Accounting Manager

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.

Main Responsibilities:

- **Accounts Payable**
- Coordinate with fee earners and the bank regarding staff reimbursements and disbursement payments. Verify payment vouchers to ensure proper approval has been obtained. Check all fapiaos to confirm they are genuine and valid. Ensure all accounts payable entries are recorded in Aderant before the month-end cutoff.
- ** Accounts Receivable**
- Ensure all receipts entries are posted to Aderant on the same day they are received.
- ** Payroll**
- Work with FESCO for monthly payroll and local IIT reporting
- ** Month-end Closing**
- Prepare journals, accruals, and other necessary entries.
- Maintain the fixed asset register and prepayment schedules.
- Perform bank reconciliations.
- Review P&L before closing to ensure data integrity and compliance with accounting standards. Perform variance analysis between actual and budget.
- Review Balance Sheet before closing to ensure all assets, liabilities and equity are correctly recorded. Prepare balance sheet schedule.
- Interoffice balance reconciliation
- ** Audit Coordination**:

- Liaise with auditors and prepare audit schedules, interoffice balance confirmation, bank confirmation etc.
- Ensure the audit is completed and signed off before March each year for license renewal.
- ** Tax Compliance**:

- VAT, IIT end EIT filing, annual tax clearance
- Calculate and file stamp duty before deadline.
- Liaise with tax consultancy firm on tax matters.
- ** Cash Flow Management**:

- Prepare cash flow forecasts and liaise with the HK team for funding if needed.
- ** Budget and Forecast**
- Provide input for annual budgeting
- **Other duties**
- Handle various other projects as needed.

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.
- We are an equal opportunity organisation, committed to having a diverse workforce. We do not discriminate on the basis of age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, culture, or any other protected characteristics. We aim to create a culture where everyone can be themselves and is valued for their strengths and unique perspectives. _

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. That's how we unlock our entrepreneurial spirit, advising our clients with top performing teams.

A key part of the 2026 strategy is to focus on five core sectors: decarbonisation, life sciences, private capital & funds, technology, and transportation & trade. These have been identified as crucial in the drive for accelerated profitable growth.