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Accounting Manager position now available on a 9 month FTC basis at a leading global law firm.

This role sits in the firm's Partnership Accounting team; however, they are not looking for someone with partnership accounting experience, more so looking for a strong all-round Accountant who is happy to pick up partnership accounting work.

Duties include:

• Management of relationship with the global finance team and individual overseas offices to ensure that accounting for partner-related transactions with overseas offices are recorded and in compliance with internal policies.
• Management and review of the calculations for the partner profit allocations and priority share balances included in the Firm's monthly management accounts.
• Management of the firm's annual profit points by individual, department, and office, including maintaining the forward projections in connection with the Global Equity Plan.
• Calculation of the firm's provision for payments to former partners for inclusion in the annual accounts.
• Management of the Trial Balance ensuring that department GL accounts are reconciled in a timely manner and in accordance with the firm's policies.
• Involvement in the development of foreign currency accounting practices for the team including inter-office/inter-entity accounting.
• Input into the annual Consolidated Report & Financial Statements preparation process (from Partners/Members Interest perspective) together with input into the preparation of the statutory accounts for UK registered Limited Liability Partnerships.
• Managing the year-end partner balance audit process including coordinating the production of information with the team and delivering on a timely basis to the firm's Auditors.
• Managing the allocations of the global partner benefit policies comprising the confirmation of cover for Life Assurance, Personal Accident, and Permanent Health Insurances together with the year-end cost allocations across the partner population.

Experience needed:

• Qualified accountant with a background in professional services.

Applicants will need to be readily available and able to work in the London office 3 days a week.