Financial Controller

Your new company
I am working with a leading Law Firm specialising in real estate and private wealth looking to hire a Financial Controller to support the Head of Finance. This is a well renowned firm with a strong track record of retaining and developing staff and presents and excellent opportunity for growth and progression.

Your new role
This is a broad and varied role responsible for managing a large team. Key duties and responsibilities include:

• Management of LLP and Service Company accounts.
• Review of monthly management accounts
• Management and development of financial controls.
• Manage lock up and drive improvements across lock up process
• Meet with budget holders in order to prepare annual budgets and to analyse, review and forecast their business areas
• Manage the year-end financial audit
• Profitability analysis

• Manage, support, train and develop the finance team
• Design and deliver best practice training to fee earners (including partners)

What you'll need to succeed
You will need to be a qualified accountant with a proven record in a professional services environment with law firm experience highly desirable. You will need to have prior staff management responsibility and a good understanding of Solicitors' accounts rules and partnership tax.

What you'll get in return
You will be rewarded with the opportunity to join a stable, growing firm with a strong culture of personal and career development. You will have excellent exposure across the business with a change to influence and drive change where appropriate.

What you need to do now
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