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Role purpose

To lead the compliance reporting for the Cairo office; including financial statements & Taxes.

Main responsibilities:

Accounting and Controls:

• Ensures an accurate & timely month, quarter & year-end closing providing all necessary regular & irregular analysis
• Transacts, supports accounts payables and treasury activities, banking and cash forecasts
• Review financial transactions and related booking
• Review and review Inter-firm transactions and reconciliations
• Responsible for general ledger maintenance
• Responsible for maintaining the fixed assets register and analyse capital expenditures
• Prepares and supports Balance sheet Reconciliations & Reviews
• Maintenance and updates of fixed assets registry
• Support billing team on clients payment allocations, adjustments, client registration etc.
• Manage Company Treasury function's activities and ensure their compliance with Group's financial policies and procedures

Statutory Audit and Tax:

• Supports internal & external audit and ensure strong internal controls environment
• Support on submitting various regulatory reports
• Support on Corporate Income tax returns and Corporate tax packs submissions
• Support on VAT reports, returns, WHT submissions
• Coordinate and support Statuary Tax Audits

Travel requirements: None

About the team

Function

The Finance function provides the following services to the Firm:

• Supporting strategic decision-making from a financial and business perspective
• Managing cash flow, including accounts payable, credit checks, billing and collections
• Ensuring firm-wide purchasing excellent and efficiency
• Financial reporting, budgets and forecasts
• Securing financing across the global firm

You will report to: Finance Lead Manager

Your direct reports, if any: N/A

Key relationships:

• Finance Function Team
• PBS colleagues across the Firm
• Fee Earners

About the candidate

Technical skills, qualifications and experience:

• Bachelor degree in Finance & Accounting with 7+ years of professional accounting experience within a professional accounting firm or in a similar role
• Fluency in English with strong written and oral skills in a professional environment
• Strong technical accounting skills
• Project management skills and Ability to work collaboratively with several teams
• Communicates clearly and effectively using written and verbal skills to influence, negotiate and collaborate
• Certified with Big 4 or other accounting experience is a plus
• Quickly adapts to changing circumstances and business conditions
• Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal skills
• Ability to plan, schedule and arrange own activities to accomplish objectives
• Strong client service and delivery focus
• Attention to detail and commitment to maintaining data integrity
• Collaborative approach, effectively working with others to achieve team success
• Respects and enjoys the diversity of cultural, social and academic backgrounds found in the Firm
• SAP experience highly desirable

Personal qualities

These personal qualities represent the shared characteristics of high performers across Baker McKenzie, regardless of job level and location.

Know how

• Demonstrates the ability to identify the real issue, and to anticipate requirements and potential consequences; distills a range of possibilities by thinking in a considered, prudent manner
• Has the capacity to take on new ideas and develop knowledge and think holistically about business and address media, analyst, employee, and client audiences
• Able to move through a variety of tasks requiring different approaches, knowledge, and expertise, with the agility of mind and capacity for analysis and synthesis

Dedication

• Driven by a strong personal sense of integrity and upholds exemplary quality standards
• Prepares thoroughly, takes responsibility, uses initiative and is self reliant to ensure work progresses to the fullest extent possible
• Hardworking and diligent with a keen understanding of client demands
• Demonstrates composure when dealing with difficult situations

Personal Impact

• Uses complex, coordinated influencing/negotiation strategies, adapted to people, organizations, and/or the situation, e.g. networks
• Leverages direct reports to facilitate increased collaboration across the organization
• Builds partnerships based on a common agreement that acknowledges individual differences but creates a new commonality beyond root belief large-scale
• Creates a positive impression at all times; develops relationships through collaboration and reciprocity
• Negotiates to achieve mutually satisfactory outcomes; shows good judgment on when to stand strong and when to compromise
• Invests in, nurtures, and builds a network of productive relationships

Humanity

• Respectful to others, regardless of their position, and earns the respect of others by being transparent
• Has care and concern for others and a genuine interest in others as people
• Treats delicate or confidential issues with grace and discretion

About Baker McKenzie

Baker McKenzie helps clients overcome the challenges of competing in the global economy. We solve complex legal problems across borders and practice areas. Our unique culture, developed over 65 years, enables our people to understand local markets and navigate multiple jurisdictions, working together as trusted colleagues and friends to instill confidence in our clients. This is an exciting time to join us as we invest in and further develop our Professional & Business Services organisation, providing rewarding and challenging career opportunities in all of our world-class business functions.

We are committed to promoting diversity and inclusion for all. Our unique international culture is reflected in the drawing together of a worldwide family of individuals from diverse cultures and backgrounds in all of our offices. We encourage the best people -regardless of race, religion or belief if any, gender, gender identity, disability, sexual orientation or age - to fulfil their professional aspirations with us.

To Apply

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Commitment to Inclusion, Diversity & Equity

As the first truly global law firm, diversity and inclusion are foundational to our culture and strategic vision. We are a Firm of individuals from across the globe with different backgrounds, ideas, and points of view who collegially work together to solve complex problems and design practical solutions for our clients. Our multiple perspectives come from many sources, including the diverse ethnicity, culture, gender, nationality, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, parental status, education, social background and life experience of our people.

Our global strategy is focused on our people, our culture, our clients and the communities where we operate. In 2019 we enacted ambitious new targets related to gender, racial and ethnic diversity at the Firm. These targets are viewed as a floor, not a ceiling, to advancing underrepresented groups, and they are backed by a variety of strategic initiatives aimed at achieving our goals. Our strategic vision is supported in London by six active employee led networks which champion diversity, lead on a number of internal campaigns and deliver a range of activity to celebrate differences in identity, inclusion, and key dates throughout the year including: LGBT+ History Month, International Women's Day, International Trans Day of Visibility, Mental Health Awareness Week, Pride, Black History Month, Social Mobility Week, International Day of Disabled Persons and many more!

Baker McKenzie London has been accredited by Disability Confident, joining over 18,000 organisations that have signed up to help change behaviours and cultures in businesses, networks and communities and reap the benefits of inclusive recruitment practices.