We are looking for a Senior Management Accountant – Systems & Projects to join our Finance team and play a pivotal role in shaping financial systems, strengthening governance and supporting organisation-wide projects. 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.