"Management Accounting Assistant"

About us:

King’s College London is a world-renowned university that delivers exceptional education and world-leading research. We are committed to creating positive and sustainable change in our local and global communities through outstanding education, impactful research and genuine service to society.

This role is based within Finance, specifically the Financial Strategy, Planning and Performance department. The Department is responsible for ensuring that King’s is managing it’s finances appropriately and that financially informed decisions are made.

About the role:

The primary purpose of this role is to contribute to the full range of management accounting work within the university. Working closely with other members of the management accounting community, the role provides useful information to faculty/directorate managers to improve their decision-making, planning and control.

We are seeking a curious, enthusiastic, and approachable management accounting assistant with excellent oral and written communication skills to join our Finance Business Partnering (Operations) team at King’s. You will be working in a diverse, fast-paced and dynamic environment, using a range of skills to deliver quality financial support to discerning and demanding customers.

The successful applicant will be able to demonstrate an understanding of accounting concepts and promote the understanding of financial knowledge within directorates in their communication with non-financial stakeholders. You should have experience of working with a financial accounting system and in exporting data to produce meaningful reports to meet the needs of diverse stakeholders. Working closely with Finance Business Partners, you will respond in a timely manner to meet our budget holder needs. This will include answering queries, performing reconciliations, staff approvals, updating the staff forecast tool, processing journals, budget and forecast movements, assisting with general month end tasks, creation of new activity codes, assisting with coding changes and restructures and the provision of management accounting information.

​​​The role holder will be based at Lavington Street in Central London and is currently expected to work 2 days per week on-site with the remainder of time working remotely. As required by the business, the post holder is required to work flexibly with regards to pattern or location.

This is a full time post and you will be offered an indefinite contract.

About you:

To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:

Essential criteria

1. Highly numerate, as evidenced by qualifications in Mathematics at GCSE and A level, or equivalent; or AAT Level 3 or equivalent.
2. Clear and concise written and verbal communication skills
3. Confidence working under pressure and to tight deadlines
4. Skills and experience working with a financial accounting package in the provision of financial reports and the ability to learn new systems quickly
5. Strong Excel skills with an ability to extract and manipulate financial information in spreadsheets including pivot tables
6. An ability to communicate general financial issues and accounting terminology to non-finance staff in language that they can understand
7. Some experience of management accounting gained within a finance department, or evidence of other relevant experience
8. Experience of dealing with a number of finance queries from a wide variety of stakeholders in a timely, methodical manner ensuring a high degree of accuracy

Desirable criteria

1. Proficient Excel user, comfortable with lookups, pivot tables, sumifs
2. Curious, questioning nature, a willingness to challenge assumptions and seek clarity
3. A strong desire to learn and develop, particularly in management accounting and finance systems
4. A proactive approach to problem solving
5. Attention to detail and accuracy

Grade and Salary: £34,713 - £38,127 per annum inclusive of London Weighting Allowance
Job ID: 133825
Close Date: 04-Jan-2026
Contact Person: Catherine Cunningham
Contact Details: catherine.1.cunningham@kcl.ac.uk