Finance Manager (member MT)

The organisation

DLA Piper is a global law firm with lawyers located in more than 40 countries throughout the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific. Our global reach ensures that we can help businesses with their legal needs anywhere in the world. We strive to be the leading global business law firm by delivering quality, service excellence and value to our clients and offering practical and innovative legal solutions to help them succeed. Our clients range from multinational, Global 1000, and Fortune 500 enterprises to emerging companies developing industry-leading technologies, as well as government and public sector bodies.

DLA Piper Netherlands is a dynamic and growing team. We enjoy the benefits of a global law firm, with the advantages of a human-sized office in Amsterdam. Our team has a wealth of expertise in a broad range of practice groups.

The position

Are you looking for an role where you will be Head of Finance Netherlands? You will manage a team of 7 FTE and will take place in the MT. This means a broad role wihtin a growing organisation. Interested? Read on.

As a Finance Manager at DLA Piper in the Netherlands, you will work in a dynamic and ambitious organisation that is constantly evolving internationally and developing its people. You will interact with internal stakeholders such as Partners, lawyers, HR, Marketing & Business Development and other business services as well as with central Finance departments based in the UK. You will be a member of the Management Team, that consists of the Country Managing Partner, the HR Lead, the Marketing & Business Development Manager and a Business Manager. In this role you will be expected to think about the organisation more broadly than just from a financial perspective.

You will be responsible for managing the planning & control cycle, ensuring that the right financial controls are in place and safeguarding compliance with local and international policies and regulations. You will play an active role in monitoring and analyzing the performance of the office on all levels - office, practice groups, individual practices, clients and matters. In the local Management Team, you will represent Finance, but moreover show the ability to look beyond the numbers, challenge the status quo and contribute to balanced decision making aimed at bringing the office forward.

Tasks and responsibilities

• Team management
  • Managing the Finance team, including recruitment, mentoring and people development.
• Commercial / Operational:
  • Providing financial support, which will include leading the annual budget process and quarterly forecasts, interpreting centrally provided financial data on KPIs and working capital and analysing financial performance;
  • Developing and driving a strong cultural focus on financial hygiene amongst partners and fee earners, playing a proactive role in managing working capital;
  • Maintaining and where needed optimizing of Finance processes to ensure proper financial accounting and partner accounting;
  • Controls: Ensuring an adequate system of internal control is in place and safeguarding compliance with local and Group accounting policies.
  • Regulatory: Ensuring timely and accurate filing of local tax, regulatory and statutory reports, including annual accounts, corporate income tax declarations, VAT declarations and wage tax.
  • Projects: Involvement in various local and international projects, with the implementation of a new global ERP system as the main project to focus on.
• External / Internal interfaces:
  • Maintaining relationship with the local bank for day to day transactions, providing cashflow forecasts and working with the central treasury team;
  • Managing the payroll in close cooperation with the HR department and the external payroll provider;
  • Being the point of contact for the central Finance teams and the Global Services Centre of DLA Piper;
  • Being on-hand as the 'go to' person for all financial topics for the Netherlands office;
  • Managing the relationship with local auditors and other authorities;
  • Liaising with local tax advisors and the central tax team regarding topics such as transfer pricing.

Candidate profile

• Solid understanding of contemporary Finance practices ideally in a professional Services environment;
• Significant experience in the finance function of an international organisation;
• Strong knowledge of local accounting rules and local statutory reporting requirements and preferably IFRS;
• Possess the relevant experience and qualification in the Finance field including an appropriate professional accounting qualification;
• Eager to develop finance knowledge and progress within the organization;

Your competencies and unique talents

• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, and be fluent in Dutch and English;
• Self-starter, being able to work on own initiative as well as being part of a team, with a strong client service focus;
• Comfortable operating in sometimes ambiguous situations, demonstrating a flexible and collaborative personal working style;
• Highly developed interpersonal skills and leadership experience to work with colleagues throughout the International firm;

Interested?

Do you match these criteria and are you open to build and invest in a long term relationship? Apply now by using the form below.