Management Accountant

CloudM is an award-winning SaaS company whose humble beginnings in Manchester have grown into a global business in just a few short years.

The CloudM platform is designed to help our customers get the most out of SaaS applications like Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace, automating time-consuming tasks like IT admin, onboarding & offboarding, archiving and migrations.

Our SaaS data management platform has been used by over 35,000 customers in 107 countries including the likes of LinkedIn, Uber, Netflix, Booking.com and Spotify.

We have a brilliant team of more than 70 people in locations across the UK and Europe. We are still growing, and that means we need more brilliant people who share our ambition to join our team.

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Role Overview:

As a Management Accountant here at CloudM, you will play a pivotal role in supporting the CloudM Finance function. You’ll work closely with the Finance Director, performing a range of tasks that ensure accurate and timely financial reporting. This is a hands-on, detail-oriented position, for a proactive problem-solver with a passion for automation and efficiency. The role offers valuable experience and a solid foundation for an accounting career.

We’re seeking a proactive and hands-on Management Accountant who’s not afraid to roll up their sleeves and get stuck in. This is a fantastic opportunity to be part of a small cross-functional team, where you’ll gain exposure across the full finance function. You’ll work closely with the Finance Director and wider business, delivering insightful financial analysis, streamlining reporting processes, and contributing to key decision-making with data-driven insights.

We need someone with strong attention to detail and a genuine enthusiasm for improving processes through automation and efficiency. This role offers a broad scope and is ideal for someone looking to develop a well-rounded finance career.

Responsibilities:

• Plan, organise and manage your own workload to ensure that your contribution to the company’s monthly financial reporting process is achieved in a timely and accurate manner
• Identify opportunities to streamline and automate data collection and reporting processes
• Assist the Finance Director in the preparation of the monthly management accounts
• Perform insightful variance analysis and deliver meaningful commentary that supports business decision-making
• Take ownership of preparing departmental P&Ls and detailed expense reports, ensuring accuracy and clarity for budget holders
• Prepare monthly journals and maintain key balance sheet schedules (prepayments, accruals, deferred income)
• Ensure balance sheet reconciliations are accurately maintained
• Maintaining purchase ledger including setting up bank payments
• Daily bank postings and Reconciliation of cash accounts
• Review and approval of employee expenses
• Support on payroll operations
• Maintain the fixed asset registers
• Assisting with the calculation of sales commissions
• Assisting with VAT returns
• Contribute to ad hoc finance projects and process improvements as required 

Skills and Experience:

Key Skills

• Good spreadsheet skills and high-level numerical skills and ability to interpret data quickly
• High level of attention to detail
• Excellent communication skills
• Confident managing upwards – able to work independently, take ownership of tasks, and keep stakeholders informed
• Comfortable in a hands-off environment where initiative and self-management are key
• A collaborative team player who contributes positively to a small, cross-functional team

Desirable Skills

• Self motivated

• Experience in streamlining or automating financial processes
• Part or fully qualified
• Ability to identify actions designed to improve efficiency and effectiveness.

CloudM Culture:

We are a company consisting of old hands and new faces, all with a passion for technology’s power to simplify. We are developers, designers, marketers and innovators.

We are constantly trying new things, and sometimes getting it wrong. Which is good, as innovation never came from perfection. We work quickly to keep pace with the industry we’re in. We’re proactive, not reactive, and have been that way since day one. We want to have the answers when our customers ask us questions.

But most importantly we’re a team. Here at CloudM, it’s about balance. As long as you’re driven, ambitious and can get the job done we will respect the outside lives of our employees. That’s why everybody gets their birthday off (plus unlimited leave), cheap gym access, private healthcare, and plenty more.

CloudM is a remote-first organisation. This means we are not limited to one geographical location. We are committed to attracting and developing a diverse workforce, seeing individual differences as opportunities for innovation and growth. Our company is about culture-add, not culture-fit.

What CloudM can offer you:

• Private healthcare including dental and optical care 🦷
• Company contributed pension (matched up to 5%) 💷
• Unlimited paid holiday 🌴
• Flexible working - we ask that you work during core hours (10-4) to help with collaboration, but outside of that you can work when suits you 😊
• 10 paid sick days 🤧
• Death in service, 4 times your annual salary 💔
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) 📞
• Tech scheme (Salary sacrifice, CloudM can loan you up to £1,000.00 for tech equipment) 📱
• Paid certifications and qualifications 🎓
• Birthdays off 🎁
• Opportunity to develop within a fast-growing tech business with an ambitious year-on-year growth trajectory 📈
• Market-leading parental leave policies 👶🏽
• Various wellbeing initiatives 🧘🏽‍♀️
• Exclusive access to discounts & rewards💸
• High-spec equipment (laptops, phones, etc.) 💻
• Working from home equipment budget 🏠

Location:

Remote-based role. However, within commutable distance to Manchester would be desirable for the odd team-building activity / meeting.

Flexible Working:

We value work-life balance and are committed to fostering a supportive and flexible work environment. Our flexible approach aims to empower employees to achieve both personal and professional success.

Environmental & Social Responsibility:

Our business strives to progress our industry as a whole and are using the B Corporation framework to continuously build on how we can treat our employees, community and environment with respect.

We expect that all of our employees play their part in our social progression plans, whether that’s participating in a charity support day or simply just following our advice on buying locally and considering the environment when booking travel, a hotel or restaurant. Every bit counts.

Diversity and Inclusion Statement:

At CloudM, we look after each other and support everyone on our team. We are proud of our people-centred culture; our diversity brings us innovation and our commitment to inclusion drives us forward. If you share these values and would be interested in joining one of our teams, get in touch today!

Apply Now:

If you are interested in joining one of our teams, get in touch today!

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