Requirements: English
Company: TN Italy
Region: Milan , Lombardy
Social network you want to login/join with:Finance Manager - BSS-Finance - EMEA, Milancol-narrow-leftClient:White & CaseLocation:Job Category:Finance-EU work permit required:Yescol-narrow-rightJob Reference:55540bc63c64Job Views:4Posted:01.05.2025Expiry Date:15.06.2025col-wideJob Description:Finance Manager - BSS-Finance - EMEAFirm SummaryWhite & Case is an elite global law firm serving leading companies, financial institutions and governments worldwide. Our long history as an international firm means we are perfectly placed to help our clients resolve their most complex legal challenges wherever they may be.With lawyers and staff operating from more than 47 locations, working in virtually every country of the world, we have invested heavily in building a high-quality full-service practice competing at the top of the market. We are distinguished by our on-the-ground presence in the worlds key financial markets and our strengths in handling complex cross-border work.Its not just about our global network of offices and shared services centers; its the global interconnectedness of the Firm that our people, and our clients, value most. We work well together across geographic and practice boundaries. Its one of the reasons we attract and retain cross-border work. And why we attract a diverse group of people.Our lawyers are globally minded, enterprising, collaborative and committed to excellence. Diversity is a core value of our Firm and it has been recognized with numerous awards and top rankings around the world. Our people represent 90 nationalities and speak 80 languages.Position SummaryThis is a key role responsible for the Inventory Management and Finance Operations for the Milan office. The Finance Manager has oversight and responsibility for the finance function and initiatives in Milan including:Financial and Statutory AccountingInventory ManagementAnalysis and ReportingBudgetingActively promotes the finance coordination and integration between Finance and other Business Services functions and implements and maintains best working practices across the officeResponsibility for operation and continuous improvement of the financial control environment of the Milan office.Ensure that partners are supported in all financial mattersExpected to deliver a strong sense of client service to the functionOur Functional AreaThe Global Finance team is led by the Firms CFO, Steve Wrede, and is made up of approximately 280 team members around the world. Committed to our 2020 strategy for profitable growth, our core functions include billing and collecting Firm invoices, statutory accounting for the Firm and for individual offices, creating and distributing management reports, processing payments to vendors or reimbursements to employees and managing payroll for our people. Together, we work seamlessly across our network of offices and countries where we operate. Ours is a multicultural, diverse and supportive team, where everyones contribution is welcome and where we share a mutual ambition to achieve our goals and take the Firm from strength to strength. Our teams remit includes partner compensation and the maintenance of partner equity accounts; strategic procurement of vendor services; global tax strategies; inventory management, and finally analysis of the profitability of clients, matters and groups of timekeeper. We work with partners and with other business services groups to establish hourly billing rates as well as client-specific fee arrangements. Our Treasury team is responsible for global cash management, foreign currencies and hedging. In consultation with Firm leaders, we set annual global revenue and expense budgets across Regional Sections and offices, including legal and business service departments. The team continuously reviews expenditures throughout the year to ensure that the Firms resources are being used efficiently.Duties and AccountabilitiesManaging the AP & Expenses, Treasury, Payroll and Financial Accounting functions; Review and reconciliation of all balance sheet and P&L accounts on a monthly basis (cash vs accrual); Working closely with the Head of Accounting EMEA to ensure local statutory requirements are met.Preparation of statutory accounts for all locally registered statutory entities; Managing the auditors including, planning meetings, supervising onsite work, sign-off reviews, through to statutory submission.Preparing tax returns for filings with local tax authorities (corporation, VAT, payroll); Assist with detailed review of Milan expenditure against budget; Responsible for local treasury management including payment runs; Managing the payroll of the business and payment of salaries; Responsible for monthly billing and cash collections of the Milan office; Enhance current billing and collection forecasts, to value the pipeline of future billings and collections for the office; Regular review of inventory with the EMEA Revenue team and assisting with collections to ensure