Assistant Partnership Accountant - #1726423

Role profile

Osborne Clarke are seeking an Assistant Partnership Accountant to join our growing Finance department in our Bristol office.

This position will play a crucial role in supporting the Partnership Accountant on all Partner Matters, ensuring alignment with business initiatives and contributing to the continuous improvement of processes.

This is a permanent position offering hybrid working, with the opportunity for study support with accountancy exams.

The role

The Assistant Partnership Accountant will be a key member of the Financial Accounting team, promoting collaboration, team working, and innovation. This role will involve managing various aspects of the Members Balance Sheet accounts, preparing financial reports, and liaising with key internal stakeholders and external partners.

Financial Management

Other key responsibilities include:

• Liaising with banks in relation to members capital arrangements and maintaining Capital Accounts schedules.
• Managing various aspects of the Members Balance Sheet accounts including profit share, tax reserves, and current accounts.
• Preparation of monthly drawings and distribution schedules in line with profit sharing arrangements.
• Posting journals and ensuring partners benefits deductions are posted to the current accounts on a timely basis.
  
  

Reporting And Analysis

• Providing partner related information as required by the business, firm's auditors, tax advisors, and banks.
• Assisting in providing annual statements to members and maintaining the profit share model.
• Assisting with the partner remuneration process and providing partner remuneration data for joiners/leavers.
  
  

Compliance And Documentation

• Maintaining proper documentation for all members accounts as required.
• Supporting internal and external audits by providing necessary data and reconciliations related to Members Accounts.
• Actively operating in the best interests of the firm at all times internally and externally.
  
  

Process Improvement

• Assisting in the redesign of processes and procedures and documenting them.
  
  

Cross-Department Collaboration

• Working closely with the Financial Accounting Team for the Year-end Audit and other teams on payments to partners, capital receipts and payments, tax payments, and reporting.
  
  

We are looking for

• A fully or part Qualified Accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA).
• Partnership Tax Accounting experience.
• Experience with financial reporting and reconciliations.
• Strong attention to detail and analytical skills.
• Problem-solving abilities, particularly related to complex reconciliations.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Excellent Microsoft Excel and Word skills.
  
  

Salary And Benefits

We offer competitive salaries and generous benefits. We value the health and wellbeing of our people and our wide range of initiatives and benefits support this.

Our recruitment process

We welcome direct applications for our opportunities - if you would like any further information about this role or the firm, we would be delighted to hear from you. Please contact, in complete confidence, Dan Jones (Recruitment Manager) on [email protected].

Please note that although we include closing dates for our roles as a guide, we review and progress applications on a rolling basis. At Osborne Clarke we do not make any recruitment decisions using automated decision-making.

We are committed to providing an environment where you can perform to the best of your abilities at every stage of your recruitment experience and beyond. If you require any adjustments to be made during the application stage, interview process, or when working with us, please let us know in confidence.

About Us

Osborne Clarke is an international legal practice with over 330 Partners and more than 1,260 talented lawyers in 26 locations*. Our sector-based approach enables us to help our clients tackle the issues they are facing today, and prepare for the ones that they will face tomorrow. Advising them both comprehensively and commercially. We love working closely with our clients on new deals, products and solutions which will transform their businesses, markets and even sectors. And our unique approachable culture is not an added extra, it's fundamental to our success.

At Osborne Clarke we value difference and encourage applicants from all backgrounds. We want everyone to feel that OC is a place where you can be yourself and belong, and our range of interest groups and diversity networks - not to mention our great teams - are a part of making that a reality.

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