Management Accountant

Your new companyHays are working in partnership with a well-established and highly reputable legal firm that operates on a global scale, while delivering local expertise. They are a highly ambitious and growing practice and are looking to add to their finance team with a newly created position.Your new roleYou will work in close conjunction with the Financial Controller and act as a conduit between finance and the partners, performing various accounting tasks, providing insight and analysis and managing transactions. More specifically, you will be responsible for:

• Building close working relationships with the partners and supporting in meetings.
• Maintaining records of expenditure and income
• Managing accounts schedules
• Overseeing the movement of shares and ensuring accurate financial records are provided.
• Reconciling monthly charges to the general ledger
• Reviewing monthly invoices and posting journals as required
• Supporting the monthly management accounts process and forecasting duties where needed.
• Preparing annual profit statements
• Supporting the income tax returns process
• Managing and improving accounting control and processes
• Preparing annual journals to support year-end close and statutory reporting

This is a full-time role, working Monday to Friday, but exact working pattern can be flexible for the right candidate. This company operates a hybrid working opportunity but travel to other regional offices may be required as necessary.What you'll need to succeedYou will be a qualified accountant and ideally have experience in a professional services business, but this is not essential. You will have outstanding stakeholder engagement skills and communication ability to build strong relationships across the business. You will have a strong knowledge of accounting processes and have demonstrable experience in basic accounting principles. What you'll get in returnThis company offers a competitive annual salary, 33 days annual leave, generous group pension contributions and a staff annual bonus. They also offer enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay, income protection after 2 years service, life assurance and comprehensive EAP and a range of additional extras.What you need to do nowIf you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career.

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