Group Financial Accountant
Department: Business Services - Finance
Employment Type: Permanent
Location: Bristol
Description
The Group Financial Accountant is responsible for managing the annual Group statutory audit, preparing financial statements and cash flow forecasting.
The Group Financial Accountant role reports into the Group Financial Reporting Manager and has two direct Group Assistant Accountant reports.
Key Responsibilities
Audit and Stats:
* Preparation of consolidated year-end statutory accounts in accordance with UK GAAP and for foreign branches and subsidiaries in local GAAP.
* Liaising with external auditors as the key contact during annual audit with provision of information and completion of statutory accounts.
* Preparing the monthly Members Interests movements for the Management Accounts.
* Preparing the monthly Claims Ltd statutory accounts and sharing on a quarterly basis with the CSG & LLP CFOs.
* Organisation of, and preparation for, subsidiary board meetings.
* Preparation and maintenance of key financial documents including the Group Accounting Policies.
* Assisting in the preparation of materials for the LLP Board and Audit Committee meetings.
* Preparing analysis on the Group's financial performance compared with other Law Firms.
Finance Business Partnering Support:
* Lead on all technical accounting matters, providing guidance and support to the Finance Business Partner and Business Services Directors.
* Provide assistance on business cases and project accounting on an ad-hoc basis.
Cash and Treasury:
* Managing the day-to-day cash requirements across the Group, and the rolling monthly cash flow forecast, leading to the reporting of Group Net Debt.
* Ensuring compliance with the restrictive covenants under the Group financing arrangements.
* Managing the subsidiary dividend declarations.
* Owning the intercompany billing process, ensuring bills are raised each month and payments/receipts are allocated correctly.
Team Management:
* Play a key role in the development of the team through regular coaching and 1-2-1s as well as conducting annual appraisals and related quarterly reviews.
* Identify and recognise positive performance and behaviours. Making a significant contribution to the know-how and development of others where knowledge gaps have been identified.
Other:
* Managing other external reporting requirements such as the submission of Payment Practices and surveys.
* Dealing with ad hoc queries from the business.
Assisting with ad hoc tasks and projects as delegated by the Chief Financial Officer / Director Of Business Finance / Head of Group Financial Reporting and Control.
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
* Qualified accountant (CIMA, ACA or ACCA) with post qualification experience desirable.
* Experienced in preparing financial statements.
* Strong skills in Excel are required.
* Able to communicate confidently orally and in writing.
* Able to be flexible in terms of a changing environment and constantly-changing workload.
* Previous coaching/mentoring of junior staff.
* IT literate with working knowledge of MS Windows applications. Experience of working with 3E would be a distinct advantage.
* Organised and able to handle multiple demands and deadlines simultaneously.
* Must be a highly motivated self-starter, able to work well within a team environment.
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