Responsible for the firms non-US financial services function.Manage the non-US accounting team.Oversight of daily financial activities including treasury, accounts payable, billings and payroll.Review month end and financial year end closing activities.Prepare the annual financial plans for non-US offices.Implement system and process improvements for non-US offices.Responsible for Solicitors Accounting Rules and audit.

Middle East Finance ManagerThe role is responsible for providing financial support for the Middle East in the provision of management accounting and financial control services including budgeting, reporting and analysis for the region. The role involves working closely with partners and associates to ensure that the key business drivers are clearly understood. This includes month end analysis and review, preparation of budgets and reforecast, presentations and commentary to the partners and group on key variances as well as ad-hoc queries and general financial analysis. This role is also responsible for the statutory audit and Vat as well as all aspects of day to day finance such as AP, billing, banking and cash flow forecasting.

• Co-ordination of all aspects of management accounting in accordance with the firm’s monthly timetable for offices in the UK, Ireland, Luxembourg and Belgium.• Responsible for the statutory financial accounts of all UK entities, Ireland, Luxembourg and Belgium.• Detailed understanding of the UK cost base and provision of written commentaries to explain trends and variances.• Key support for the Global Business Services Directors in understanding and controlling their spend vs budget and previous years.• Financial support for alternative businesses and products.• Financial control of the Charitable Foundation.• Cash-flow budgeting and forecasting for the UK, Ireland and Luxembourg.• Ensuring compliance with Group financial policies and FRS 102.• Managing the external audit process in relation to the UK, Ireland, Luxembourg and Belgium operations.• Preparation and submission of the UK firm’s group quarterly VAT return.• Preparation of data for Ireland and Luxembourg VAT returns, including liaising with external providers.• Managing the budget preparation for UK and central cost centres, and subsequent reforecasting. • Oversight, control and guidance over the financial records of operations in Luxembourg and Belgium.• Exercising control over the balance sheets for entities in – UK (multiple entities), Ireland, Luxembourg and South Africa; with a support role for the Belgium finance team.• Assistance in redeveloping and improving internal reports to make them more user-friendly.• Leadership and guidance of the UK accounting team which currently consists of two qualified accountants.

• Managing a team of 4 qualified accountants on a daily basis, two direct reports. This includes the recruitment process, performance reviews and mentoring and training the team. • Managing the EMEA month end close process and ensuring the team meet the US deadlines. Including reviewing the accounting treatment of EMEA payrolls, prepayments, the accounting for new leases, allocations and responsibility for the EMEA intercompany matrix. • Responsibility for submitting and reviewing all of the EMEA US reporting packs. EMEA covers 19 legal entities including companies in France, Spain, Germany, Netherlands, Denmark, Switzerland and Dubai.• Managing process improvements and simplifying processes across EMEA. This includes the introduction of a detailed close timetable for the team, the utilization of the fixed asset system and improving the intercompany process.

• Responsibility for the running of the annual audits for the UK (5 companies) and Ireland (3 companies) businesses, including the preparation and filing of the statutory accounts.• Responsibility for reviewing balance sheet reconciliations, control and compliance reports prepared by other members of the team for EMEA (UK, Ireland, Dubai and Qatar).• One direct report. • Key player in the merging of accounting databases within the system.• Support the SOX process• Knowledge of US GAAP.• Support the EMEA tax manager with the preparation of year-end tax analysis.• Other ad hoc support to the department as required.

• Responsibility for the posting of month end journals.• Responsibility for UK and Ireland VAT returns, EC Sales Listings and the preparation of the annual PSA return.• Completion of cashflow forecasts for Treasury department.• Reports in TM1 (Management reporting tool) for infrastructure departments and segment variance analysis.• Preparation of partner statements for the LLP statutory accounts and tax purposes.• Assist with Quarterly FSA filings as well as uploading data into GABRIEL.• Key player in facilitating the transition and maintenance of balance sheet reconciliations and month end processes into UK Shared Services from the US office.

• Preparation of six monthly management accounts including the company overheads. (Payroll, accruals, deferred revenue and royalty calculations).• Responsible for building relationships and liaising with the business heads when preparing monthly reports, budgets and forecasts. • Preparation of the monthly forecast reports at the beginning of the month to give an early indication of previous month’s performance (Flash).• Preparation of variance analysis on Flash vs. Actual report.• Provide comments and investigate monthly variances to Budget and Forecasts.• Key contact for Senior Management.• Preparation of quarterly Forecasts and annual Budget.• Preparation of the consolidated B/S, P&L and cash flow• Preparation and review of the monthly board pack and KPI’s for the board of directors. (P&L YTD, Sales Analysis, headcount trend analysis, publication analysis).• Monthly Balance Sheet reconciliation’s.• One direct report - Assistant Management Accountant• Responsibility for ensuring that the Management Accounts team deadlines were met.• Review cost budgets and querying costs with operational staff when variances arise.• AD Hoc reporting for senior managers.• Assistance with the annual audit.• Liaison with Payroll & HR regarding monthly payroll submissions and adjustments.• Responsible for creating new management accounting reports in Sun Vision when a new version of the system was introduced.

• Preparation of monthly Management Accounts, reporting directly to the Managing Director.• Preparation of monthly cash flow forecasts.• Assisting in the preparation of cash flow forecasts for new product developments.• Assisting in the organisation and the preparation of annual budgets and forecasts.• Monitoring and liaising with key budget holders. Updating them with actual performance against budget and other detailed sales/costs figures.• Liaison with auditors. Responsibility for preparing and assisting in the company’s annual audit.• Completion of quarterly VAT returns.• Assisting with P11d’s and other tax returns.• One direct report - Office assistant.• Ad Hoc reports for the Board of Directors such as debtor’s analysis and key client expenditure.• Assisting in the processing of monthly payroll.• Sales Ledger: Responsibility for the maintenance of the sales ledger. Raising of invoices, credit notes and statements as well as overseeing debtors chasing and the sending of overdue letters.• Purchase Ledger: Coding and inputting all purchase invoices and ensuring all invoices have been authorised and matched to any existing purchase orders. Responsibility for verifying and making payments via cheque runs and online payments.• Monthly Reconciliations: Bank Reconciliations – responsibility for reconciling company bank accounts on a monthly basis as well as overseeing treasury accounts. Responsibility for researching and recommending short term investment treasury and bank account options.Responsibility for reconciling supplier and creditor accounts as well as ensuring that the companies two accounting packages reconcile.• Dealing with both supplier and client account queries.• Ad Hoc work such as responsibility for researching and recommending short term investment treasury and bank account options.• Responsibility for the Management of petty cash.• Responsibility for collating both client and supplier contracts.