Job Description

DLA Piper, the international law firm established in Ireland 6 years ago, now requires a Financial Accountant (NQ) to assist in the delivery of financial functions, working closely with the Head of Finance & Finance Team, local fee earners and support staff as well as the central finance functions based in the UK and a newly established Global Services Centre (GSC) in Warsaw.

This role will require the successful candidate to perform a range of duties supporting the commercial development of the firm, maintenance of detailed accounting and regulatory records, assistance with production of statutory accounts and liaising with a range of external relationships with providers.

Main duties and responsibilities

Commercial

• Financial support for the local management team which will include assistance with production of the annual budget
• Working with local teams to ensure cost control and accurate accounting of costs
• Working with local management and central credit control for debt management
• Interpreting centrally provided financial data on KPIs including around billing and cash
• Production and analytics of commercial data for trends management
• Maintaining the local accounting records, processing transactions and journals
• Production of statutory accounts for 2 entities, Partnership and Limited Co
• Production of payroll and liaising with external services ensuring timely monthly payroll processing and recording in accounting records
• Liaising with central accounting teams and the Global Services Centre in Poland

Controls

• Monitoring our system of internal control and compliance with Group accounting policies on a range of issues

Regulatory

• Assisting with returns to LSOI and external Auditors / regulators
• Assisting with local tax, statutory and regulatory reporting , VAT and liaison with external auditors
• Completing and submitting VAT, VIES, ARTD returns

Specific duties will include

• Assisting with annual budgets and quarterly re-forecasts
• Providing support to the local team on financial management
• Providing support with the production of bills including ensuring compliance with local legal and tax requirements
• Analysis of credit notes and production of root cause analysis
• Ensuring all accounting transactions are accurately posted in the accounting records
• Assisting with the production of local management accounts in conjunction with the local finance team
• Assistance in the completion of the annual group consolidation pack

About you

• Professional accounting qualification
• Professional services experience an advantage
• Advanced knowledge of Excel and especially dashboard creation
• Has worked for a number of years in the finance function of an international organization; desirable
• Has a strong knowledge of International Financial Reporting Standards and local accounting rules
• Experience of processing accounts payable on an ERP platform
• Has excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, and be fluent in English
• Be a self-starter, who is able to work on their own initiative as well as being part of a team and has a strong client service orientation
• Be comfortable multi-tasking and working to conflicting timescales on multiple priorities in a robust and fast-paced environment