Finance Operations Manager

Larbey Evans Ltd; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 99,000 - 121,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous employee benefits

Hybrid working 3 days office / 2 days/

Fantastic culture

Job summary

Larbey Evans Ltd is recruiting a Finance Manager to lead day-to-day financial transactions for its London and New York offices. You will supervise a small finance team and partner with the Finance Director on budgets, reconciliations and compliance.

The role requires strong technical accounting and prior law-firm experience, with a drive for process improvement in a hybrid London environment. Salary to £110,000 plus generous benefits.

Qualifications

• Strong technical accounting knowledge and a track record of effective financial control.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, with high attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day financial accounting operations for the London office.
• Own London general ledger and balance sheet accounts; liaise with head office for reconciliations.
• Support London budgeting and forecasting processes.
• Prepare monthly London financial results and variance analyses.
• Oversee client money procedures, controls, and SAR audit.
• Support treasury function and cash flow management.
• Assist with London VAT returns and partnership tax matters.
• Roll out financial software and improve processes in the London office.
• Provide timely financial information for UK tax return preparation.

Skills

Technical accounting

Financial control

Communication skills

Analytical thinking

Project management

Integrity

Education

Accounting qualification

Job description

Finance Manager

Prestigious boutique transatlantic litigation law firm is looking to hire a Finance Operations Manager to lead on all day to day financial transactions for their London and New York offices.

What’s on Offer:

• Salary to £110,000
• Generous employee benefits
• Hybrid working 3 days office / 2 remote
• City of London
• Fantastic culture

Reporting into the Finance Director, this is a great opportunity for an experienced Finance Supervisor OR Manager, to oversee firmwide client, AP, revenue and SAR compliance duties whilst managing a small finance team of 3.

Finance Manager- What you will be doing:

• Managing the day–to–day financial accounting operations and finance assistants of the London office.
• Responsible for all London general ledger/balance sheet accounts. Liaising with head office to ensure all reconciliations are complete and reconciling items are researched and resolved.
• Support the London budgeting and forecasting processes.
• Monthly completion of the London financial results.
• Research and reconcile all variances against expense budgets.
• Support local treasury function and cash flow management
• Preparation of annual partnership tax return
• Preparation of London VAT returns
• Day-to-day management of client money procedures, controls and the annual SAR audit.
• Responsible for compliance and consistency with established local and/or firmwide procedures, internal controls and policies (assist in development and modification of methodologies as required, automating and streamlining process where applicable).
• Implement best practices, and ensure proper documentation and training is provided.
• Support the implementation/roll-out of financial software and applications in the London office.
• Support the relationship with outside tax accountants and Firmwide Director of taxation, provision of timely financial information for UK tax return preparation.
• Ad-hoc reporting for London Management and Business Services.

Finance Manager – What we are looking for:

• Strong technical accounting knowledge and a track record of effective financial control and execution of financial procedures

• Ability to uphold ethical standards and confidentiality in handling financial and client-related information
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with exceptional attention to detail, accuracy and problem-solving
• Exceptional analytical, organisational. prioritisation and project management skills
• Ability to work under pressure with interruptions and to tight deadlines
• Ability to act with a high degree of integrity, autonomy and independence

Finance Manager Required experience:

• Qualified or Part-qualified recognised accounting qualification
• Minimum seven years accounting experience in a law firm covering budgeting, financial statement preparation, general accounting and accounts payable, billing and collections, and financial analysis. Knowledge of partnership tax returns would also be of advantage.
• Previous management experience would be an advantage.