meaningfully to both finance and non-finance audiences
- A commercially curious mindset - comfortable developing a deep understanding of cost drivers, operational activities, and business priorities to deliver financial insight that genuinely informs decisions
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to engage effectively with senior stakeholders and constructively challenge assumptions with confidence
- A proactive, ownership-driven approach with a demonstrable track record of identifying and implementing process improvements and automation opportunities
- Strong Excel skills and comfort working with large datasets and finance systems
- The ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment, bringing strong attention to detail and sound organisational skills throughout
- Ideally, some experience mentoring or supporting junior colleagues - though a genuine interest in developing others and contributing to team culture is just as valuable
Nice to have
- Experience with FP&A or BI tools would be a helpful bonus
Your team
Finance Team
The Finance team at Trainline is the engine behind sound financial decision-making, providing the insight, rigour, and commercial challenge that keeps the business on course.
Benefits
- Private healthcare & dental insurance
- Generous work from abroad policy
- 2-for-1 share purchase plans
- EV Scheme to further reduce carbon emissions
- Extra festive time off
- Excellent family-friendly benefits
- Clear career paths
- Transparent pay bands
- Personal learning budgets
- Regular learning days
- 28-day Work from Abroad policy
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About Trainline
Empower greener travel choices, connecting people and places
Europe's leading independent rail platform, helping millions of travellers find and book the best-value rail and coach journeys across its app, website and partner channels.
Mission
To empower greener travel choices, connecting people and places; to make the green travel choice the best choice.
Key facts
- more than 1,000 Trainliners
- Rail travel platform
- Europe's leading independent rail platform
- Team of more than 1,000 Trainliners from over 50 nationalities
- Working across London, Paris, Barcelona, Milan, Edinburgh and Madrid
What they value
- Think Big - We're building the future of rail
- Own It - We focus on every customer, partner and journey
- Travel Together - We're one team
- Do Good - We make a positive impact