Senior Management Accountant: Systems and Projects

Senior Management Accountant: Systems and Projects
Full-time
Hybrid (at least 1 day per week on-site in Bloomsbury, London)
Permanent
£61,070.10 per annum
Application deadline: Tuesday, 21 July 2026

About the role
This is an exciting opportunity for someone who combines excellent management accounting expertise with hands-on experience of finance systems and process improvement.

This is a varied and high-impact position that sits at the intersection of accounting, systems, compliance and project delivery. You will act as the organisation's finance systems lead, ensuring our ERP platforms operate effectively, support strong financial controls and continue to evolve to meet business needs. At the same time, you will provide senior-level accounting support, compliance oversight and project expertise across the organisation.

This role offers the opportunity to make a significant impact by combining technical accounting expertise with systems leadership. You will work on strategic initiatives, influence senior stakeholders and help shape the future direction of finance systems, governance and business processes.

To succeed, you must be both an accomplished accountant and an experienced finance systems professional, with the ability to bridge finance, technology and organisational change.

About you
You will have both a strong accounting background and proven finance systems experience and be able to demonstrate:

• CCAB accountancy qualification
• Demonstrable management accounting experience and strong technical accounting knowledge including Accounting Standards and regulatory framework, income tax, NI and VAT.
• Demonstrable success in process and control improvements and managing projects successfully. Ideally with experience of administering and/or upgrading a financial system.
• Previous experience as a finance systems lead or in a systems-focused finance role.
• Strong understanding of finance systems, controls, governance and compliance frameworks. Ideally, you will have some experience with Unit4 (Agresso) and/or Business Central.
• Advanced Excel and strong IT skills.
• Able to think strategically and effectively prioritise.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to present financial and systems information to senior and non-financial stakeholders clearly.

Key areas of responsibility
• Lead the development, maintenance and optimisation of finance systems, including ERP functionality, controls, user access and system improvements.
• Act as the recognised finance systems expert, supporting users, delivering training and driving system enhancements.
• Lead on risk management, compliance and regulatory requirements, ensuring policies and processes remain robust and effective, collaborating closely with other departments and committees.
• Identify applicable finance-related elements of public sector and charity regulation and best practice, especially Managing Public Money and DCMS management agreement ensuring this is embedded in risk management and applicable policies and processes effectively.
• Lead of counter-fraud strategy, including liaising with DCMS and Cabinet Office on Government Functional Standards.
• Manage and improve budgeting, forecasting and financial reporting processes, including staff cost modelling and payroll-related controls.
• Support and advise on organisation-wide projects, providing financial expertise and ensuring best-practice project appraisal and evaluation.
• Build strong relationships with stakeholders across the organisation and influencing positive change through process improvement initiatives.

The Masterplan
The British Museum is undertaking its biggest transformation since its founding nearly 300 years ago. This physical and intellectual transformation includes large scale building and gallery transformation, new ways of connecting with audiences and different ways of working. As we look towards this exciting future, we remain guided by the words of our founder Hans Sloane - who dreamed of a museum connecting all arts and sciences, which would be accessible to everyone, everywhere.

Benefits
At the British Museum, we believe our people are at the heart of everything we do and have designed a benefits package that goes beyond the ordinary. Our full list of benefits can be found here, but we’ve outlined some highlights below:
• Free exhibition entry for you and guests, exclusive private views, ICOM and reciprocal museum access.
• Civil Service Pension Scheme defined benefit with 28.97% employer contribution.
• 25 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays and 2.5 privilege days (and +5 days after 10 years).
• Social and wellbeing perks including Staff parties, social clubs, CSSC sports and leisure, and support from the Civil Service Retirement Fellowship.
• Learning and development through courses, mentoring and Athena as well as support for professional qualifications.
• Employee Assistance Programme available 24/7 for counselling, wellbeing support and more.
• Enhanced parental leave including maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave.
• Support for carers through Employers for Carers.

Our Values
Our values drive everything we do, from how we handle our objects to how we work in our team to fostering a culture where everyone feels heard and empowered:

• Care Deeply
• Embrace the Unknown
• Spark Curiosity
• Value Many Voices

These are a core part of how we recruit. Throughout the application, interview and selection process, we look for examples of how candidates demonstrate these behaviours in their own work and experiences. We encourage you to familiarise yourself with our values and reflect them in your application.

Additional details
If you have any additional needs that we should be aware of to support you with your application, please provide details to [email protected].

Museum Website: https://bmrecruit.ciphr-irecruit.com/Applicants/vacancy/8957/Senior-Management-Accountant-Systems-and-Projects