Financial Services Group Accountant

3 weeks ago

Belfast, United Kingdom A&O Shearman Full time
Global Financial Control

Achieving the firm's vision requires a world-class Finance department, and the Global Financial Control team adds value when the information we produce enables exceptional decision-making. The team provides high-quality advice and relevant, accurate information to key decision-makers in A&O Shearman, ensuring compliance with laws and regulations and delivering our service efficiently.

A&O Shearman

A&O Shearman is a new global industry-leading law firm, with nearly 50 offices in 29 countries worldwide. To transform the status quo, and to deliver your best work, helping you and your career to thrive, while delivering unparalleled outcomes for our clients.

Whether you're helping clients solve complex challenges, transforming the ways we manage our business, or ensuring the smooth-running of our operations, this is an environment where you can belong and excel. We provide first-rate training and development, we are committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion, and we provide support and ways of working that help you optimize your wellbeing.

Key Responsibilities

In this role, you will provide high-quality financial information to be used internally and externally. You will assist in driving the business forward and implementing changes within the global finance function and across the business as relevant, and implement and uphold best practice and standards across the finance function by acting as an adviser to the global function.

  • This position also involves ad-hoc work which needs to be responded to quickly and efficiently. This will often involve new areas of analysis which will require planning and development and will range from one-off tasks to project-type
  • Assist with mid-year audit activities relating to the merged firm
  • Carry out control and accounting reviews for the merged firm books
  • Ad-hoc analysis on financial data

Management and Financial Accounting

Production of weekly key financial information reports for the management team.Preparation of inter-company invoices to support cross-border transactions in accordance with UK and overseas tax requirements in the jurisdictions where A&O Shearman operate.Reconciliation of critical balances, including multi-currency GL accounts for global inter-office accounts.Monthly accounting checks on balance sheet accounts of overseas offices that represent key risk of misstatement of financial results.Production of month-end reports for the Group and each practice group and office globally.Participate in technical accounting topics.Analytical review of monthly office results to understand trends, significant transactions, and identify errors.Preparation of high-quality regular and ad-hoc financial information, applying critical evaluation and making recommendations suitable for senior management.Assist in the management of cross-border intra-group balances and funding on a multi-currency basis, in accordance with UK and overseas tax requirementsPrepare with training materials.Ability to work under pressure and take a flexible approach to the job. We report to tight deadlines which are mixed with last-minute ad-hoc tasks for management. Must have excellent time management skills and be able to prioritize and handle multiple tasks simultaneously in an environment with shifting priorities.Strong IFRS knowledge and the ability to discuss technical accounting issues with senior group management.Thorough understanding of financial/management information systems and group structures.Ability to train other finance department members globally.Member of recognized accounting body as a qualified accountant with at least 2 years post-qualification experience.Experience in a finance function in an international environment an advantage.

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