Financial Accountant

An opportunity has arisen for a Financial Accountant to join a well-known law firm based in central London.

Client Details

My client is a prestigious and well-known legal firm based in central London.

Description

The Financial Accountant will be working closely with the Financial Accountants, Assistant Accountant and the Accounts Payable team.

• Preparation of monthly P&L's
• Critical variance analysis of performance against budget
• Liaising with Business Operations managers to improve their understanding of financial performance along with preparation of monthly departmental reports;
• Responsible for ensuring accurate reporting of costs and identifying variances to budget
• Preparation of monthly balance sheet and reconciliations and responsibility for managing asset leasing schedule
• Preparation of cost and overhead budgets
• Full responsibility for the accounting of legal entities including reconciliations, monthly management accounts, quarterly VAT returns and annual accounts preparation
• Review of weekly supplier/employee expenses payment runs ensuring appropriate authorisation and coding of invoices and expense claims
• Assistance in the preparation of Annual Accounts and subsidiaries for audit review, liaising with auditors to provide additional analysis as required
• Responding to ad-hoc information requests and performing ad-hoc data analysis
• Input and recommendations to enhance current processes/systems/reporting methods
• Ad-hoc project work

Profile

The successful Financial Accountant will have the following credentials:

• Qualified accountant - likely practice trained or relevant industry experience
• Accounts preparation experience essential - FRS 102 or IFRS
• Legal experience preferred but not essential
• Excel/spreadsheet working to advanced levels
• Excellent interpersonal skills

Job Offer

Competitive basic salary of up to £60,000 + benefits/hybrid working.