Your new company
An exciting opportunity for a qualified accountant with solicitors’ experience to take full ownership of a well-established regional law firm’s finance function – leading the team and partnering directly with the Board. A respected, growing regional law firm is seeking an accomplished Finance Manager to lead its finance function and manage a team of four. This is a high-profile role for a qualified accountant who combines strong technical expertise with confident, collaborative people leadership. You will be a trusted adviser to the Partners and Management Board, providing clear commercial insight while ensuring robust financial control and full compliance with the SRA Accounts Rules.
Easy access from the M11/M25/A414 and the Central Line.
Your new role
This is more than a reporting role. You will lead the day-to-day financial operations of the firm, shape management information, strengthen systems and controls, and help drive informed decision-making across the business.
- Leading and developing a finance team of four, including performance management, training and succession planning.
- Producing monthly management accounts, financial reports, KPI reporting and variance analysis.
- Managing budgets, forecasts, cash flow, banking relationships and borrowing requirements.
- Monitoring lock-up, WIP, debtors, disbursements, billing performance, recovery rates and departmental profitability.
- Overseeing client and office account reconciliations, payments and receipts, and residual client balances.
- Ensuring ongoing compliance with the SRA Accounts Rules, VAT, PAYE, payroll and other relevant obligations.
- Preparing information for statutory accounts, annual accountant’s reports, audits and compliance reviews.
- Working closely with senior stakeholders, including Partners, the Management Board, HR, IT and compliance colleagues.
- Improving finance processes, controls, reporting dashboards and the use of legal accounting systems.
- Potential appointment to COFA.
What you’ll need to succeed
You will be a qualified accountant, ACA, ACCA or CIMA, with finance experience gained within a law firm, alongside the credibility to influence senior stakeholders.
- Proven finance experience within a law firm.
- Working knowledge of SRA Accounts Rules and legal-sector financial controls.
- Proven experience preparing management accounts, budgets, forecasts and cash-flow reporting.
- Experience managing and motivating a finance team.
- Sound knowledge of legal billing, revenue recognition, VAT, payroll and legal accounting or case-management systems.
- Strong commercial awareness, excellent organisational skills and the ability to communicate financial information clearly.
- A practical, positive and service-led approach, with the judgement to identify and manage risk.
Previous COFA experience would be advantageous.
What you’ll get in return
You will join a supportive firm that values professional development, high standards and a healthy work/life balance.
- hybrid and flexible working
- a structured career path
- bonus schemes
- 25 days’ holiday rising with service
- pension
- healthcare cash plan
- a broad range of wellbeing benefits
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