Job Description

Job description
A&O Shearman is a new global industry-leading law firm, with nearly 50 offices in 28 countries worldwide. Our fluency in English law, US law, and the laws of the world's most dynamic markets, enables us to provide unmatched insight and seamless delivery to clients. We work on challenging and important deals and disputes that have the potential to shape the future.
We offer exceptional opportunities for our people; opportunities to work for the world's leading businesses; to transform the status quo, and to deliver your best work, helping you and your career to thrive, while delivering unparalleled outcomes for our clients.
Whether you're helping clients solve complex challenges, transforming the ways we manage our business, or ensuring the smooth-running of our operations, this is an environment where you can belong and excel. We provide first-rate training and development, we are committed to an inclusive environment, and we provide support and ways of working that help you optimise your wellbeing.
What truly defines a career with us? We recruit the best and ask for the best of you. And together, we will redefine success.
Department purpose
Achieving the firm's vision requires a world class Finance department and the Global Financial Control team adds value when the information we produce enables exceptional decision making. The team provides high quality advice and relevant, accurate information to key decision makers in A&O Shearman, ensuring compliance with laws and regulations and delivering our service efficiently.
Role purpose
This role will involve overseeing the documentation, processes and reconciliations required to support the Firm's intercompany balances whilst striving to implement improvements and efficiencies. You will liaise with CFOs across the network to actively manage their intercompany balance sheet accounts alongside cash and regulatory requirements. The role will also involve managing the work of the intercompany accounts assistant and acting as an advisor in this area of expertise.
Role and responsibilities

• A&O Shearman has material intercompany transactions and balances arising between the business units across the global group. This role is responsible for managing and documenting these balances for the group to ensure compliance with tax and reporting requirements.
• Maintain and improve Intercompany processes to ensure procedures run smoothly.
• Ensure sufficient controls are implemented and operating effectively to maintain accurate records
• Review and maintain policy and procedure documents explaining intercompany documentation requirements for each jurisdiction within the Group
• Ensure a catalogue of documentation to support intercompany transactions for the global group is maintained
• Review the reporting requirements of offices and support the development of reports from the finance system
• Supporting the Finance network by answering intercompany accounting or policy/process questions.
• Correspond with Finance staff across the network on matters relating to the intercompany accounts and related documentation
• Produce information reports and control reports for the management team
• Review monthly reconciliations of multi-currency GL accounts for global inter-office accounts
• Oversee the preparation of intercompany invoices to support cross border transactions in accordance with UK and overseas tax requirements in the jurisdictions where A&O Shearman operate, collaborating with the Partnership Affairs and Tax team as required
• Preparation and review of intercompany settlements, and reconciliation of intercompany accounts
• Review and advise on the accounting entries required to maintain the intercompany accounts
• Support the group annual external audit of intercompany balances; and local office audits as required
• Project manage the review of intercompany balances office by office to ensure the regular settlement of intercompany balances in line with the regulatory and cash requirements of each office
• Act as trusted advisor to the global finance community, building and maintaining relationships across the finance network and being a go-to point of contact on intercompany accounting and policy/process questions

Key requirements

• Leadership Skills: ability to motivate, engage and manage a team as well as make independent objective decisions.
• Collaborative Approach: hands-on and team-oriented to ensure collective success.
• Financial Expertise: good understanding of financial accounting principles, currency accounting and financial/ management information systems and reporting.
• Communication Skills: ability to explain complex issues to financial or non-financial stakeholders.
• Analytical and Problem-Solving Skills: solutions driven, develops meaningful points of view, ability to work independently and use initiative to get the job done.
• Time Management: ability to work under pressure and work flexibly to meet tight deadlines.
• Documentation Preparation: ability to prepare high quality documentation, reports and training materials.
• Training: provide training, mentorship and support to other finance department members globally.

Qualifications and experience
Member of recognised accounting body as a qualified accountant.
Previous experience in a finance function.
Experience in an international environment is preferred
A&O Shearman recognises the value of flexible working and embraces hybrid working, allowing our people to work from home up to 40% of their working time. We do however remain committed to working together in person for the remaining 60% of time so that we can learn, grow and succeed together.
Should you require additional support at any stage of the recruitment process due to a disability or a health condition, please do not hesitate to contact a member of our recruitment team who will work with you to provide any adjustments as required.
We are an equal opportunities recruiter and do not discriminate on the basis of race, colour, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or any other protected characteristic.
Area of expertise
Finance
Office
United Kingdom - Belfast
Working arrangement
Hybrid (combination of office & remote working)