Senior Accountant Statutory & Tax

Clifford Chance; Lombardia; On-site; EUR 34,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Clifford Chance is seeking a Senior Accountant Statutory & Tax to join the Finance team in Italy. The role focuses on general accounting, VAT, tax filings, and close activities within a demanding professional services environment.

The successful candidate will have a Master’s in Economics, with advantageous Chartered Accountant qualifications, and experience in structured organisations or law/professional firms. The package includes a competitive salary and benefits.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Economics is required.
• Qualification as a chartered accountant is considered an advantage.
• Experience in finance & accounting within structured organisations or professional services is preferable.
• Experience in law firms or professional services environments is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• General accounting and payments: manage journal entries, purchase invoices, and payments; closings.
• Reconciliations and reporting: bank reconciliations and balance sheet/profit & loss analysis; month-end and year-end closing support.
• VAT and periodic compliance: manage VAT settlements, withholding taxes, LIPE/intrastat, and related filings.
• Tax filings and compliance: prepare VAT return and corporate tax returns (IRES/IRAP).

Skills

Autonomous

Hands-on

Accurate

Methodical

Deadline-driven

Data accuracy

Collaborative

Education

Master’s degree in Economics

Chartered accountant qualification (advantage)

Job description

Within our approachable, friendly, and team-based way of working, you will collaborate with the Team that advises major domestic and international companies on public and private M&A, disposals, demergers, joint ventures, restructurings, corporate governance, regulatory compliance and Antitrust advisory with a particular focus on complex cross-border transactions.

We were one of the first international law firms to open offices in Italy – Rome in 1993 and Milan in 1994. We know the Italian market very well and have long experience of cross-border deals.

We have invested in our Italian offices and we are now one of the few firms who can offer clients a full-service capability. Our team of approximately 100 lawyers comprises professionals qualified to practice in Italy, the UK, and the US and all our lawyers are permanently based in Italy.

Our firm, work and people span jurisdictions, cultures and languages. In a world where commercial success increasingly relies on globalisation, we offer clients a truly international perspective.

Over the last decades we have been working on landmark deals and high-profile cases – among them in 1990s the privatisations of Banca di Roma, BNL and Alitalia. These transactions and our way of working – teams of lawyers led by highly-experienced partners – helped to change the landscape of the Italian legal market. More recently, we have worked on a number of innovative deals involving Autostrade per l'Italia, Telepass and Arcaplanet.

Job Description

The Finance function comprises Accounts Payable, Management Reporting, and Tax activities.

We are looking for a Senior Accountant Statutory & Tax professional to join our Finance team.

The successful candidate will have solid experience in general accounting and Italian tax matters, and will be able to manage independently the main accounting activities, periodic and annual tax deadlines, and the related reconciliation and control activities.

Key responsibilities

The role will include, in particular, the following activities:

General accounting and payments

• managing journal entries, including receipts and payments;
• recording Italian and foreign purchase invoices;
• preparing payment files for professional fee invoices, including the relevant accounting checks before payments are executed;
• managing accounting activities relating to periodic and annual closings.

Reconciliations and reporting

• preparing bank reconciliations;
• periodically reconciling balance sheet and profit and loss accounts and analysing any differences;
• checking that the accounts are correctly balanced;
• reconciling statutory accounts and management reporting, including analysing and verifying differences and preparing any reconciliation entries;
• supporting month-end and year-end closing activities.

VAT and periodic compliance

• preparing and managing periodic VAT settlements;
• managing withholding taxes and the related payments;
• independently preparing and paying F24 forms;
• preparing LIPE filings;
• preparing and managing Intrastat compliance;
• managing and updating mandatory accounting books and registers.

Tax filings and compliance

• preparing the annual VAT return;
• managing compliance requirements and payments relating to CPA/professionals’ social security contributions;
• preparing the Modello 770;
• preparing IRES and IRAP returns;
• calculating taxes, including current and deferred taxes, and preparing the related accounting entries;
• preparing the relevant tax payments and managing deadlines.

Qualifications

A Master’s degree in Economics is required.

Qualification as a chartered accountant is considered an advantage

Additional Information

Experience

Previous experience in the following areas would be preferable:

• Finance & Accounting functions within structured organisations;
• professional firms;
• accounting and tax consultancy firms;
• environments characterised by numerous tax deadlines and periodic reporting activities.

Experience in law firms, professional services firms or other similar environments would be an advantage, given the specific nature of the accounting and tax management of professionals.

Personal skills

We are looking for someone who is:

• autonomous and hands-on;
• accurate and methodical;
• used to working to deadlines;
• able to identify accounting anomalies and differences independently;
• quality-focused and attentive to data accuracy;
• collaborative and able to work effectively within a Finance team.

Experience

Previous experience in the following areas would be preferable:

• Finance & Accounting functions within structured organisations;
• professional firms;
• accounting and tax consultancy firms;
• environments characterised by numerous tax deadlines and periodic reporting activities.

Experience in law firms, professional services firms or other similar environments would be an advantage, given the specific nature of the accounting and tax management of professionals.

Personal skills

We are looking for someone who is:

• autonomous and hands-on;
• accurate and methodical;
• used to working to deadlines;
• able to identify accounting anomalies and differences independently;
• quality-focused and attentive to data accuracy;
• collaborative and able to work effectively within a Finance team

Clifford Chance offers a competitive compensation and benefits package. Under the applicable Collective Labour Agreement (CLA), the mandatory minimum salary for this role is EUR 38,000 per annum. Actual salary may be higher and will be determined based on the successful candidate’s qualifications and relevant experience.