Payroll & Finance Operations
* Oversee payroll processes in collaboration with HR, ensuring accurate reconciliation between HR data, payroll reports, and payment batches * Review and manage payroll-related postings and ensure accuracy in financial reporting * Co-ordinate bank payment imports and ensure the timely release of payments by authorised approvers
Accounts Payable
* Take overall responsibility for the Accounts Payable function, including supervision of the AP Manager * Ensure all supplier invoices are recorded accurately and on a timely basis * Oversee payment run preparation and execution * Manage relationships with internal and external stakeholders, resolving invoice and payment queries * Monitor and analyse trade creditor balances, maintaining trackers for complex or high-value suppliers Month-End Close & Management Accounts * Manage the month-end timetable, ensuring the timely closure of all source ledgers * Prepare and post month-end journals, including payroll, accruals, prepayments, and depreciation * Perform reconciliations of key balance sheet accounts * Produce monthly management accounts for review by the Finance Controller and Finance Director * Deliver initial variance analysis against budget, with clear and concise commentary
Month-End Close & Management Accounts
* Manage the month-end timetable, ensuring the timely closure of all source ledgers * Prepare and post month-end journals, including payroll, accruals, prepayments, and depreciation * Perform reconciliations of key balance sheet accounts * Produce monthly management accounts for review by the Finance Controller and Finance Director * Deliver initial variance analysis against budget, with clear and concise commentary
Treasury Management
* Oversee daily cash flow reporting, ensuring all firm receipts are processed promptly * Monitor cash balances and ensure sufficient liquidity for operational requirements * Ringfence funds for key outflows and manage payment expectations across stakeholders
SRA Client Money Compliance
* Review monthly client cash packs prepared by legal cashiers * Conduct balance analysis to support COFA sign-off * Review and authorise payments to claimants prepared by third-party payment providers * Ensure ongoing compliance with SRA Accounts Rules
Audit & Compliance
* Support preparation for SRA client account audits and annual statutory audits * Act as the key point of contact for audit walkthroughs and queries within areas of responsibility * Maintain strong financial controls and documentation to support audit requirements
