UK Group Accounting Manager

Are you ready to make your mark as part of our Finance Team? Then you’ve come to the right place. At White & Case, we’ll support you, give you responsibility and welcome you as an integral member of our global team from day one.

Working for the UK Group Financial Controller, the UK Group Accounting Manager is responsible for ensuring the accuracy and completeness of the accounts for 6 UK registered entities, which include the consolidation of associated non-UK entities under UK GAAP, with a strong focus on statutory accounts preparation, audit work, and UK GAAP compliance.

Working closely with the Financial Accountant, this role is the primary day-to-day contact for audit and accounts matters, particularly in relation to UK GAAP requirements, including consolidations and conversions from other local GAAPs. The UK Group Accounting Manager will also play a key role in supporting process improvements within the finance function

Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for the preparation of statutory accounts for UK group entities, including consolidations and conversions to UK GAAP, for both the UK-based entities and the associated consolidation under UK GAAP of the non-UK entities.

Qualifications And Skills

• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, or equivalent) with significant post-qualification experience, including statutory audit work.
• Strong technical expertise in UK GAAP (including consolidations) and relevant accounting standards for law firms (e.g. LLP SORP).
• Auditor-side experience of professional services firms, preferably of law firms.
• Demonstrated experience in statutory accounts preparation for limited companies and Partnerships is essential.
• Experience with 3E or similar financial systems is desirable.
• Excellent attention to detail, organizational, and analytical skills.
• Ability to mentor and train junior staff.
• Self-motivated, proactive, and able to manage workload and deadlines independently.
• Strong problem-solving skills and a continuous improvement mindset.

What We Offer

When you join us, you’ll be working directly with partners, business leaders and many other inspiring colleagues across our global network of offices. We live by our values—to be pioneering, united and human—and we believe that you’ll experience them from your first day. We will give you the support and development opportunities that will help you achieve your potential.

We believe that consistent high performance merits reward and support. Our compensation package reflects your calibre as a professional, and our benefits are designed to support your changing needs and priorities across different life stages.

About White & Case

We are a global law firm with longstanding offices in the markets that matter today. Our on-the-ground experience, our cross-border integration, and our depth of local, US and English-qualified lawyers help our clients work with confidence in any one market or across many.

Location & Reporting

• This role is based in London, and reports into the UK Group Financial Controller based in London.
• Our standard office hours are 9:30-18:00, with a current requirement for 4 days in the office (Monday - Thursday) per week.

Firm Benefits

We offer a flexible range of benefits, services and programmes designed to help support your lifestyle requirements. Some of the benefits currently available include:

• Private medical insurance

Equal Opportunity Statement

White & Case is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer and is committed to creating a fair workplace. It is our Firm’s policy to recruit, employ, train, compensate and promote without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, military or veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other category protected by applicable law.

If you require assistance and/or adjustment to participate in our application and/or interview process, please email us. We will be happy to work with you.

Note to recruitment agencies: Our internal Recruitment team is responsible for all end-to-end lateral recruitment processes. All agencies must sign White & Case terms of business, which are office specific. Candidates submitted by an agency without terms of business agreed with the appropriate office, and/or outside of our online application tracking system, will not be considered a formal introduction.

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