Assistant Group Accountant

This client is an international law firm with offices across Europe, the Middle East and the Far East. Their areas of work include commercial disputes, insurance, shipping and business & finance.

They are looking to recruit an Assistant Group Accountant to join their finance team on a 3-month fixed term contract.  You will be working closely with the Group Financial Accountant and other senior members of the finance team.

Responsibilities

• Ensuring all payments are made to partners as scheduled.
• Maintaining schedules that calculate balances for all partners across all offices e.g. capital, profit distributions, drawings and other payment models
• Reconciliation of partner balances between Statements and the General Ledger
• Preparation & distribution of annual Statements of Account to partners, globally and preparation of journals for profit allocation, tax and capital.
• Assist with the preparation of illustrative cash flow statements for new partners, lateral hire partners and retiring partners.
• Maintain Financed Capital schedule and liaise with bank on application status including liaison with partners.
• Assist Group Financial Accountant & Group Financial Controller with any special projects.
• Preparation of consolidation journals
• Reviewing bank reconciliations, fixed asset schedules and balance sheet reconciliations submitted by offices and flagging discrepancies
• Preparation of supporting schedules to the Financial Statements i.e. Consolidated Fixed assets, Lease schedules etc.
• Review intercompany balances to ensure they agree on consolidation and follow up on any discrepancies
• Preparing reconciliations as required
• Provide support to International Offices as required

Candidate Profile

• Minimum part qualified (ACA/ACCA)
• Experience of working as an accountant
• Ideally experience of working in a professional services firm (Partnership or LLP) essential
• Intermediate knowledge of Excel
• Experience using Elite Enterprise