Posted 5 days ago
Description
Finance Manager
Prestigious boutique transatlantic litigation law firm is looking to hire a Finance Operations Manager to lead on all day to day financial transactions for their London and New York offices.
What’s on Offer:
- Salary to £110,000
- Generous employee benefits
- Hybrid working 3 days office / 2 remote
- City of London
- Fantastic culture
Reporting into the Finance Director, this is a great opportunity for an experienced Finance Supervisor OR Manager, to oversee firmwide client, AP, revenue and SAR compliance duties whilst managing a small finance team of 3.
Finance Manager- What you will be doing:
- Managing the day–to–day financial accounting operations and finance assistants of the London office.
- Responsible for all London general ledger/balance sheet accounts. Liaising with head office to ensure all reconciliations are complete and reconciling items are researched and resolved.
- Support the London budgeting and forecasting processes.
- Monthly completion of the London financial results.
- Research and reconcile all variances against expense budgets.
- Support local treasury function and cash flow management
- Preparation of annual partnership tax return
- Preparation of London VAT returns
- Day-to-day management of client money procedures, controls and the annual SAR audit.
- Responsible for compliance and consistency with established local and/or firmwide procedures, internal controls and policies (assist in development and modification of methodologies as required, automating and streamlining process where applicable).
- Implement best practices, and ensure proper documentation and training is provided.
- Support the implementation/roll-out of financial software and applications in the London office.
- Support the relationship with outside tax accountants and Firmwide Director of taxation, provision of timely financial information for UK tax return preparation.
- Ad-hoc reporting for London Management and Business Services.
Finance Manager – What we are looking for:
- Strong technical accounting knowledge and a track record of effective financial control and execution of financial procedures
- Ability to uphold ethical standards and confidentiality in handling financial and client-related information
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with exceptional attention to detail, accuracy and problem-solving
- Exceptional analytical, organisational. prioritisation and project management skills
- Ability to work under pressure with interruptions and to tight deadlines
- Ability to act with a high degree of integrity, autonomy and independence
Finance Manager Required experience:
- Qualified or Part-qualified recognised accounting qualification
- Minimum seven years accounting experience in a law firm covering budgeting, financial statement preparation, general accounting and accounts payable, billing and collections, and financial analysis. Knowledge of partnership tax returns would also be of advantage.
- Previous management experience would be an advantage.
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