Senior Finance and Accounting Manager

Baker McKenzie
London

Description

The Senior Finance & Accounting Manager, Record-to-Report (R2R) will be responsible for managing a team of experienced, qualified accountants, ensuring financial integrity of local accounting records, managing year-end audit and liaising with internal and external auditors. The role-holder will oversee In-Market financial support to Lawyers and Business Professionals.

Main responsibilities:

  • Supervise and manage a team of experienced finance individuals
  • Deal with ad-hoc queries on such matters as coding, expenses, and asset capitalization, and review/correct mispostings
  • Review and supervise the monthly management accounts process for the London office; Liaise with the finance function in the Belfast Service Center
  • Approve monthly payroll, assist in the release of payments and approval of expenses
  • Provide detailed analysis and information needed to explain and drive financial initiatives and priorities
  • Coordinate and manage the execution of finance-related projects and initiatives, including preparation of the London office budget and forecasts, primarily focusing on the Firm's cost base
  • Support Business Professionals’ functions initiatives and help ensure they are implemented in alignment with strategy and guidelines set by Specialist Functions and Global Process Owners
  • Identify opportunities for continuous improvement within the financial operations
  • Provide financial support to lawyers and business services, actively collaborating with them to increase profitability by managing the cost base
  • Manage the statutory finance team in preparing the statutory accounts of the London entities in compliance with FRS102, as required, and liaise with the external audit of those accounts
  • Work with the finance team in London and Belfast in preparing the required backup to balances for the global internal audit function. Comparing accrual and cash accounting
  • Assist the APS Committee (Additional Profit Share), working with the committee in analyzing partner performance, providing additional financial information when required, as well as calculating proposed spend against budget
  • Prepare yearly schedules for Firm insurance
  • Review and approve the month-end reconciliations produced by London Finance
  • Various ad-hoc annual summaries (e.g. gift aid calculations, cash distributions for partners with US tax returns)
  • Various ad-hoc projects as and when required

Skills and experience:

  • A bachelor’s degree is desirable
  • Qualified with an appropriate recognized accounting body
  • Respectful to others, regardless of their position, and earns the respect of others by being transparent
  • Has care and concern for others and a genuine interest in others as people
  • Treats delicate or confidential issues with discretion

About us

At Baker McKenzie we are different in the way we think, work and behave. With our team of 13,000 people, including over 6,500 locally admitted lawyers, in over 70 offices worldwide, we have a passionately collaborative community of 60 nationalities and are committed to world-class career development to everyone in every job at every level. Baker McKenzie can offer you both the uncompromising commitment to excellence expected of a top firm paired with a passionately global and genuinely collaborative working environment.

Additional Information

At Baker McKenzie we welcome direct applications.

Please click on the Apply icon to start the online application process for this role. We will then be in touch with you once we have reviewed your application.

For more information about this position or to discuss any adjustments you may require during the process please contact in confidence Hannah Ritchie, Recruitment Manager, on [email protected]

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Please note Baker McKenzie does not accept unsolicited CVs. Please click here for details of our Agency Policy and commitment to sourcing directly.

Baker McKenzie is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to promoting diversity and inclusion for all. Our unique international culture is reflected in the drawing together of a worldwide family of individuals from diverse cultures and backgrounds in all of our offices. We encourage the best people - regardless of race, religion or belief if any, gender, gender identity, disability, sexual orientation or age - to fulfill their professional aspirations with us. We are committed to ensuring an inclusive and accessible experience for all candidates.

Posted 2025-09-10

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