Management Accountant in England

The Firm
Established in 2020, KP Law (previously Keller Postman)
is a specialist litigation boutique, focussing on collective
redress.
The firm has over 100 employees across offices in London,
Manchester, Birmingham, and Liverpool, , representing over 250,000 individual
clients across a range of cases in areas such as product liability,
competition, worker rights, data breach and privacy and financial
services. 

The firm’s ethos is to combine the best legal talent with
a strong operational and technological platform to enable its clients to pursue
cases that could not otherwise be brought against large corporates as a result
of their wrongdoing. Uniquely, KP Law is owned and fully financed by a
recognised UK litigation funder (Legatus Holdings). All of its cases are
for claimants and carried out under contingent fee agreements at no cost or
risk to its clients.

KP Law was ranked Tier 1 for Group Litigation: Claimant
in The Legal 500 UK Guide 2024. This follows our success in 2023 where we
received a commendation for ‘Litigation Boutique Firm of the Year’ at The
Lawyer Awards 2023 and won the Race Equality Initiative of the Year at the 2023
Women & Diversity in Law Awards.

The Role

Role Responsibilities General Accounting

• Complete ownership of nominal ledger accounts
  including investigating discrepancies and ensuring accuracy in financial
  records.
• Claim cost coding and tracking for each practice area.
• Complete corporate asset checks.
• Preparing accrual and prepayment schedules.
• Preparing claim reconciliations.
• Variance Analysis including monitoring budget performance
  and highlight risks
• Conducting cost analysis and identifying savings
  opportunities.
• Full trial balance reconciliation on a monthly basis,
  identifying opportunities and risks.
• Administering of the TPMA (Third Party Managed
  Account) and client account transactions.
• Administering accounts receivable and ensuring timely collections.

Accounts Payable support:

• Provide effective cover for accounts payable. Duties may include;
• Processing invoices,
  payments, and receipts in accordance with company policy incorporating new supplier set up/onboarding. 
• Become a super user on the entity’s procurement
  platform Yooz.
• Maintaining accounts payable email inbox, Aged creditors ledger and ensuring timely payments.

Reporting:

• Supporting the production of monthly/quarterly reports
  both independently and alongside the Account Payable and Financial Controller 
• Preparing and gathering information to assist with the
  external audits.
• Assist in annual budget preparation and periodic re-forecasting.
• Review and improve internal controls and procedures.

Person Specification
• Part-qualified accountant (e.g., ACCA, CIMA, ACA)
• Strong understanding of accounting principles, financial controls, and reporting standards.

• Proven experience in management accounting or general
  accounting role.
• Proven ability to "translate" complex financial data for non-financial stakeholders
  (e.g., Senior Partners or Department Heads).
• Demonstrate experience with bank reconciliations,
  general ledger maintenance, accruals, and prepayments.
• Experience conducting variance analysis, cost
  analysis, and identifying financial risks or savings opportunities.
• Experience preparing information for monthly/quarterly
  reports and assisting with budgets or forecasts.
• Excellent numerical and analytical skills with strong attention to detail.
• Ability to interpret financial data, identify discrepancies, and propose corrective actions.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to
  manage multiple deadlines.
• Advanced Excel Skills including VLOOKUPs, Pivot Tables
  & Power Query to handle complex datasets and automate reporting.
• Analytical mindset.
• Flexible and adaptable to changing priorities within the fast-paced legal environment with month-end deadlines.

Desirable Skills & Attributes:

• Experience working with client accounts or TPMA transactions.
• Understanding of how solicitor performance and case settlement times impacts cash flow
  and stewardship of resources.
• Exposure to external audit preparation.
• Experience improving internal financial controls and
  processes.
• Experience using procurement or financial systems;
  ideally Sage Intact.
• Knowledge of procurement workflows and supplier management processes.
• Understanding of budgeting and forecasting methodologies.

Equal Opportunities

Our approach to our people is underpinned by our commitment to equity, diversity,
inclusion and well-being. Our ambition is to build a richly diverse workforce
made up of the best talent in our industry. With a workplace that is
supportive and inclusive, recognises and nurtures talent, and has a strong
sense of community between colleagues.

This means that everyone who either applies to or works for KP Law is treated equally, regardless of their gender, age, ethnic origin, nationality, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, or religious beliefs.