LSG
Management Accountant – UK Based | Portugal Operations
Get notified of more jobs like this · No spam, ever
How your CV stacks up
Upload your CV to see how well it fits this job role
?%
About LSG
LSG is a rapidly growing construction and civil engineering business delivering major structural, groundworks and infrastructure projects across the UK and Europe.
Originally established in the UK, the business has grown significantly and now has operations in the UK, Portugal and Italy, working on large-scale and technically demanding projects for major clients.
We are an ambitious, entrepreneurial and commercially focused business with a relatively lean management structure. Our continued growth and international expansion mean that the business is constantly evolving, creating a varied and fast-paced working environment where people are given genuine responsibility and the opportunity to make an impact.
As the Group continues to grow, we are strengthening our finance function to support the next stage of development. We are looking for people who enjoy taking ownership, solving problems and working closely with both operational and commercial teams, rather than operating within a narrowly defined accounting role.
The Role
We are looking for an experienced, hands-on Management Accountant to take day-to-day ownership of the finance and accounting function for our Portuguese business.
This is a broad accounting role covering management reporting, transactional finance, reconciliations, credit control, compliance coordination and liaison with our external Portuguese accountants.
Portuguese statutory accounting, tax and regulatory filings are supported by external accountants. The Management Accountant will, however, retain internal ownership of the company's financial information and will be responsible for ensuring that our internal accounting records are complete, accurate and reconciled to the records maintained by our Portuguese advisers.
The position reports to the Head of Finance, who will provide oversight and review. The successful candidate will be expected to proactively manage the accounting function and resolve issues directly with operational teams, customers, suppliers and external accountants.
Key Responsibilities
Management Accounts & Month-End
- Take ownership of the monthly accounting cycle and internal month-end close for Portugal.
- Prepare monthly management accounts, including P&L, Balance Sheet and supporting schedules.
- Complete regular bank reconciliations across all Portuguese bank accounts
- Prepare and post accruals, prepayments and other month-end adjustments.
- Complete monthly Balance Sheet reconciliations and investigate outstanding items.
- Review project revenue, costs, margins and accruals.
- Prepare overhead and project reporting.
- Maintain and reconcile intercompany balances with other group entities.
- Assist with cashflow forecasting, budgeting and financial planning.
- Provide financial analysis and reporting to the Head of Finance and directors.
Internal & External Accounting Reconciliation
- Reconcile the company's internal accounting/ERP system to the accounting records and trial balance maintained by the Portuguese accountants.
- Investigate and resolve differences between internal and external accounting records.
- Maintain a clear reconciliation between statutory accounting records and internal management reporting.
- Review accounting information received from the Portuguese accountants for accuracy and completeness.
- Proactively follow up missing information, incorrect postings and unexplained balances.
- Ensure adjustments identified internally are appropriately reflected in the external accounting records where required.
Reasons to use Rodeo
Start with a chat, not a search bar
Grad scheme, placement, apprenticeship? Not sure what you want yet — that's fine. Your agent talks it through with you and turns "I have no idea" into a shortlist.
It searches the market for you
Every day your agent scans the market matching roles against what actually matters to you, not just keywords on a CV.
Only hits
No noise. No "maybe this fits." Just roles with a clear explanation of why they're right — and where to focus when applying.
Sales Ledger & Credit Control
- Raise and process Portuguese sales invoices and credit notes.
- Maintain the sales ledger.
- Monitor customer balances and take ownership of credit control.
- Chase overdue debt and resolve customer invoice queries.
- Allocate customer receipts and reconcile customer accounts.
- Provide regular debtor and cash collection updates.
Purchase Ledger
- Oversee supplier invoice processing for the Portuguese business.
- Process supplier invoices directly when required.
- Ensure invoices contain the appropriate company and tax information and are correctly coded to projects and cost centres.
- Assist with supplier payment runs.
VAT, Payroll & Compliance
- Reconcile VAT balances and review the VAT treatment of transactions, with statutory submissions handled by the external Portuguese accountants.
- Review and reconcile Portuguese payroll information to the accounting records.
- Liaise with external accountants regarding VAT, payroll, tax and other accounting matters.
- Maintain an internal compliance calendar and coordinate information required for relevant Portuguese accounting, tax and regulatory deadlines.
- Ensure information requested by external accountants and advisers is provided accurately and on time.
- Support other finance-related compliance requirements, registrations and information requests.
- Escalate potential compliance issues to the Head of Finance promptly rather than waiting for filing deadlines.
Systems, Controls & Process Improvement
- Maintain the integrity of financial information within the company's internal systems.
- Ensure appropriate finance processes and controls are followed.
- Work with the Portuguese accountants to improve the flow of accounting information between systems.
- Identify reconciliation, accounting and control issues and take ownership of resolving them.
- Develop and document finance procedures as the Portuguese business grows.
- Work closely with site, commercial and operational teams to ensure timely and accurate financial information.
Ad-Hoc & Business Support
- Act as a key finance contact for the Portuguese operation.
- Respond to accounting and financial queries from directors and operational teams.
- Liaise directly with Portuguese accountants, customers, suppliers and advisers as required.
- Produce ad-hoc financial analysis and reports, often at short notice.
- Assist the Head of Finance with banking, compliance, insurance, supplier/customer and other finance-related matters.
- Be comfortable working in a fast-moving environment where priorities and information requirements can change quickly.
Get help with your application
Your very own career expert that helps elevate your application to the next level.
Experience & Skills
Essential
- Experience in a Management Accountant, Company Accountant or similarly broad finance role.
- Strong management accounts and month-end experience.
- Excellent Balance Sheet reconciliation skills.
- Hands-on experience with sales ledger, purchase ledger and credit control.
- Good understanding of VAT and payroll accounting.
- Ability to reconcile information held across different accounting systems.
- Ability to investigate discrepancies independently and follow issues through to resolution.
- Comfortable dealing directly with external accountants and advisers.
- Willingness to remain hands-on with transactional accounting when required.
- Strong organisational skills and ability to manage competing deadlines.
- Proactive approach and ability to take ownership without requiring close day-to-day supervision.
Desirable
- Portuguese language skills.
- Experience working with Portuguese accounting records or within a Portuguese finance environment.
- Construction, civil engineering or project accounting experience.
- Experience working within a growing owner-managed business.
- Experience with intercompany accounting and multi-entity groups.
- Experience with ERP or construction accounting systems.
- Part-qualified, qualified or qualified by experience in an appropriate accounting qualification.
The Person
We are looking for someone who will take genuine ownership of the accounting side of the Portuguese business.
This is not a role where information is simply passed between the company and its external accountants. The successful candidate will be expected to understand the numbers, challenge discrepancies, ensure the different accounting records reconcile and proactively follow issues through to resolution.
You should be equally comfortable preparing management accounts, reconciling the external accountant's trial balance, raising a customer invoice, chasing an overdue balance, reviewing a supplier invoice or dealing with an unexpected request from management.
The business is fast-moving and priorities can change quickly. You will therefore need to be practical, organised and comfortable dealing with urgent and ad-hoc requirements without losing control of core accounting and compliance deadlines.
The Head of Finance will provide oversight and support, but the expectation is that you will independently manage the day-to-day accounting function for Portugal.
“It took my CV and asked me questions relevant to understanding what kind of jobs to suggest for me. Suggestions were almost perfect. Jobs were exactly what I’ve been looking for.”
Jessica, London