Job Description

Senior Financial Accountant with a mix of reporting, partnership accounting, and audit support

• Support Partners in securing Capital Loans, including incremental increases and settlement upon departure.
• Preparation or Partner Accounts including Capital Comparison computation.
• Review monthly drawings.
• Remaining abreast of industry changes that impact the firm and making recommendations for policy or procedure changes as needed.
• Working closely with the Financial Controller on the year end audit and preparation of the annual financial statements including all subsidiary company accounts.
• Preparing schedules for year-end Partnership accounts and audit (for UK and overseas offices)
• Preparation of year-end journals and reconciliations to ensure accurate and timely closing of the year-end. Work includes but not limited to: Bad debt provisions, holiday carry over accruals, depreciation, etc.
• Managing the Charitable Trust including account preparation and audit.
• Review of Partnership Tax computation, working alongside Head of Tax.
• Review key statistical data to the Office of National Statistics.
• Review quarterly VAT returns for all entities.
• Partnering with managers across the firm and assisting with the budget process.
• Provide support to Financial Controller and others in the Finance Team.
• Participate in systems upgrades and implementations ensuring that systems support both firm and UK statutory requirements.
• Mentor, coach and train accounting staff, ensuring compliance with firm policies and procedures.

Prestigious Law Firm |Hybrid Working

• ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualified.
• Experience in Partnership Accounting
• Four years\' experience, post qualification in a relevant professional services environment
• Ability to build strong business relationships with internal clients and the resilience
• A confident, proactive individual prepared to take a hands-on approach to managing their workload using their own initiative
• Excellent Microsoft Excel skills and a good working knowledge of other Microsoft Office Packages (e.g. Word).
• Experience in using 3E accounting software (desirable).
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, written, and spoken
• Excellent organisational skills, with the ability to multi-task, keep calm under pressure and work to tight deadlines
• Excellent attention to detail and good use of grammar
• Experience of working in a diverse team whilst fostering an inclusive team culture
• High level of professionalism and integrity; displays the highest standard of professional ethics

A prestigious high growth law firm

• 30 days paid annual leave (plus bank holiday)

• Medical Insurance

• Subsidised gym membership

• Family Leave

Michael Page