Job vacancy Accountant (Legal Private Practice)

Charterhouse are currently managing a search, for one of our legal private practice client’s, whom are in the process of looking to recruit an Accountant for their regional and centralised finance team.

About the role
Supporting and reporting in to a Regional Finance Manager; this position shall take ownership across the financial and transactional accounting activities, with a key focus on the payables function, whilst also handling the journal entries, monthly reconciliations along with any transfer pricing and inter-company accounting. This role shall also extend to the VAT preparation of returns, cash flow management and contribution to the budget and planning processes coupled with driving through any policy and reporting improvements across the finance department.

About you
Our client will look to hire a Degree qualified and professionally qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA and CPA), with a demonstrable understanding and track record, within the financial accounting sphere along with a strong capability across planning and forecasting platforms and/or financial reporting. The successful candidate will come from legal firm background and shall be required to present a technical and commercial capability, in the support a fee earning/front office line of operation. Our client will also require a working knowledge of an ERP platform, accounting software Elite and strong capabilities with Excel-based tools. In conjunction, a commercial gravitas and robust communication skills shall be critical aspects of the search.