Financial Accounting Manager

3 weeks ago

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Herbert Smith Freehills Full time

About Herbert Smith Freehills

We are a leading law firm that advises many of the world's largest and most ambitious organisations. Our global network of offices across Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East and North America provides premium quality, full-service legal advice.

The Opportunity

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Financial Accounting Manager to join our team. Reporting to the Financial Controller, you will be responsible for managing the strategic and operational aspects of the Financial Accounting function, providing leadership to the team and ensuring the integrity of the general ledger and financial information is maintained.

Key Responsibilities

  • Ensure accurate and timely financial reporting in accordance with KPIs and accounting standards.
  • Lead and manage the financial accounting team, providing training, development, and succession planning opportunities.
  • Oversee daily accounting activities to maintain the firm's general ledger and ensure strong collaboration with other financial controlling functions.
  • Drive monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes while continuously improving accounting practices and internal controls.
  • Supervise the consolidation and financial statement preparation process, managing external auditor liaison.
  • Resolve complex accounting issues and provide guidance on technical matters, including new accounting standards and transactional accounting.

Requirements

  • Degree and CA/CPA qualifications.
  • 8+ years' experience in accounting and finance.
  • Experience in Service Trust arrangements (desirable).
  • Excellent organisational skills, with a thorough and methodical approach to work.
  • Demonstrable experience leading and motivating a team.
  • Experience initiating activities that contribute to meeting the organisation's strategic objectives.

What We Offer

  • We recognise that the success of our business and our clients relies on the skills, knowledge and ideas of all our people. We are dedicated to creating an exceptional experience for our clients and we value empathy, simplicity and commerciality.
  • At Herbert Smith Freehills you will be part of a diverse, innovative culture where high performance, client focus and highly engaged people are our differentiator. People at our firm come from a range of backgrounds and bring a wide variety of experiences and perspectives to their work with us.
  • People join us to develop their careers and themselves. To support this we provide contemporary tailored learning programs, regular career conversations and a culture of feedback.
  • At Herbert Smith Freehills we value flexibility. For most roles, we work an average of 60% of the time in the office, taking into consideration individual, team, client and learning needs.

Team

AU BS BF Financial Control Level 3, Business Finance

Working Pattern

Full time

Location

Sydney

Contract type

Maximum Term Contract

Diversity & Inclusion

We strive to ensure that our inclusive environment means you feel valued and able to perform at your best by being your authentic self at work. We know that our future success not only depends on being innovative and progressive in the changing legal market but, most importantly, on our people feeling highly engaged in meaningful work.

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