Project Assistant Accountant/Project Accountant
Job Introduction
The Project Assistant Accountant or Project Accountant will support the "Technical Accounting and International" workstream of the Casablanca Programme, led by the Head of Finance Development in ensuring that the business is adequately prepared for the introduction of a new Practice Management System.
Role Responsibility
- Support the Head of Finance Development and the Technical Accounting and International workstream in ensuring that the business is adequately prepared for the introduction of a new Practice Management System
- Work with the Head of Finance Development to ensure that the project runs to timetable and milestones are met
- Liaise with other project members and core Finance staff to ensure delivery of objectives throughout the project
- Provide training to users of the new system
- Help prepare key documentation into the project
- Handling confidential information in line with the firm's data security protocols
- Ensuring that Accounting data is correct and ready for migration
- Supporting the alignment of International accounting records where appropriate
- Assisting in the design of new processes for the PMS
- Assisting in the design of a future state PMS
- Testing of the new PMS tool
- Ensuring that all Group Reporting, Business Partnering and Tax data are ready for migration
- Assisting on the management of the project financial reporting and budgetary control
- Any other duties as assigned in relation to the project
- Flexibility to travel occasionally to other DAC Beachcroft offices
The Ideal Candidate
- Qualified or Part Qualified Accountant (ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) we will also consider non qualified candidates
- Have experience of dealing with large sets of financial data
- Have experience of performing complex reconciliations
- Knowledge of the Elite system would be a distinct advantage
- The ability to speak Spanish or French would be a distinct advantage
- A good level of excel skills
- An excellent team player
About the Company
We are a leading international legal business with over 2,400 colleagues and a diverse range of capabilities. We have 11 offices in the UK as well as offices in Dublin, Madrid, Paris, Singapore, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Miami. We also have associations/alliances with firms in Northern Ireland, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Brazil, Peru, Central America, Argentina, the USA, Australia and Germany.
We are known for our market-leading presence in sectors such as Insurance, Health and Real Estate. This is complemented by a fast-growing Business Advisory capability. We represent a wide range of clients, ranging from household names to government departments and NHS bodies. We act for the majority of the top 30 insurance and financial services companies operating in the UK. We are the asset management lawyers for the UK’s largest shopping centres and act for 9 of the UK’s top 10 housebuilders.
We have an impressive legal pedigree, with 155 Chambers UK 2019 practice area and individual lawyer rankings, including 30 rankings at 'Band 1' level. In Legal 500 UK, 2018, the firm received top tier ranking for 32 of its practice areas and 59 practice areas in the top two tiers. In March 2018, we were named as one of Legal Week's Best Legal Advisors for the third year running, achieving category-leading satisfaction scores for our commercial approach, service delivery, quality of legal advice, communication & responsiveness and overall relationships.
Our vision is to be leading business advisers, recognised for our insight and our outstanding commitment to clients, and for being the place where talented people want to work. For further details on our work and our culture, please visit www.dacbeachcroft.com.
DAC Beachcroft is an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from every sector of the community. We also welcome direct applications. If this opportunity sounds of interest to you, please make an application and submit your CV. Your application will be dealt with in the strictest of confidence.
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