Management Accountant

+ Preparation of monthly management accounts, including variance analysis and commentary
+ Weekly KPI reporting for Management Board
+ Preparation and review of cashflows and forecast requirements
+ Treasury management
+ Assisting the preparation of budgets
+ Maintenance of partner accounts
+ Preparation and review of financial controls - reconciliations, fixed asset register
+ Preparation of quarterly VAT return
+ Preparation of annual accounts and assisting with audit process
+ Managing the firm's various group entities
+ Management of the firm's Work In Progress and analysis/reporting thereon
+ Ad hoc research on technical accounting and tax matters
+ Review of monthly payroll including pension contributions and other benefits
+ Understand and process set up changes to the firm's payroll system
+ Provide coaching and guidance to the more junior members of the team

+ Professionally qualified accountant
+ Professionalism, integrity, confidentiality, gains trust
+ Excellent service delivery to internal and external clients
+ Ability to build trusted relationships
+ Accuracy and attention to detail
+ Intermediate to Advanced user of MS Excel
+ Aptitude for learning and researching new efficiency and reporting software tools
+ Bring constructive challenge to ways of working, improvement and efficiency recommendations

W&A is supporting a leading legal firm as they seeking to hire a dynamic Management Accountant to take on a high-profile role within their finance team.
Working out of central Edinburgh (hybrid), your role will have a lot of autonomy, from preparing monthly management accounts to leading on implementing and improving the organisation's current systems and processes.