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Accounting Manager position now available on a 9 month FTC basis at a leading global law firm.
This role sits in the firms Partnership Accounting team however they are not looking for someone with partnership accounting experience, more so looking for a strong all-round Accountant who is happy to pick up partnership accounting work.
Duties include:
- Management of relationship with the global finance team, and individual overseas offices, to ensure that accounting for partner related transactions with overseas offices are recorded and in compliance with internal policies.
- Management and review of the calculations for the partner profit allocations and priority share balances included in the Firm's monthly management accounts.
- Management of the firm's annual profit points by individual, department and office, including maintaining the forward projections in connection with the Global Equity Plan.
- Calculation of the firm's provision for payments to former partners, for inclusion in the annual accounts.
- Management of the Trial Balance ensuring that department GL accounts are reconciled in a timely manner and in accordance with the firm's policies.
- Involvement in development of foreign currency accounting practices for the team including inter-office/inter-entity accounting.
- Input into the annual Consolidated Report & Financial Statements preparation process (from Partners/Members Interest perspective) together with input into the preparation of the statutory accounts for UK registered Limited Liability Partnerships.
- Managing the year-end partner balance audit process including coordinating the production of information with the team and delivering on a timely basis to the firm's Auditors.
- Managing the allocations of the global partner benefit policies comprising of the confirmation of cover for Life Assurance, Personal Accident, and Permanent Health Insurances together with the year-end cost allocations across the partner population.
Experience needed:
- Qualified accountant with a background in professional services
Applicants will need to be readily available and able to work in the London office 3 days a week
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