Management Accountant

Clifford Gouldson Lawyers is a leading regional provider of legal services to the business, government and not for profit sectors. We are a growing law firm with locations in Toowoomba, Brisbane and Sunshine Coast. 

Clifford Gouldson’s committed approach to marketing and growing our core practice areas ensures a bright future for anyone who joins our team.  The areas we practice in are Litigation + Dispute Resolution, Workplace, Wills, Estate Planning + Structuring, Commercial + Corporate Advisory, Property + Transactions, Intellectual Property and Construction. 

We are recruiting an experienced part-time Management Accountant to complete our team. 

The role will be responsible for the overseeing of all financial aspects of the business in consultation with the Managing Director and Accounts Officer. The hours for this part-time role will be 3 days (22.8 hours) per week. We are open to candidates wishing to work in any of our three locations.  

The key responsibilities of the role will include:

• Oversee and lead all accounting functions including preparing and maintaining financial records, reports, policies and procedures
• Oversee accounts payable, receivable, debtors and payroll
• Preparation and maintenance of 3 way cash flow budget (monthly and annually)
• Preparation of monthly management reports tracking financial performance against budget
• Setting of and oversight of delegated budgets to authorised persons in the firm
• Financial analysis, financial data collection and correction, financial forecasting
• Ensuring compliance with financial covenants and reporting obligations with financiers or stakeholders
• Ensuring adherence with Dividend Policies, making recommendations as to changes to those policies, and considering any investment or related decisions and their impact on cash flow or financial performance
• Respond to requests for information or reports from the Managing Director, or Board, so as to inform decision making, including making recommendations with reasons
• Working closely with the Managing Director and Practice Manager to ensure appropriate adjustments are made depending upon the financial performance of the firm
• Financial modelling taking account of growth or investment opportunities from time to time
• Liaising with Valuers and Accountants from time to time
• Contract administration, negotiation, re-negotiation and compliance as required
• Oversee maintenance of Contract Register and IP Rights Register and renewals
• Authoriser of expenditure and oversee Budgets/Actuals/Cash flow
• Overseeing client billings 
• Communications with the external accountant 
• Oversight of financial governance and compliance including ATO (lodgements and reporting, GST, BAS, PAYG, Income tax, Fringe Benefits Tax) and QRO (payroll tax and any transfer duty)
• Trust Account compliance including liaising with the Queensland Law Society and External Auditors
• Ensure all financial and accounting or bookkeeping practices are in line with Australian accounting standards
• Compliance and risk management and in particular audit ready and compliant with internal and external audit requirements
• Strategic goals relating to finance as well as contributing to the broader strategic goals of the business
• Supervising and training junior staff as required
• Supplier vetting and approvals

About you!

We are looking for someone who has at least 10 years' experience as a Management Accountant and the following skills

• a tertiary accounting qualification
• CPA or CA qualification or equivalent 
• experience with budgeting and forecasting for a mid-size business containing multiple business units / practice teams
• knowledge of Australian accounting principles and relevant standards
• ability to analyse complex reports
• ability to design / redesign complex reports
• ability to work in Microsoft Excel at a high level 
• organised and structured in daily duties
• excellent attention to detail
• excellent written and verbal communication skills
• advanced computer software skills 
• an early adapter of technologies
• team player who is capable or working on projects alone or as a part of a team

What we offer

Clifford Gouldson is a law firm with a modern approach and a commitment to achieving the growth we need to provide opportunities for our team.

If you're the right candidate you can expect to enjoy:

• a friendly welcoming team
• a firm built on mutual respect not hierarchy 
• a modern, progressive firm that is growing opportunities for its team members
• support to develop your personal skills and personal brand
• a competitive salary
• flexibility in a supportive and accommodating work environment

We look forward to working with the successful candidate to make the most of what they can offer the firm and what we can offer them in career, personal development, work/life balance and a satisfying work experience.

Applications close 31 March 2024 but don't delay in contacting us or sending your application as the right candidate may be offered the position immediately. Applications should be submitted via email ONLY and should include a covering letter. Your application should contain a 200 word expression of how your experience would be most valuable to a law firm having regard to your past experience.  Please forward to ******@cglaw.com.au.