Manager - Financial Control and Partnership Accounting (Finance)

Saffery; City Of London; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading accountancy firm in London seeks an experienced practitioner to manage partnership accounting and oversee partner capital accounts. The ideal candidate will have a relevant degree or equivalent, excellent analytical and communication skills, and experience in supervising teams. The role includes managing partner data accuracy and compliance with policies. Join a team committed to excellence and inclusivity.

Qualifications

• Experience supervising colleagues and ensuring compliance.
• Ability to handle situations without supervision and provide guidance.
• Proficient in interpreting policy and developing procedures.

Responsibilities

• Manage partner standing data and ensure accuracy of records.
• Oversee capital, current, and tax retention accounts.
• Assist with month-end processes and audits.
• Work with external tax advisors to file returns timely.

Skills

Analytical skills

Verbal communication

Written communication

Team management

Education

Relevant degree or equivalent

Job description

The role

This role manages a team within Financial Control and Partnership Accounting, with a specific focus on partnership accounting. The partnership accounting side of the role covers the day to day management of all partner related matters including partner current and capital accounts and maintenance of the firm's partner database and profit allocation model.

Responsibilities

• Ownership of all partner standing data and ensuring that the partner database and profit models contain accurate data.
• Management of partner capital, current and tax retention accounts, ensuring that monthly drawings and profit releases are processed accurately and acting as a key point of contact.
• Assist with the month end and year end processes including audit and managing information for the production tax accounts for the firm.
• Oversight for the firm's VAT return and working with the external partnership tax advisor to ensure that the partnership tax return is filed on time.
• Plan and prioritise work to meet commitments aligned with departmental goals.
• Implement the most effective and efficient processes to get things done, with a focus on continuous improvement.
• Work without supervision and provide technical guidance when required.

The team

The Finance department consists of 25 Finance professionals, operating across three specialist areas - Financial Control, Financial Operations and Financial Reporting. This role works under the day-to-day supervision of the Head of Financial Control and Partnership Accounting.

You

• Experienced practitioner with relevant qualifications. Likely to have a relevant degree or equivalent and may be a part qualified or qualified professional within a discipline or have extensive equivalent experience.
• Experience of supervising colleagues, providing technical guidance, and ensuring compliance with policy and procedure.
• Experience within area to handle most situations without supervision and provide advice and guidance to others but knows when to seek advice on more complex problems.
• Experience of interpreting policy and developing procedures/systems.
• Able to establish and maintain strong and credible working relationships, influence others and motivate a team.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; including communicating with technical and non-technical staff at all organisational levels.
• High levels of commitment and ability to act when necessary.
• Strong analytical skills, based on systems and models relevant to the field of work.

About us

Saffery LLP is an adviser to individuals and businesses across a range of sectors, providing market-leading accountancy, audit, business advisory, tax and VAT services. Founded in 1855, we are the UK's 15th largest accountancy firm.

When you work with us at Saffery, you work with people who know your name, not just a job title. We\'re a place shaped by friendly, intelligent people who are individually excellent and collectively exceptional. We\'re committed to our clients, but also to our greatest asset - our people.

As a proud member of Nexia, a leading, international network of independent accounting and consulting firms, we\'ve got access to local insight on a global scale.

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

Equality, diversity and inclusion is a top priority for us. With our ED&I strategy, Everyone Belongs, we are building on our positive work culture and implementing initiatives to improve diversity and strengthen our equitable culture of inclusion, led from the top.

We hope you will apply to us, whatever your background, ethnicity, gender, age, sexuality, disability or neurodivergence, because individual differences equal collective strength. Built on values of excellence, integrity, enthusiasm and collegiality, Saffery is where Potential meets Personal.