Senior Accountant Statutory & Tax

Job Description

The Finance function comprises Accounts Payable, Management Reporting, and Tax activities.

We are looking for a Senior Accountant Statutory & Tax professional to join our Finance team.

The successful candidate will have solid experience in general accounting and Italian tax matters, and will be able to manage independently the main accounting activities, periodic and annual tax deadlines, and the related reconciliation and control activities.

Key responsibilities

The role will include, in particular, the following activities:

General accounting and payments

• managing journal entries, including receipts and payments;
• recording Italian and foreign purchase invoices;
• managing general ledger entries;
• preparing payment files for professional fee invoices, including the relevant accounting checks before payments are executed;
• managing accounting activities relating to periodic and annual closings.

Reconciliations and reporting

• preparing bank reconciliations;
• periodically reconciling balance sheet and profit and loss accounts and analysing any differences;
• checking that the accounts are correctly balanced;
• reconciling statutory accounts and management reporting, including analysing and verifying differences and preparing any reconciliation entries;
• supporting month-end and year-end closing activities.

VAT and periodic compliance

• preparing and managing periodic VAT settlements;
• managing withholding taxes and the related payments;
• independently preparing and paying F24 forms;
• preparing LIPE filings;
• preparing and managing Intrastat compliance;
• managing and updating mandatory accounting books and registers.

Tax filings and compliance

• preparing the annual VAT return;
• preparing Certificazione Unica forms relating to professionals;
• managing compliance requirements and payments relating to CPA/professionals’ social security contributions;
• preparing the Modello 770;
• preparing IRES and IRAP returns;
• calculating taxes, including current and deferred taxes, and preparing the related accounting entries;
• preparing the relevant tax payments and managing deadlines.

Qualifications

A Master’s degree in Economics is required.

Qualification as a chartered accountant is considered an advantage

Additional Information

Experience

Previous experience in the following areas would be preferable:

• Finance & Accounting functions within structured organisations;
• professional firms;
• accounting and tax consultancy firms;
• environments characterised by numerous tax deadlines and periodic reporting activities.

Experience in law firms, professional services firms or other similar environments would be an advantage, given the specific nature of the accounting and tax management of professionals.

Personal skills

We are looking for someone who is:

• autonomous and hands-on;
• accurate and methodical;
• used to working to deadlines;
• able to identify accounting anomalies and differences independently;
• quality-focused and attentive to data accuracy;
• collaborative and able to work effectively within a Finance team.

Experience

Previous experience in the following areas would be preferable:

• Finance & Accounting functions within structured organisations;
• professional firms;
• accounting and tax consultancy firms;
• environments characterised by numerous tax deadlines and periodic reporting activities.

Experience in law firms, professional services firms or other similar environments would be an advantage, given the specific nature of the accounting and tax management of professionals.

Personal skills

We are looking for someone who is:

• autonomous and hands-on;
• accurate and methodical;
• used to working to deadlines;
• able to identify accounting anomalies and differences independently;
• quality-focused and attentive to data accuracy;
• collaborative and able to work effectively within a Finance team

Clifford Chance offers a competitive compensation and benefits package. Under the applicable Collective Labour Agreement (CLA), the mandatory minimum salary for this role is EUR 38,000 per annum. Actual salary may be higher and will be determined based on the successful candidate’s qualifications and relevant experience.