Senior Accountant Role-Legal Services

The Role: 

My client is looking for a Senior Accountant to join us in the Belfast office, working remotely with the exception of a couple of days in the office per month. This position requires a strategic approach but also will be operational in the day-to-day tasks. In this role, you’ll be providing critical support for all international accounting activities. The successful candidate will support Accounts Payable activities by working with the AP controller to follow up with vendors, resolve issues, and prepare accruals. You will work with our third-party payroll providers to provide them information required to process monthly payroll. You will assist in the preparation of management and statutory financials, including understanding local to US GAAP differences, and provide audit support for statutory and group audits. My client is looking for someone who can build strong relationships across all teams in the company.

Responsibilities:
Specifically, this role will:

• Maintain general ledger accounting, including standard and month-end entries, as well as with auditors in support of statutory, group, and tax with and support third parties for tax and payroll.
• Work with third-party teams managing the subledger functions (AR, AP)Work closely with all members of the finance department.
• Analyse transactional information to identify refunds, delinquent accounts and insufficient payments.  
• Prepare monthly client invoices.
• Prepare quarterly UK VAT returns.
• Process monthly expense claims.
• Prepare financial statement and subledger reporting, analysing the data and recognizing trends. Maintain performance reporting (KPI’s) and ensure targets are successfully delivered 

Essential Criteria

• Qualified-ACA, ACCA or CIMA;
• Minimum of 1 years PQE overall experience in payroll, accounting, or finance; 
• Experience with accounting in UK
• Familiarity with accounting and corporate finance principles and procedures
• Must be able to effectively communicate and build professional relationships
• Demonstrable ability to effectively build and manage an accounting team with minimal oversight
• The ability to spot and fix issues while working quickly under pressure 
• Proficiency with MS Excel and comfort with the remaining MS Office Suite

Desirable Criteria

• Experience with Sage
• Undergraduate degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field 
• Professional services experience preferred

Skills:
ACA ACCA CIMA Finance Payroll Accounting

Benefits:
Work From Home Paid Holidays Work From Home Medical Aid / Health Care Pension Fund