About Eversheds Sutherland

Eversheds Sutherland represents the combination of two firms with a shared culture, values and commitment to client service excellence. We are each known for our commercial awareness and industry knowledge and for providing innovative and tailored solutions for every client. 

As a full service law practice, we act for the public and private sector across the UK, Europe, Middle East, Africa, Asia and the US providing legal advice to clients across the Company Commercial, Employment, Labour & Pensions, Litigation and Dispute Management, and Real Estate practices. 

With 74 offices across 35 countries worldwide, we have become one of the largest law practices in the world and a great place to work and develop your career.

The Team

You would be joining a team providing world class financial services to our business. You'll be someone who wants to be the best at what they do; who can handle pressure and enjoys making decisions that will have a real impact on our business. Our firm is all about teamwork and you would be a crucial part of that team - you'll find the work stimulating, the atmosphere dynamic and the results highly satisfying.

The Role

The role reports to a Group Finance Manager and is part of a team of 10 people within Central Finance at Eversheds.

The role will take ownership for certain aspects of the accounts, for example fixed assets, plus is responsible for some of the transactional processing within the team

Skills & Experience 

• Creation of fixed assets on our accounting system, ensuring that there is appropriate challenge and adherence to accounting standards.
• Management of the international fixed asset registers – managing additions, disposals, transfers, WIP and the depreciation cost base.
• Ownership of balance sheet reconciliations such as prepayments and accruals, ensuring these are controlled and understood.
• Supporting month end close, including posting of monthly journals relating to areas of responsibility within the accounts.
• Submission of external information to interested parties, for example government surveys.
• Involvement in the external audit through accounts preparation and responding to audit queries.
• Liaison with all areas of finance as appropriate to resolve ad hoc queries.

Key Competencies

• Under graduate degree, however will consider school leaver or equivalent.
• Intermediary Excel skills. Able to use pivot tables as well as certain power functions (e.g. vlookup, hlookup, sumifs, Index etc.)
• Experience in various working environments.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, fluent in English (both written and oral).
• Good stakeholder management.
• Experience of operating within a highly effective team.
• Solution oriented and ability to act on own initiative.
• Consistently positive attitude and ‘can do’ approach.
• Ability to manage conflicting timescales and multiple projects.

• Organised and efficient with a ‘right first time’ approach to quality of work

Diversity and Inclusion

At Eversheds Sutherland, we recognise that having diverse talent across our business brings many benefits, and we are committed to accessing a wide range of views and thinking in all that we do. A culture of inclusion, where each person feels able to be their true self at work and reach their full potential is key. We recognise that bringing together the perspectives of individuals of all backgrounds, life experiences, preferences and beliefs is critical if we are to serve our global client base, people and communities as a leading global legal practice.

Should you require any reasonable adjustments to enable participation in the recruitment process, please contact us so that we can discuss how best to assist.

We are open to considering flexible working options for our vacancies. Whilst we are not able to offer flexible working across all of our roles, many of our people work flexibly in some way, and we would encourage you to talk to us about this during the hiring process if you would like to explore further.

We are a LGBT+ inclusive employer and are Stonewall Corporate Champions.

In addition to training, a competitive benefits package is offered, including: 26 days annual leave; flexible holiday scheme; subsidised canteen on Eversheds Sutherland sites; subsidised corporate gym membership; pension; and life assurance.