Company Description
Clifford Chance is one of the world's leading law firms. The Firm's vision is to be the leader of the elite global law firms and aims to achieve this through its focus on client service excellence.
The firm has unrivalled scale and depth of legal resources across the key markets of the Americas, Asia Pacific, the Middle East and Europe. The core areas of commercial activity are: capital markets; corporate and M&A; finance; real estate; tax; pensions and employment; litigation and dispute resolution.
Job Description
The Finance team has the vision to be one global team connected within a robust control environment, collaborating to deliver value for clients and colleagues across the Firm.
The role of the Tax and Treasury Manager, Warsaw is focused on all tax matters, statutory reporting and compliance in the area of tax and client money in the local office, cash flow management and optimization, next to various Regional and World Firm activities and projects.
The role of the Tax and Treasury Manager, Warsaw is primarily focused on:
Tax Related Responsibilities:
- Preparing monthly/ annual/ current tax declarations (VAT, WHT) in line with Polish tax regulations and laws
- Month/ Year end closing in the corporate and statutory books – tax aspects
- Liaise with external auditors and tax authorities, ensuring timely and accurate reporting and resolution of any VAT and WHT tax-related queries
- Monitor changes in Polish tax laws and regulations, assessing their impact on the company and advising on necessary adjustments
- Projects (global/local)
Treasury Related Responsibilities:
- Supporting online and offline amendments to all Bank Mandates
- Ensuring timely renewal of all Bank Mandates
- Developing and maintain strong banking relationships to ensure delivery of appropriate and cost-effective banking
- Managing corporate credit cards arrangements
- Reviewing and reporting Client Money as per Firm's policy
- Preparing Inter-office payments
- Posting of current bank transactions on daily basis
- Preparing annual budgeted cash flow and monthly cash flow forecasts
- Monitoring FX rates for currency and cash flow management
- Managing and maintaining required bank documentation, signing authorities and related controls
- Managing accounting and auditing inquiries relating to cash and treasury operations
- Supervising daily cash position and ensuring all planned transactions are executed
- Ensuring compliance of monthly checklist for closure of books of accounts
- Projects (global/local)
Other Responsibilities:
- Partners' renumerations reconciliations
- Statutory reporting to National Bank of Poland
- Other tasks assigned by the management
Qualifications
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Tax or Accounting with 5-7 years of experience in equivalent role
- Extensive knowledge of tax code, compliance and procedures for partnerships and corporations
- Familiarity with researching tax guidance
- Strong knowledge in local regional cash related regulations and FX policies
- Strong ability to utilize project management and accounting best practices to organize and prioritize tasks
- Strong skills and experience with Outlook, Excel and Word
Additional Information
Equal Opportunities
At Clifford Chance, we understand that our true asset is our people. Inclusion is good for our team and their families, our firm and society.
We are committed to treating all employees and applicants fairly and equally regardless of their gender, gender identity and expression, marital or civil partnership status, race, colour, national or ethnic origin, social or economic background, disability, religious belief, sexual orientation, or age. This applies to recruitment and selection, terms and conditions of employment including pay, promotion, training, transfer and every other aspect of employment.
We have a variety of flourishing employee networks. These networks are a place for colleagues to share experiences and advocate for change wherever they see an opportunity for improvement.
Our goal is to deliver an equality of opportunity, an equality of aspiration and an equality of experience to everyone who works in our firm.
Find out more about our inclusive culture here.
