Management Accountant

  • Contract
  • London

Sir John Soane Museum


Job Summary

The Management Accountant is responsible for ensuring that staff and Trustees are supplied with timely, accurate and relevant financial information. This is a demanding post requiring attention to detail, the ability to take an overview and to make progress with several tasks in parallel.

Job Description

The Management Accountant is responsible for ensuring that the staff and Trustees are supplied with timely, accurate and relevant financial information. This includes budgets for the Museum, trading subsidiary, individual departments and capital and revenue projects as necessary, as well as quarterly management accounts, cash flow and forecast, with additional analyses and reports as necessary.

This is a demanding post requiring attention to detail, the ability to take an overview and to make progress with several tasks in parallel. It is also an exceptional opportunity to work in a small and friendly environment at a busy and challenging time. The ideal candidate will have some understanding of the museum sector and an interest in the work of a high-profile National Museum.

The Finance team is headed by the Finance Director and in addition to the Management Accountant there is a Finance Manager and Finance Assistant. The Museum employs around 80 members of staff (48 FTE).

This is a part time role for 3 days / 21 hours a week. Our policy allows flexible start and finish times meaning that staff can choose to start work between 8.00am and 10.00 am in the morning and finish correspondingly between 4.00pm and 6.00pm.

Job Requirements

Person Specification

Educated to degree level or equivalent experience with an accountancy qualification ACA/CIMA.

Good technical knowledge of relevant Accounting Standards. (Knowledge of government accounting is desirable.)

Experience within the charity/not-for-profit sector or an understanding of compiling charity SORP and company accounts.

A broad understanding of VAT requirements (including partial exemption methods) and other taxation issues e.g. the operation of Gift Aid in the charity sector and corporation tax within trading subsidiaries.

Excellent communication skills. The Museum has a small team covering a multitude of disciplines working closely together in a cooperative environment.

Able to prioritise workload and use initiative with problem solving skills and attention to detail.

Excellent IT skills, including advanced Excel, and a working knowledge of accounting systems, preferable with direct experience of Sage.

An interest in the museum sector.

Job Overview

  • Job Title: Management Accountant
  • Salary: £20k-£25k
  • Hours:
    Part time
  • Artform: Museums
  • Role: Finance
  • Contract: Permanent
  • Closing date: Sun, 16 Nov 2025

  • Location:

    London

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Job: Management Accountant

Job: Management Accountant

Organisation: Sir John Soane Museum

Postcode: WC2A 3BP

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