--- title: 'Management Accountant at Lawhive' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/management-accountant-lawhive-london-cnadm87vfkn9' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-09' --- # Management Accountant at Lawhive - **Company:** Lawhive - **Location:** London, United Kingdom - **Compensation:** £50k–£60k - **Employment:** full-time - **Work type:** hybrid - **Posted:** 2026-09-04 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-09 - **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/lawhive/483b37c1-fa45-4b33-83e6-dd8b4fc8e872 ## Job description ## ABOUT LAWHIVE Our mission is to make the law accessible to everyone. The legal industry is built on technology and processes that haven’t been updated in hundreds of years - that's why we've reinvented the entire model from the ground up with our own bespoke AI operating system at the core. Lawhive is a regulated law firm with an AI-native platform built to amplify expertise and revolutionise the way people practice law, leading to exceptional outcomes for clients and lawyers. Lawhive Labs https://labs.lawhive.co.uk/ is how we bring this vision to life. It's our frontier lab that combines top engineering, design, AI and legal talent from around the world, joining forces to build the future of law. We’re backed by top-tier investors, including Google Ventures, Balderton Capital and TQ Ventures, and in December 2025, we secured a $60M Series B funding round to facilitate international expansion and to grow our team. We’re headquartered in London and in 2025 successfully launched in the US…and we’re just getting started. ## FINANCE AT LAWHIVE We are a lean, high-impact finance organisation operating across the UK and US group structure - the engine room that keeps Lawhive moving with precision as we scale a first-of-its-kind global AI-native law firm. We partner deeply with every part of the business: product, engineering, legal operations, people & talent and the exec team. Our mandate is simple: build world-class, audit-ready, scalable finance architecture that can support hyper-growth and international expansion. The next 12-18 months will bring some of the most challenging and meaningful work you'll do in your career. We're focused on: - Designing and embedding the financial systems, controls and reporting infrastructure required for a multi-entity, multi-jurisdiction group (UK, US) as we head into our first year-end audit - Building real-time, decision-grade data - from cashflow to margins to unit economics - so the business can make fast, high-quality decisions as we grow revenue and deploy capital - Transforming acquired entities into a single, unified finance ecosystem with tight working-capital discipline and deep operational control - Implementing automation and intelligent workflows across payables, payroll, client-money compliance, tax, FP&A and revenue accounting to unlock leverage across the business - Partnering with leaders to shape strategy, investment decisions, and the future of AI-enabled legal services If you want a finance role where the bar is high, the problems are real, and the impact is visible across the whole company - this is it. ## THE ROLE We are looking for a Management Accountant to support the month-end close and reporting for our UK and US entities. You'll work closely with the Senior Management Accountant and wider finance team to keep the books accurate, strengthen controls, and help build the audit-ready infrastructure we need ahead of our first statutory audit. This is a hands-on, individual-contributor role for someone who wants to build real technical depth across a complex, multi-entity group without the overhead of managing others. ## KEY RESPONSIBILITIES Core Management Accounting - Support the month-end close across multiple group entities in the UK and US, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and strong controls - Prepare management accounts with variance analysis and commentary - Maintain balance sheet integrity, including reconciliations, accruals, deferred revenue, WIP, and intercompany activity Systems and Processes - Work across Xero and NetSuite to process transactions and maintain clean, well-controlled ledgers - Support the rollout of scalable, automated processes across payables, revenue, payroll, and the general ledger - Help improve reporting, data quality, and the speed of month-end Audit and Controls - Support preparation for Lawhive's first statutory audit, including audit file preparation and responding to auditor queries - Help strengthen financial controls and documentation across entities - Flag risks or gaps in process early and support remediation Cross-Entity Support - Assist with the stabilisation of newly acquired entities, helping bring them in line with Lawhive standards across controls, reporting, and compliance - Support intercompany accounting and reconciliation across the UK/US group structure ## WHAT YOU'LL BRING - Part-qualified or newly qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) - Experience with month-end close and management accounts preparation, ideally across more than one entity - Working knowledge of Xero and/or NetSuite, or strong general ledger systems experience - Comfortable operating in a fast-moving, multi-entity environment and working through ambiguity - Solid grounding in reconciliations, accruals, and intercompany accounting - Detail-oriented with strong commercial curiosity - keen to understand the "why" behind the numbers - Good communicator who can work well with stakeholders outside finance - Self-starter who takes ownership and thrives with a reasonable degree of autonomy ## UK BENEFITS: 💰 Meaningful equity at one of Europe’s fastest-growing startups 🩺 Private medical, dental, eye care and talking therapies, with the option to add family ✈️ 33 days' annual leave (25 + bank holidays) rising with tenure plus your birthday, wedding and moving-in day off 🌍 Work from anywhere for a month 👪 