Senior Manager - Financial Control

Irwin Mitchell; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Irwin Mitchell, a leading law firm, is seeking a Senior Manager in Financial Control in Birmingham. This critical role involves overseeing financial processes, ensuring compliance with accounting standards, and leading a dedicated team. The successful candidate will have a strong accounting background and be responsible for enhancing internal controls and processes within the firm.

Benefits

25 days holidays plus bank holidays

Flexible pension schemes

Two paid volunteering days annually

Health membership benefits

Qualifications

• Significant post qualification experience in an IFRS environment.
• Experience in liaising with stakeholders to influence decisions and enact process change.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team to ensure compliance with financial controls and IFRS.
• Oversee audit processes and financial documentation.
• Implement efficient financial processes and improve current controls.

Skills

Stakeholder Management

Accounting Judgments

Financial Compliance

Process Improvement

Education

Qualified Accountant

Job description

Senior Manager - Financial Control, Birmingham

Client:

Location:

Birmingham, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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EU work permit required:

Yes

Job Reference:

261fa4687914

Job Views:

4

Posted:

25.06.2025

Expiry Date:

09.08.2025

Job Description:

Your Role

and What You'll Be Doing

Your Role

and What You'll Be Doing

Leading a team of five direct reports, this role ensures the effective operation across the whole group of various financial processes and controls within an International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”) accounting framework. The role focuses on maintaining an efficient and effective control environment while ensuring the Group's compliance with Solicitors Accounts Rules, other financial compliance practices, and IFRS.

Responsibilities include managing various monthly IFRS balance sheet controls, reviewing the balance sheet reconciliation process, and the calculation of provisions for irrecoverable disbursements. The role also involves maintaining group finance and compliance documentation, such as the group finance manual, the financial approvals matrix (delegation of authorities) and process and control documentation.

Key Responsibilities:

Be responsible for the work and development of a number of direct and indirect reports

Oversee the Finance & Compliance manual, financial authorities matrix, and finance controls matrix, ensuring their effectiveness and visibility

Ensure the implementation of an efficient and effective suite of controls, working with finance teams to continuously improve and develop current financial controls

Assist in managing the group wide audit process, and maintaining group accounting policies

Lead the relationship with internal audit on behalf of the whole finance team

Setting and executing the agenda for Group-wide process and control projects

Manage the successful operation of various month end financial processes and controls, including period end balance sheet reconciliation reviews and the calculation of the provision for irrecoverable disbursements

Manage the monthly and quarterly processes and controls which validate information provided by fee earners in order to perform accurate accounting valuations of both accrued income and disbursements

As part of the above processes, determine and review the reasonableness of accounting judgements made under International Financial Reporting Standards in relation to the valuation of balance sheet items such as disbursements, debtors and accrued income

Ensure effective controls and processes are in place to comply with Solicitors Accounts Rules, other financial compliance practices, and International Financial Reporting Standards

Oversee various financial compliance processes, including SAR/LSS breach monitoring, matter balance compliance, and other related financial compliance and control activities

Seek to continually improve financial controls and compliance processes by identifying synergies, enhancing procedures and recognising areas that could benefit from new technologies such as PowerApps and AI

Aim to eliminate single points of failure by evaluating both technological and staffing solutions.

About You

Qualified financial accountant with significant post qualification experience operating in a similar environment

Demonstrable experience liaising with stakeholders at all levels in order to influence decision making and enact process change

Experience making accounting judgements in an IFRS accounting environment

Experience either preparing or reviewing statutory accounts prepared under IFRS

Our Benefits - What We Can Offer You

25 days holidays as standard plus bank holidays - You can ‘buy’ up to 35hrs of extra holiday too.

Generous and flexible pension schemes.

Volunteering days – Two days of volunteering every year for a cause of your choice (fully paid)

Westfield Health membership, offering refunds on medical services alongside our Aviva Digital GP services.

We also offer a wide range of well-being initiatives to encourage positive mental health both in and out of the workplace and to make sure you’re fully supported. This includes our Flexible by Choice programme which gives our colleagues more choice over a hybrid way of working subject to role, team and client requirements.

We have been ranked in the Best Workplaces for Wellbeing for Large Organisations for 2024!

Our responsible business programmes are fundamental to who we are and our purpose. We’re committed to being a diverse and inclusive workplace where our colleagues can flourish, and we have established a number of inclusion network groups across our business to support this aim.

Our commitment to Social Responsibility, community investment activity and tackling climate change is a fundamental part of who we are. It’s made up of four strands: Our People, Our Community, Our Environment and Our Pro Bono.

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Created on 25/06/2025 by TN United Kingdom