Location: Westminster

Contract : FTC to cover Maternity Leave for a year.

Salary : £46,089 (Including London Weighting)

About the role

An exciting opportunity have arisen for an Assistant Management Accountant to cover Maternity for a year, who is highly driven, enthusiastic, and self-motivated, to become part of the Strategic Finance team. 

The successful candidate will be responsible for assisting in all the LGA’s management accounts processes, including month end processes, budgeting and forecasting, and ad hoc reporting, all delivered through effective business partnering. 

We work flexibly, with two days per week in the office.   

About you 

Are you someone who enjoys working alongside heads of department and loves a challenge? If you enjoy working in a dynamic environment – we would love to hear from you! 

The successful applicant will be passionate in providing a high-quality customer service, with excellent interpersonal skills and a strong work ethic. 

This is a great opportunity for an individual who is committed and wants to make a real contribution to the team to consistently deliver at a high level of attention to detail. 

Previous experience of working with Properties (including investment properties) is preferred. 

You must have the right to work in the UK, the LGA are unfortunately unable to offer sponsorship visas. Evidence for the right to work in the UK will be requested at the interview stage. 

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Job Description

To apply

If you would like to be considered for the role, please complete the online form. The criteria we will be assessing at application stage is: 

• A good knowledge of office/finance accounting systems, including Excel, and procedures, likely to have been gained from previous experience within a Finance team; 

• Experience of preparing management accounts; 

• Good oral and written communication skills; 

• Excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to deal with email, face-to-face and telephone enquiries in a courteous and patient manner, providing a high level of customer care; 

• Experience of managing complex relationships, and exposure to working with senior management; 

• Experience of producing work of a high standard with a high level of attention to detail; and 

• Appropriate professional qualification achieved (or part-qualified working towards full qualification). 

We use anonymous recruitment, which is the practice of hiding candidates’ identities.  

Closing Date: Midnight, 29 March 2026 

Interview Date: W/C 6 April 2026, interviews will be held in-person at our offices in Westminster, London 

At the LGA we celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees where everyone is treated with dignity and respect. Our recruitment decisions are based on fair, open competition, with appointment on merit. The LGA are proud to be awarded a “Disability Confident Leader”.  If you require a reasonable adjustment, which is a change to the format or conditions of the recruitment process to accommodate any disability-related needs you may have. Please contact us via