Management Accountant - London, United Kingdom - Career Legal

Career Legal
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London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Our client is a City of London law firm with a headcount of 750 staff in offices across Europe.

They specialise in many areas of law including Commercial, IP & Technology, Tax, Corporate Finance & M&A, Employment and Real Estate amongst others.


They currently have an opportunity for an experienced Management Accountant with minimum 3 years previous experience of a similar role within the legal sector.

The appointed Management Accountant will work in the Management Information & Reporting divisionof the Central Finance Team who are responsible for reporting the firm's results, including statutory and management accounts, budgets, forecasts, key performance indicators and performance reporting.


Responsibilities

  • Preparation of monthly Management Accounts, including variance analysis, P&L and balance sheet and other reports.
  • Annual overheads budget and forecasting process, liaising with and supporting the Heads of Business Services.
  • Business Partnering with Business Services leaders, providing financial analysis, commentary and responding to queries.
  • Working with the Finance Systems Team / Analysts to develop the General Ledger reporting suite.
  • Preparation of the data and schedules for the LLP's tax computation.
  • Assisting with PAYE settlement agreement schedules.
  • Assisting with the quarterly Vat return.
  • Quarterly & Annual legal surveys and National Statistics reporting.
  • Supervision of Fixed asset register, prepayments and accruals.
  • Preparation and posting of other month end journal adjustments & monthly balance sheet reconciliations.
  • Monthly cash flow forecasts.
  • Qualified ACCA, CIMA or equivalent.
  • Experience in a similar role within a legal practice.
  • Advanced excel skills, knowledge of MS Word and PowerPoint.
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
  • Excellent attention to detail.
  • Proactive and able to use own initiative.
  • A good team player with the ability to work autonomously as required.
  • Experience of Aderant an advantage.
  • Confidential with sensitive information.

Important Notice
Career Legal is a Recruitment Agency and is advertising this permanent vacancy on behalf of one of its clients.
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