Part-Qualified/Newly Qualified Management Accountant Job Vacancy in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, UK

The team

Central to our success as a Firm are of course our very talented lawyers, but they couldn’t achieve their results without the ongoing support from our Finance team who have an essential role to play in growing the business and maintaining our financial performance. Our Management Accounts Team play a critical role in our business; they analyse and interpret financial data to aid budget holders’ and Partners’ decision making processes in achieving business goals.

The role

You will be responsible for assisting in the production of routine daily, monthly and quarterly management information and analysing and interpreting financial data to produce non-routine management reports. You will also contribute to the quality production the monthly management accounts, the annual budgets, the fee earner statistics, Board reporting and other management information from target setting and journal entries through to report production.

You will monitor and respond to the centralised mailbox with management information requests and support the business in responding to queries whilst working on interesting and challenging projects to facilitate the progression of our firmwide reporting from manual excel reports to the online platform Qlik. With that development work you will also facilitate with training fee earners on how to use and interpret financial information to help grow the business.

What are we looking for?

To be successful in this role you should be a part-qualified or newly qualified accountant who is keen to learn, organised, ambitious, have strong Excel skills and be numerically and analytically minded. You should be able to follow directions well but also use your initiative to improve processes and drive efficiencies. You will need to adhere to strict deadlines, working within set processes, as you build your accountancy knowledge.

Although not essential, experience of using Qlik and Aderant would be beneficial. In terms of educational requirements and experience, we’re looking for a graduate, with at least two years of experience within a finance role. You will bring strong IT skills in order to analyse and manipulate data and have excellent communication skills in order to present and explain this information. The ideal candidate will be proactive, efficient and keen to take ownership of tasks.

Who are we?

A Top 100 law firm globally and Top 20 law firm in the UK, Womble Bond Dickinson has more than 400 partners and 1,000 lawyers based across 19 US cities and seven UK cities including a significant presence in London. The firm’s reach also extends to Europe where it has strategic partnerships with other law firms in Germany and France.

In the UK, Womble Bond Dickinson advises in excess of 40 FTSE 350 companies, many of the largest businesses in the country, government organisations and wealthy individuals. With a focus on eleven key sectors (Energy & Natural Resources; Financial Institutions; Healthcare; Insurance, Manufacturing; Real Estate; Retail and Consumer; Transport, Logistics & Infrastructure; Life Sciences & Pharmaceuticals; Technology and Private Wealth) the firm’s experience allows it to build strong relationships and deliver an excellent service to clients.

What makes it great to work here?

We continually work hard to create an open culture that sets us apart from other firms. Our culture gives us much more of a human feel, emphasising that we’re more than just suits! We like and make time for each other enabling us to establish professional relationships that can often become lasting friendships. 

Through our D&I initiatives we create an environment in which difference is valued. We have a Diversity and Inclusion Group, led by our Board Sponsor, which works with our colleague networks (we currently have firm supported networks for race, ethnicity, and cultural heritage, LGBTQ+, disabilities, families, and women’s career development and we’re in constant dialogue with our people about how we expand our networks to better support everybody). We encourage applicants from all social backgrounds, ethnicities, disabilities, gender identities and sexual orientations.

As signatories to the Mindful Business Charter, it’s important that our people are able to maintain healthy and happy lives, both in and out of work. We have a number of resources and initiatives designed to support health and wellbeing, including our team of dedicated mental health first aiders. We recognise that getting the right work life balance is a priority for all of us and we’re very happy to talk flexible working, full-time or part-time working patterns. We also recognise the challenges of relocation and post-pandemic return to the office.

And that’s not all, alongside a competitive salary you’ll receive a flexible benefits package so you can choose and vary the benefits that matter most to you.