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About the Role

This role involves working alongside another Assistant Management Accountant, reporting directly to the Financial Controller. Responsibilities will be shared within the team, adapting to individual strengths, interests, and business needs. The company culture emphasizes trust, motivation, and a strong sense of ownership, valuing attitude and diligence over explicit experience.

Responsibilities

• Support and eventually own the month-end process, including payroll journals, accruals, sales and commissions postings, bank and balance sheet reconciliations, OPEX accruals and prepayments, management accounts preparation, and preparing finance slides for the board deck.
• Prepare the departmental costs reporting file and variance analysis within 2 days of month-end close.
• Support the Financial Controller with regulatory reporting requirements.
• Assist in the audit process by preparing working files and responding to auditor queries.
• Process supplier payments and manage payment flows through Xero and Airwallex.
• Process customer refunds and employee expenses.
• Calculate local host payments, liaising with Operations and Expansion teams, and addressing host queries.
• Assess foreign currency requirements and book forward contracts weekly to ensure sufficient currency for host payments.
• Manage cash flow, monitor balances, and place spare cash in interest-bearing accounts.
• Prepare and file VAT returns.
• Prepare payroll.

Requirements

• Recently qualified or part-qualified accountant actively studying (ACCA/CIMA or equivalent).
• Solid grounding in management accounting and finance operations.
• Comfortable working independently in a remote environment with strong organizational, self-motivation, and time management skills.
• Positive attitude and willingness to assist wherever needed.
• High attention to detail and a diligent approach to financial data.
• Strong team player with frequent communication via Slack and support for colleagues.
• Strong Google Sheets/Excel skills.
• Growth mindset with a proactive approach to suggesting and implementing process improvements through automation/AI.

Skills

• Management accounting
• Finance operations
• Remote work
• Organization
• Self-motivation
• Time management
• Attention to detail
• Teamwork
• Communication (Slack)
• Google Sheets
• Excel
• Process improvement
• Automation
• AI

Location

• Remote

Work Type

• Remote-first
• Full-time

Experience Level

• Competitive compensation aligned with UK market benchmarks and your level of experience.

Education Level

• Recently qualified OR part qualified accountant in active study (ACCA/CIMA or equivalent)

Salary/Compensations

• £40k-£50k

Benefits

• 38 days holiday per year (inclusive of public holidays).
• Competitive compensation aligned with UK market benchmarks and your level of experience.
• Flexible hours setup (40 hours p/w for full-time roles).
• Company-wide, adventurous meet-ups.
• Free trip within the first year.
• £500 annual travel voucher.
• 30% employee discount.
• 15% friends and family discount.
• Up to 8% matched contribution pension scheme (UK employees only).
• Fully comprehensive AXA private healthcare scheme (UK employees only).
• Life Assurance (UK employees only).
• Budget to set up a remote working space.
• Access to co-working spaces.
• Supportive maternity and paternity pay: 16 weeks full pay for primary caregiver, 4 weeks full pay for secondary caregiver.

About the Company

• Much Better Adventures books small-group adventure holidays run by local, independent guides in wild places around the world.
• Certified B Corp on a mission to get more people into the world's wildest places, support local businesses who protect them, and prove that adventure travel can be a force for good.
• Remote-first team with annual company meet-ups.

Equal Opportunity

• We are an equal opportunities employer and strongly encourage applications from a diverse range of backgrounds and industries.
• Our flexible working arrangements are designed to support everyone in the team to achieve work/life balance in a way that works for their particular circumstance.