For Linklaters LGS in Warsaw, we are currently recruiting for the Senior Financial Accountant (Management Accounting) role.

Work arrangements:

Model work: Hybrid (2 days per week at office in Warsaw)

Contract: Employment contract with 3- month probation period

Working hours: Team typically works standard hours from 10:00 to 18:15.

About the role

This Warsaw-based role sits within our UK & Global Head Office Finance team supporting Global Business Teams with management accounting and statutory reporting activities. We are looking for a fully qualified ACCA professional with previous experience in audit, preparation of profit and loss (P&L), statutory reporting and management accounting. Working closely with senior stakeholders, the team focuses on accurate financial information, insightful analysis and strong financial control. The role supports our London and Global Head Office functions and reports to the relevant London Finance Manager.

As a Senior Financial Accountant (Management Accounting ) , you will be responsible for:

Management and statutory accounting

• Ensuring accurate and timely recording of transactions relating to specific Business Teams and fixed asset portfolios
• Calculating and posting month end entries into SAP as part of the London and Global Head Office monthly accounts process
• Preparing and reviewing monthly expenditure and variance analyses, commentaries and headcount reports
• Reconciling and analysing general ledger accounts, including fixed asset and lease accounts
• Supporting the preparation of statutory accounts and external audit deliverables for UK entities

Budgeting and forecasting

• Supporting Business Teams throughout the annual budgeting and forecasting processes for your areas of responsibility
• Explaining the process and timetable, assisting with calculations and inputs to the budget model and reviewing submissions for completeness and accuracy
• Preparing variance analyses and obtaining explanations for significant movements
• Discussing issues with the London Finance Manager and assisting in challenging budget submissions
• Preparing additional analyses and supporting senior management teams for their moderation meetings with the Global Group Finance Director (GFD)

Business partnering and advisory

• Acting as the main point of contact within Finance for one or more Business Teams in relation to fixed assets and related accounting areas
• Advising Business Teams on their financial position and the impact of key projects, capital expenditure and lease arrangements
• Providing technical financial insight and advising on the firm's policies and procedures
• Recommending appropriate accounting treatments and helping non-finance stakeholders understand complex, numerical issues in a clear and concise way

People development and quality control

• Sharing responsibility for the supervision, training and development of trainee and assistant accountants in the team
• Ensuring the accuracy, completeness and integrity of management and statutory accounting and reporting for your assigned areas
• Performing quality checks on reconciliations, postings and reports, and maintaining robust documentation and audit trails
• Escalating relevant issues and risks to the London Finance Manager and contributing to continuous process improvement

You will be a strong fit for this role if you:

• Are fully ACCA qualified, with up to two years of post-qualification experience, and bring previous experience in audit, statutory reporting, management accounting and preparation of P&L
• Have hands-on experience in management accounting, reporting, budgeting, balance sheet reconciliations and preparation of statutory accounts, ideally including areas such as fixed assets, inter-company recharges, project accounting, cash flow forecasting or IFRS 16 lease accounting
• Hold a university degree in finance, accounting, economics or a related field
• Use English confidently at C1/C2 level and communicate clearly with stakeholders at different levels, including explaining complex financial matters to non-finance audiences
• Have strong Excel and Microsoft Office skills, are comfortable working with large data sets, and ideally have experience with SAP or another ERP system
• Are well organised, accurate and detail-oriented, able to manage a varied workload, work independently and perform effectively under pressure and to tight deadlines
• Build strong working relationships, show confidence and diplomacy in stakeholder interactions, and enjoy contributing to a collaborative team environment
• Are open to business travel several times a year to UK.

Benefits
Joining Team Linklaters will see you qualify for a range of benefits designed to reward the vital contribution you'll be making to our success. These include:

• Private medical care

• Free in-house fitness center

• Life insurance

• Worldwide travel insurance for business and non-business travel

• Benefit Multisport club card or subsidized travel card

• Wide range of training opportunities

About Linklaters
Linklaters is a people business. Being best in class in the eyes of our clients means that our people must be exceptional.
We look not only for brilliant minds, but for people who will thrive in our environment: people who love working collaboratively and demonstrate the innovative, efficient, agile, entrepreneurial, and responsible mind-set we aim to bring to every interaction.
Ours is an environment of outperformance. We achieve this not with targets and incentives, but by fostering a positive, supportive, fair, and open atmosphere.
We respect and value difference but insist on inclusivity. We celebrate all aspects of diversity and challenge any form of bias, because we want everyone to feel that they belong. This is vital to our ability to work as one team, with a common mind-set.
We recognise that one size does not fit all. Our goal is to embed flexibility across our firm by giving everyone the opportunity to work in an agile way, whether as a regular pattern or on an ad hoc basis, and we will be happy to discuss this further.

At Linklaters

• We offer a truly global work experience and the opportunity to be involved in strategic projects that drive innovation and shape the future of our business
• We belong to a firm that embodies its corporate social, environment and governance responsibility commitments
• We celebrate diversity, equity and inclusion so our people can bring themselves to work
• We advocate speak-up culture to empower our people in sharing their voices and an open-door policy to ensure they are listened to
• We invest in custom-fit career paths for our people in line with their talents and aspirations
• We provide agile working solutions to meet the changing needs of our people and our business
• We are committed to people first relationships based on mutual trust, respect and appreciation
• We support the health and wellbeing of our people, providing a safe space to talk about emotions and mental health with access to expert advice as needed
• We invest in developing leaders of the future who demonstrate emotional intelligence and a passion to discover, coach and develop the talents of others

Technical Skills:

This list of duties and responsibilities above is not exhaustive. It is intended to describe the general content of, and requirements for, the performance of this job. As such, the role may also include the undertaking of additional tasks as required.