Andy Starr Email & Phone Number

London, England, Gb

London, Gb

London, Gb

Bristol, Gb

London, England, Gb

• Full responsibility for all partner accounting processes, including managing partner capital upon appointment/resignation/lockstep movement, determining monthly drawings, calculating profit shares/distributions; maintaining worksheets of current account balances, preparing regular statements of drawings and tax reserve balances, and responding to any partner queries as they arise;• Leading a team of four accounts staff covering cash, ledgers, billing and administration and a further three staff dealing with credit control;• Financial reporting to the Management Board and partners, including preparation of commentary on performance and other salient issues; attending Management Board meetings on a monthly basis;• Setting up and prospering new monthly departmental P&L accounts with devolved budgets;• Annual production of the LLP financial statements; and working with tax advisors in the production of the annual LLP tax return;• Running the annual budgeting process;• Key point of contact with 3rd party advisors, including auditors and bankers;• Driving change through the organisation in terms of fee earner behaviour and lock-up management;• Forecasting on a monthly/quarterly basis with emphasis on working capital management and cashflow forecasting;• Ensuring appropriate procedures and control processes are in place to maintain the integrity of the firm’s accounting records;• Developing management information reports to improve KPI data;• Ensuring the firm deals with all filing of accounts and tax returns on a timely basis;• Responsibility for VAT Return submission and dealing with HMRC investigations;• Ensuring compliance of the finance function with Solicitor Account Rules and the ISO 9001 accreditation• Involvement in ad hoc projects as required by the Management Board

Cayman Islands, Po Box 190, Ky

• Preparation and review of monthly income statement, balance sheet, and financial reporting pack with narrative comments, submitted to Group Financial Controller;• Preparation of year end financial statements, including cash flow statements; • Preparation of monthly analysis reports (eg cash analysis, accounts receivable reports, work in progress reports), and other ad hoc reports as required by the Group FC;• Supervising and supporting the Finance team, including responsibility for annual and mid-year performance appraisals, and workload planning during periods of high work volume/staff absences;• Meeting with departmental managers quarterly to review actual v budget expenditures;• Reviewing Finance department processes, and initiating, implementing and documenting improved procedures (eg eBilling and eReminders);• Acting as first point of contact for the external auditors;• Liaising with Bank Corporate Relationship Managers to arrange credit facilities and corporate credit cards.

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