Management Accountant

Management AccountantLondon (3 days in the office and 2 from home)£60,000 - £70,000A leading international law firm is looking for a Management Accountant to join its London-based finance team. The business has a sizeable finance function across multiple offices and is focused on accurate, timely and commercially useful reporting. This role sits within the Reporting and Analysis team and will play a key part in supporting UK monthly reporting, budgeting, reconciliations and wider finance processes. It is a strong opportunity for a confident accountant who enjoys ownership, stakeholder interaction and process improvement. Duties\n

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• Produce UK monthly management accounts, including P&Ls, balance sheet and supporting reporting packs.
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• Prepare variance analysis and investigate movements against budget.
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• Support month-end and year-end close to ensure timely production of management accounts.
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• Prepare headcount and other KPI reports, highlighting variances and investigating issues.
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• Complete balance sheet reconciliations across areas such as intercompany, accounts payable, bank loans, debtors, creditors and PAYE.
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• Maintain UK accruals, prepayments and support the fixed asset register.
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• Review overhead expenditure reports and work with business support owners to understand variances and budget impact.
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• Support annual budgeting, audit work, ad hoc reporting and finance projects.
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• Help maintain general ledger setups and improve management accounts processes and systems.
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Ideal candidate profile \n

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• Part-qualified or fully qualified accountant, ACCA, CIMA or ACA.
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• Minimum 3 years of relevant finance or accounting experience.
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• Confident management accountant with strong month-end, reconciliations and variance analysis experience.
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• Understanding of multicurrency bookkeeping and statutory requirements.
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• Good working knowledge of Excel and comfortable using finance systems.
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• Accurate, organised and able to work to tight deadlines.
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• Able to communicate clearly with non-finance stakeholders.
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• Process improvement mindset with the ability to identify and deliver efficiencies.
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• Previous legal sector experience, CRM exposure, 3E or similar finance system experience would be advantageous.
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