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