Senior Management Accountant

Role: Senior Management Accountant

Location: London

My client is one of the world's leading international law firms, with multiple offices globally and their headquarters based in the US.

This role is to be based in their London office, and the successful candidate will be responsible for the compilation and production of management accounts and budgets, particularly in relation to expense areas and benefits, whilst ensuring the on-going improvement in quality of output for the purposes of providing more meaningful management information to the London and European management and US accounting teams. 

Responsibilities/Duties

• Responsible for all European office compensation & benefits annual expense budget detail;
• Preparation of monthly management accounts reporting;
• Production of monthly budgetary control variance analysis;
• Review and preparation of monthly G/L analysis detail;
• Lead quarterly management accounts review meetings with departmental managers;
• Preparation & maintenance of monthly payroll journal entries;
• Oversee monthly payroll accounting and prepare reconciliation of all staff benefits;
• Ensure payroll expenses are properly accounted for in the firm’s general ledger.
• Oversee the accurate recording of payroll liabilities, including taxes withheld.
• Preparation of quarterly expense forecasting;
• Assist with preparation of UK PAYE Settlement Agreement expense analysis where required;
• Preparation of annual government data surveys;
• Development of monthly expense reporting required by the European office managers;
• Assist with the review & authorization of office payments where required;
• Provide cover for processing new AP vendor requests where required;
• Assist with development of European office management accounts key data package;
• Assist with the mentoring and development of the other Management Accountants;
• Support Accounting Manager with accounting projects.

Required Skills

• Needs to be a Qualified Accountant 
• Legal or professional services accounting experience, 5+ years required;
• Experience of using Elite 3E or a comparable accounting system preferred;
• Strong understanding of UK VAT rules.

• 25 days holiday
• Paid overtime
• 8% employer paid pension
• Free meals 
• Travel and medical insurance.
• Dental plan