Management Accountant

We are seeking a Management Accountant to join our Finance team at Trainline. As a Management Accountant, you will be a vital part of the team, owning financial reporting and control across a portfolio of Group overhead cost areas including Marketing and Corporate Functions. The Finance team at Trainline is the engine behind sound financial decision-making, providing the insight, rigour, and commercial challenge that keeps the business on course. You will work closely with teams across the organisation to translate numbers into clear, actionable narratives - supporting everything from day-to-day cost management to long-term strategic planning. As a Management Accountant, you will: Own monthly reporting and analysis for your designated overhead cost areas, delivering insightful commentary on variances, risks, and opportunities against budget and forecast Act as a trusted Finance Business Partner to budget holders and senior stakeholders across Marketing and Corporate Functions Take ownership of your balance sheet areas, including accruals, prepayments, month-end journals, and reconciliations Play an active role in annual budget, quarterly forecast, and reforecast cycles Partner closely with FP&A and Financial Control to ensure consistency and integrity across management reporting, statutory reporting, and forecasting outputs Drive continuous improvement across Finance processes, identifying opportunities to simplify, standardise, automate, and enhance reporting, controls, and financial insight Support business cases, investment appraisals, and ad hoc financial analysis Coach and support junior team members We’d love to hear from you if you have: A professional accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent), combined with well-rounded experience in management accounting, month-end reporting, and balance sheet control Strong analytical capability, with the ability to interpret complex financial data and present it clearly and meaningfully to both finance and non-finance audiences A commercially curious mindset Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills A proactive, ownership-driven approach Strong Excel skills and comfort working with large datasets and finance systems The ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment Ideally, some experience mentoring or supporting junior colleagues Enjoy fantastic perks like private healthcare & dental insurance, a generous work from abroad policy, 2-for-1 share purchase plans, an EV Scheme to further reduce carbon emissions, extra festive time off, and excellent family-friendly benefits. Job Data by YubHub .