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Assistant Accountant - 15 month FTC

Location: 

Liverpool, GB

Department or practice area:  Finance

Taylor Wessing

 

Taylor Wessing is a global law firm that serves the world's most innovative people and businesses. Deeply embedded within our sectors, we work closely together with our clients to crack complex problems, enabling ideas and aspirations to thrive. Together we challenge expectation and create extraordinary results. By shaping the conversation in our sectors, we enable our clients to unlock growth, protect innovation and accelerate ambition. 

 

With 1200+ lawyers, 300+ partners, 28 offices and 17 jurisdictions we are looking to expand our Finance  team, with the addition of a Assistant Accountant - 15 month FTC.

 

The opportunity for you

 

The Assistant Accountant performs a variety of tasks to support sound financial discipline and control to deliver routine and periodic financial reporting.  They will report directly to the Finance Manager based in Liverpool and work alongside three other colleagues in the Financial Accounting team.  They will provide information and support to budget holders across the firm as well as analyse financial data to support operational budget controls and projects led by the Finance team.  This is an exciting opportunity with a wide range of responsibilities and the chance to support service excellence within Finance.

 

Key responsibilities

 

  • Assist with the preparation of period-end management accounts for the UK and US entity including accruals, prepayments and other journal entries
  • Preparation of monthly budget cost variance analysis
  • Provide financial insights and support to budget holders and project leads, including handling ad hoc financial queries and leading quarterly spend reviews to ensure effective budget management and informed decision-making
  • Maintain Fixed Asset Register and post depreciation journals
  • Maintaining Balance Sheet controls including performing monthly reconciliations for the UK and US entities
  • Production of nominal bill recharges to other TW entities
  • Supporting with the review of staff expense claims
  • Assisting with annual tax reporting for the US entity
  • Completing quarterly and annual ONS surveys
  • Assist with the preparation of the annual budget and reforecast for the UK and US entity
  • Assist with the annual financial audit by providing necessary documentation and information
  • Perform administrative tasks for the finance team including Maintaining schedules for authorisation reports, spend report viewers and signatory limits
  • Providing cover for team members as necessary

 

Knowledge, skills and experience

 

  • Attention to detail and compliance with financial controls and regulations
  • Proactive approach with problem-solving skills
  • A highly organised individual with the ability to deliver to deadlines
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate at all levels in a confident and professional manner
  • Flexible, adaptable and motived team player
  • Basic working knowledge of Microsoft Excel

 

Benefits

 

Here are a select few benefits that Taylor Wessing offer; 

  • Hybrid working (Offering the opportunity to work remotely, while maintaining a social boundary by working from our award-winning offices for 3 days a week) 
  • Holiday (Our basic annual holiday entitlement starts at 25 days, with a further discretionary day of paid leave in December. You may also purchase up to five extra days each year (pro rata). 
  • Enhanced Maternity and Paternity leave (After one-year service, you are entitled to up to 26 weeks leave full pay if you or your partner give birth or adopt a child). 

 

Along with these there are many more benefits we offer, with the addition of a comprehensive flexible benefits package available. 

 

Our culture

 

Nurturing a diverse, inclusive culture allows all of our talent to flourish, sparks creativity and powers innovation.  We continue to build a team that exemplifies inclusivity and reflects the firm's core values: creative, excellence, integrity, responsible, respect and team.  We value and celebrate the differences in who we are, what we have experienced and how we think, so all candidates will be treated fairly regardless of age, caring responsibilities, disability, gender identity, marital status, neurodiversity, pregnancy, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation and socio-economic background.

 

The way we work

 

At Taylor Wessing, we never settle for average. We're creative thinkers, problem solvers and continuous learners who excel at what we do and believe our best work is still ahead of us. We are a firm that's large enough for you to achieve your ambitions, but connected enough to be a true community.

 

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