Enhanced parental leave, enhanced sick pay and a workplace nursery benefit 🏦 Pension, Cycle to Work and discounted gym memberships 💻 Top-spec equipment, MacBook or Windows 🥳 Daily breakfast and a barista in the office, monthly company lunches, plus regular socials ## DIVERSITY AT LAWHIVE At Lawhive we know that diversity of thought is critical to delivering outlier outcomes. As such, we’re always working hard to ensure we build a diverse, inclusive team. We’re not yet where we want to be but as we scale we’ll only ever increase the focus we apply to this. ## About Lawhive ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Lawhive is an AI-native consumer law firm that combines experienced, regulated lawyers with a proprietary AI operating system to make legal services more accessible, affordable, and transparent for everyday people. - **Entity Type**: Private (Series B – raised $60M in 2026, with total funding exceeding $100M) - **Headquarters**: London, United Kingdom - **Founded**: 2021 - **Founders**: Not individually disclosed in search results (co-founders include a CTO named Jaime V. per LinkedIn, but full team not listed) ## Core Business - Primary industry: Legal Services / Legal Technology (AI-powered consumer law) - Target customers: B2C and B2B (individuals and businesses needing help with immigration, employment, family, property, conveyancing, divorce, landlord-tenant, and consumer rights) - Mission statement: “To make legal services accessible to everyone” by combining technology, AI, and a regulated law firm to simplify legal help as easily as opening a bank account. ## Products & Services - **AI Operating System (Lawrence)**: A proprietary AI “paralegal” that assists lawyers with legal research, document drafting, client intake, case management, and communication – reducing cost and delay. - **Full-Service Law Firm (SRA-Regulated)**: Lawhive itself is a licensed law firm that delivers end-toend legal support, from initial consultation to case resolution, across multiple practice areas. - **Consultant Lawyer Platform**: Lawyers can join Lawhive’s network of 300+ consultants and receive a steady stream of pre-qualified, pre-paid clients, AI tools, and full administrative support (marketing, billing, compliance) – allowing them to focus only on billable legal work. - **Online Client Portal**: Individuals can answer a few questions, get a transparent fixed-fee or hourly quote, and be matched with a dedicated lawyer quickly. ## Market Standing - **Valuation / Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed (private company; last round was Series B in 2026) - **Key Metric**: Total funding of $116.2M (per LinkedIn) with Series B of $60M raised in 2026. Also reported over 12,500 satisfied clients, 2,000+ Trustpilot reviews with a 4.5-star rating, and a network of 300+ lawyers. - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Mitch Rales (lead Series B), Google Ventures (GV), Balderton Capital, TQ Ventures. Also backed by England footballers Harry Maguire and Reece James. - **Growth Signals**: 100.7% year-over-year headcount growth (now 201 employees); expanded into the United States and operates across 6 countries (UK, US, Hong Kong, Italy, Sri Lanka, Switzerland); acquired Woodstock Legal Services in early 2026; 20 active job postings as of mid-2026 with a strong focus on engineering, AI, and legal roles. ## Competitive Advantages - **AI + Regulation Moat**: Lawhive is both a technology platform and an SRA-regulated law firm – a combination that is difficult for pure-play legal tech startups or traditional law firms to replicate. - **Lawyer-Friendly Model**: Consultant lawyers get pre-paid clients, full admin support, and AI tools, enabling them to earn more without non-billable overhead. This attracts top legal talent. - **Transparent Pricing**: Fixed-fee and hourly pricing with no surprises – a key differentiator in a traditionally opaque industry. - **Strong Investor Backing**: Backed by top-tier VCs (GV, Balderton, TQ) and an iconic US industrialist (Mitch Rales), providing both financial stability and strategic credibility. ## Strategic Focus - **US Expansion**: With a Managing Director for North America and a growing US presence, Lawhive is aggressively scaling into the American consumer legal market. - **AI Platform Development**: Continued investment in “Lawrence” to automate more legal workflows and improve lawyer productivity. - **Network Growth**: Increasing the number of consultant lawyers (currently 300+) to serve more clients across more practice areas. - **Geographic & Practice Area Expansion**: Operating in 6 countries and adding new legal domains (e.g., immigration, family, property) to capture broader demand. ## Why Work Here - **Culture**: Values-driven organization emphasizing *bias to action*, *obsession with customers*, *communication first*, and *attention to detail*. The team is described as moving fast, thinking deeply, and pushing boundaries. - **Remote/Hybrid Policy**: Lawhive’s consultant lawyers work from anywhere; corporate roles (engineering, product, sales) appear to be based in London with some remote flexibility (many job postings do not specify fully remote, but the culture page highlights “work from anywhere” for lawyers). - **Notable Perks & Environment**: Engineers and product people get to work on cutting-edge AI applied to a massive, underserved market (consumer law). The company offers the chance to “transform access to the law” alongside world-class investors and a high-growth environment with 100%+ headcount growth. Roles span legal, AI/engineering, product, operations, and sales – all contributing directly to mission impact. ## Sources 1. [lawhive.co.uk/careers](https://lawhive.co.uk/careers) 2. [lawhive.co.uk](https://lawhive.co.uk/) 3. [lawhive.co.uk/about-us](https://lawhive.co.uk/about-us) 4. [uk.linkedin.com/company/joinlawhive](https://uk.linkedin.com/company/joinlawhive) 5. 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