Group Accountant

Job Title Group Accountant Department Finance Office Location London Reports To Senior Financial Accounts Manager Working Hours 35 hours per week 9 : 30am to 5 : 30pm but additional hours may be required. We are happy to consider agile and flexible working patterns. Our approach to hybrid working allows for up to 40% of time working from home and 60% working in the officeplease contact a member of the recruitment team to discuss further. Firm Description Hogan Lovells is one of the leading global law firms. Our distinctive market position is founded on our exceptional breadth of our practice on deep industry knowledge and on our one team global approach. Formed through the combination of two top international law firms Hogan Lovells has over 40 offices in the Americas Asia-Pacific Europe the Middle East and Africa. With a presence in the worlds major financial and commercial markets we are well placed to provide excellent business-oriented advice to our clients locally and internationally. Our people are the key to our success which is why we seek to recruit and retain the most talented individuals in all regions of our global practice. Department Description The Hogan Lovells International LLP Finance Function which reports to the CFO comprises around 250 staff around 65 of whom are in London. The Function has four key areas of responsibility: Transaction processing Reporting Control Decision Support Decision Support The core Financial and Management Reporting team presently comprises 8 people reporting to the Group Financial Controller in London and Johannesburg. The team also works very closely with other teams within Finance and other departments. The duties and responsibilities set out below are divided amongst the team and not necessarily dealt with by every member of the team. Hogan Lovells refers to the combined operations of Hogan Lovells International LLP (HLI) and Hogan Lovells US LLP (HLUS). Key Responsibilities / Accountabilities The role will assist the Global Financial Controller and the Senior Financial Accounts Manager with the consolidation of the financial statements across the group ensuring compliance with accounting standards and internal policies. This role supports strategic decision-making by providing accurate financial reporting and analysis across multiple entities. Group Management Accounts Assisting in the preparation of monthly management accounts for the UK region. This includes preparing specific month end adjustments providing support to Business Services Directors / Management of the firm and reviewing the monthly figures for the UK region. Preparation of HLI wide adjustments (e.g. Bad debts rebates disbursements Inter LLP). Manage intercompany reconciliations and eliminations. Liaising with local finance teams to ensure timely completion of management accounts and help them to understand their results. Providing review and analysis of local office accounts as part of group consolidation including review of balance sheet accounts. Assisting with accounting complications journal processing the review of balance sheet control accounts and ensuring compliance with the firms policies. Contributing to the preparation of quarterly Group management accounts for the firm together with supporting commentary explaining and interpreting the results. Correction of any errors in posting and dealing with other queries raised. Developing a high degree of knowledge of the firms financials and performance. Monitor and improve group reporting processes and systems Improving consistency across global finance teams and implementing efficiencies. Group Statutory Accounts and Compliance Involvement in the preparation of the Groups Limited Liability Partnership and subsidiary financial statements under applicable International Financial Reporting Standards. Working closely with the audit team and liaising with the accountants in the Group offices to ensure that the audit is completed efficiently. Working with the International Tax team providing reporting to support tax submissions including preparation for Pillar Two. Specific duties or responsibilities may be reviewed from time to time to reflect changes in personnel and management structure staff location or services. All members of the firm participate in our Responsible Business program. Person Specification Essential ACA ACCA CIMA or equivalent. Microsoft Project skills Word PowerPoint and Excel skills. Experience of analytical review interpretation of trends and delivering results in a deadline driven environment. Thorough knowledge of the use of Excel spreadsheets. The Candidate Ability to deal with managers at a senior level and partners both in and outside the UK when required. Diplomatic yet persuasive. Willingness to work as part of a team working closely with a number of other qualified accountants and non-qualified staff. Because of the nature of the work and structure of the department tasks are always specifically allocated to individuals and are shared out as workload requires. Diligent and have the ability to review critically and also carefully check their own work and the work of more junior members of the team. The output of the candidate will have a very high profile and errors will be noticed. Pro-active and continually looking to add value to the areas of work assigned to them. A hands-on approach. There will be little scope for delegation. Able to plan their own work with minimum supervision and ensure tasks are completed in full in accordance with a strict timetable - a proven ability to plan ahead is essential. Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines. Desired Law firm experience. Experience of preparation of statutory financial statements. Agile Working Statement Our goal is to embed flexibility across our business by giving everyone the opportunity to work in an agile way whether as a regular pattern or on an ad hoc basis and we will be happy to discuss this further. Equal Opportunities Employment Statement It is the policy of Hogan Lovells to provide equal opportunities for all employees in relation to recruitment training and promotion. Decisions in these areas will be made only by reference to the requirements of the job and shall not be influenced by any consideration of racial or ethnic origin religion sex gender and gender identity age sexual orientation marital and civil partnership status pregnancy or disability. Key Skills Accounting Tally Group Internal Audit General Ledger Accounting External Audit Microsoft Excel PMP Financial Accounting Financial Analysis Payroll Financial Recouncilation Financial statement Accounting and Finance ACCA CPA Financial Reporting Employment Type Full-Time Experience years Vacancy 1 #J-18808-Ljbffr