Senior Financial Accountant

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Responsible for handling financial matters in respect of the London and local shared service offices and the coordination of financial affairs in the international offices. Accountable for transaction processing, reporting, control and decision support. Manages core financial reporting while leading projects to make accounting workflows faster, more accurate, and automated.

Manages core financial reporting while leading projects to make accounting workflows faster, more accurate, and automated.

Accounts Preparation:
Management and Statutory Accounts:
Assist in the preparation of monthly management accounts for the London office and provide support to the various Business Team directors of the firm (eg, human resources, technology, office services, etc.) . Incorporate the trial balances and cash books of some non-UK offices into the firm's consolidated monthly accounts. Passing accounting adjustments, journal processing, the review of balance sheet control accounts and forecasts.

Contribute to the preparation of quarterly Group management accounts for the firm, together with supporting commentary explaining and interpreting the results. Assist in the preparation of the Group's Limited Liability Partnership financial statements under applicable International Financial Reporting Standards. Assist in the preparation of the statutory financial statements of some of the LLP's subsidiary undertakings. Create audit files and answer any audit queries that may arise.

Load payments to suppliers and assist with Statutory Returns (VAT, Provisional Tax, Income Tax, CIPC, etc.). Produce and send global functional reports. Analysis, Explanation and Interpretation:
Review and understand key trends and variances in the figures as well as the explanation of these to both finance and non-finance staff. Correspondence and meetings as required with senior manager and heads of departments to discuss monthly reports, variances, trends and future expectations. Correction of any errors in posting and dealing with other queries raised. Work with International finance teams to help them understand their results.

Prepare global functional reports that is analysed by senior management.

Budget:
Assist in the preparation of the firm's annual budget for certain London support departments. This requires close liaison with London based senior managers. Work with non-UK office managing partners and finance teams in order to produce their annual budget. Assist with the preparation of the global budget. Testing of budget systems/tools. Provide training to other accountants.

Additional Roles or Responsibilities:
Perform additional duties or responsibilities, which fall reasonably within the ambit of the job description, or in accordance with operational requirements. Review work, train, and mentor junior accountants. Testing, review and development of adhoc finance projects.

Grade 12 or equivalent – Required Bachelor of Commerce / Business Science in Accounting or Equivalent – Required Honours degree/ CIMA/ SAIPA
- Recommended Articles – Recommended

Experience:

Minimum 5 years’ experience in Financial Accounting at Operational level – Required Minimum 1-2 years’ Supervisory Experience at Operational level – Required System

Skills:

Microsoft Office – Intermediate 3E – Recommended One Stream – Recommended Power BI – Required Chrome River / Emburse Enterprise
- Recommended Mental & Environmental / Legal Requirements:
This position demands exceptional quality, attention to detail, strict adherence to pre-determined deadlines…