Senior Reporting Accountant

Are you a qualified accountant with experience in internal financial reporting?

A Senior Reporting Accountant role has become available at a global law firm and which will have responsibility for management reporting; ensuring financial integrity of local accounting records and facilitate financial support to Lawyers and Professional & Business Services.

Specific duties include:

• Coordinate reporting, and analysis, of local Firm financial results
• Periodically follow up of the financial performance of the different units (practice groups and business service units)
• Analysis of key metrics and levers to manage and improve performance
• Assist in the preparation of follow-ups and financial communications with key stakeholders
• Provide detailed analysis and information needed to explain and drive financial initiatives and priorities
• Coordinate and manage the execution of finance related projects and initiatives including preparation of the London office budget
• Support firm initiatives and help ensure they are implemented in alignment with the overall strategy and guidelines set by Specialist Functions and Global Process Owners; identifying opportunities for continuous improvements within the financial operations
• Provide analysis for the calculation of annual associate bonuses
• Ensure the integrity of the financial transactions of all London entities and liaise with the service centres regarding standard monthly and recode journals
• Provide financial support to lawyers and business services, actively collaborating with them to increase profitability

The be successful in your application, you must be fully qualified (ACA/ACCA/CIMA) as you will be joining a team of four others who are also fully qualified. There is no people management involved in this role.

Experience working in a management accounting/ financial analyst role will be needed and law firm background would be preferred, wider professional services experience may be considered.