Senior Accounts Executive

What we will offer:
We will offer you a place where you can be yourself and where there are no limits on what you can achieve. With us, you can take ownership of your career and have honest conversations throughout. You would join an ambitious firm with a clear strategy for profitable growth where you can get early responsibility and early involvement in growing the business. Here you can expect a competitive and fair reward as well as recognition based on all round performance. This forms part of our internal promise to you, The Deal, between the firm and its employees.

Team Structure:
The Accounts team currently comprises of a team of 7 people: a team of 5 in Stephenson Harwood and 2 in Virtus Law. The team is responsible for the processing and integrity of information relating to; purchase ledger; credit control; cashiering, billing, and the preparation of daily, weekly and monthly reports.

Main Responsibilities:
Monthly schedules:

- Update of monthly schedules for Balance Sheet GL for:

- Deposits
- Other Debtors
- Staff loan
- Prepayment
- Accruals
- Provision for doubtful debt

Client residual balances:

- Prepare and review monthly update.
- Fixed asset register
- Review monthly update.
- Write-off exercise for old and obsolete assets
- Review F.A. Hire charge for VL recharge

SH and VL interfirm reconciliation:

- Update monthly AP and AR Bill Inquiry list.
- Liaise with VL on unreconciling items.
- Follow up with Executive assistants or fees earners on unrecorded invoices and make necessary adjustments.

GST:

- Prepare GST reporting on monthly basis.
- Identify standard-rated AP invoices billed in foreign currency.
- Reconcile GST report and GL.
- Quarterly filing to IRAS

Annual financial year audit:

- Prepare all audit schedules and reports prior to commencement of audit.
- Assist Juliana in attending to audit request. Liaise with London management accountants for audit queries and listings if necessary.
- Prepare interfirm balances and transaction for audit confirmation.

AGS5 Annual audit (Client account):

- Liaise with auditors and attend to audit queries.

Attributes/Skills Required:

- Relevant experience in an international law firm.
- Not afraid to challenge thinking, has an aptitude for problem-solving and a methodical approach to their work.
- Strongly demonstrates the Stephenson Harwood values of individuality, commitment, teamwork and straight talking.
- Demonstrable evidence in having strong work habits and time-management skills.
- A high attention to detail, someone who enjoys 'getting things right' and knows the importance of data.
- Excellent working knowledge of Excel along with relevant finance systems relevant to the legal sector
- An experienced manager who can motivate others, collaborate effectively and drive performance.
- An ability to flex one's style when needed and equally have a good level of resilience, persuasion, and reasoning skills, and knowing how to manage oneself in challenging situations and with competing deadlines & demands.
- This job description is indicative only and does not represent an exhaustive list of responsibilities. The firm reserves the right to alter or change the responsibilities at any time, in line with the firm's strategy and business needs._

About the Firm:
With 8 offices worldwide and with our headquarters based in London, Stephenson Harwood is a law firm where our people are committed to achieving the goals of our clients - listed and private companies, institutions, and individuals across the globe. Our mix of expertise and culture results in a combination of deep local insight and the capability to provide a seamless international service.

Our experience encompasses corporate, commercial litigation and arbitration, employment, pensions and private wealth, finance, marine and international trade, and real estate and projects.

We assemble teams of bright thinkers to match our clients' needs and give the right advice from the right person at the right time. Dedicating the highest calibre of legal talent to overcome the most complex issues, we deliver pragmatic, expert advice that is set squarely in the real world.

**Our values**:
**Individuality**:

- We encourage creativity and develop talent

**Commitment** - To be the best and deliver the highest standard

**Teamwork** - We work together to build close, long-term relationships

**Straight talking** - We say what we mean and do what we say

These values express the personality of the individuals within our firm. They are the behaviours we encourage in our people and the standards which inform our decisions and actions.

**Our vision into 2026**

To be a successful firm where talented people work together in an entrepreneurial environment, building long term client relationships.

This vision is about who we want to be, as well as who we are. It is as much about our values as about our character - the attributes we want to see from all of our people. It also reflects the import