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- Posted 05 June 2019
- Salary£24000.00 - £30000.00 per annum
- LocationLondon
- Job type Permanent
- ReferenceBBBH233634_1559739656
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Junior Management Accounts Assistant
A fantastic opportunity for someone looking to progress their legal finance career. My client is a London based law firm who are looking for a Junior Management Accountant to join their finance team. The role will predominantly involve dealing with the management accounts and budgeting.
Key responsibilities:
- Assist in the preparation of the monthly profit and loss account for each office and the firm as a whole
- Discuss with the Management Accountant regarding necessary costs including audit, tax, business taxes and bad debt movements. Taking into account the differing requirements of each office
- Detailed expenditure and variance analysis relating to both revenue and expenditure and reporting findings along with the P&L for the management pack
- Catering income journals and recharges for internal purposes
- Providing for corrected monthly expenditure across the firm in the form of accruals
- Running monthly reports in-line with the profit & loss accounts and communicating with department heads to discuss/analyse actuals and budget
- Monthly marketing reports to highlight any expenditure that may need to be reclassified
- Assisting in the preparation of annual budget
- Liaising with office heads, department and management to plan and prepare office budgets
- Charting staff changes and office changes for the year ahead to ensure fee earner income and head count is profiled correctly
- Profiling of budgeted income for the coming year using historical data and other factors and loading these budget profiles into the Aderant system
- Consolidating all the office budgets into sterling
- Working to strict deadlines and collating all information
- Being prepared for the ever changing nature of the budgeting process and ensuring department/office heads and managements requirements are met in a timely manner
Key requirements:
- AAT Level 3 qualified, or equivalent (or currently working towards this)
- Microsoft Excel
- Aderant and query reporting knowledge an advantage
- Prioritising workloads, in accordance with time differences for international offices
- Communication skills both verbally and written to all levels of staff firm wide
- Data analysis and problem solving
- Ability to work within a dynamic team, and be able to cover people in busy periods.
- Attention to detail and numerical accuracy
- Technical skills must include a good understanding of SRA Accounts Rule and VAT rules
- Ability to take initiative working calmly with challenging deadlines
- Willingness to work beyond core hours when required
- Ability to take responsibility
- Flexible and professional in attitude and approach to work
If you fit the above description and are interested in this role, please apply with your updated CV.