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Finance Manager
BROMLEY
£55-£60K
Douglas Scott are on the look out for an excellent and proactive and self-motivated Legal Finance Manager to join our leading client at their office in Bromley.
If you are looking for an opportunity to work within a supportive, ambitious, growing and energetic team, and would like to join an award-winning law led professional law firm, we would like to hear from you. This role is perfect for a Finance Manager who has previous experience working within a similar role inside a law firm.
The Role:
- Overseeing and managing the day-to-day accounting and legal cashier operations within the finance team
- Supervising accounts team, training them, monitoring their performance/activities, allocating tasks and providing guidance and support as needed
- Preparing monthly management accounts and KPIs
- Budgeting / forecasting / cash flow management
- Monitoring income and expenditure against budgets
- Preparing monthly cash flow reports actual and forecast
- Preparing and posting monthly journals for accruals, prepayments, payroll etc
- Ensure compliance with accounting standards and regulatory requirements
- Client and Office bank reconciliations and month-end procedures
- Processing client to office transfers
- Posting office account entries and suppliers’ invoices onto Xero
- Preparing and filing VAT returns through Making Tax Digital
- Completing and processing monthly Payroll, paying PAYE/NI
- Support the senior management team with any specific analysis and queries
- Dealing with daily queries from partners, legal staff and secretaries
- Managing the SAR audits and accounts review
- Liaising with the bank and HMRC
The Candidate:
- Minimum 4 years of experience in finance within a law firm is essential
- Recent experience working under SRA Solicitors Accounts Rules in a law firm is essential
- Attention to details and accuracy
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
The firm are offering competitive benefits and 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, and a flexible hybrid working model. If you are an experienced Finance Manager based in or near Bromley, please get in touch for confidential consideration or send your CV to .
