Senior Accountant Statutory & Tax

We are seeking a Senior Accountant Statutory & Tax to join our Finance team at Clifford Chance in Milan.

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:

• General accounting and payments: managing journal entries, recording Italian and foreign purchase invoices, managing general ledger entries, preparing payment files for professional fee invoices
• Reconciliations and reporting: preparing bank reconciliations, periodically reconciling balance sheet and profit and loss accounts, checking that the accounts are correctly balanced
• VAT and periodic compliance: preparing and managing periodic VAT settlements, managing withholding taxes and the related payments
• 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

Qualifications:

• A Master's degree in Economics is required
• Qualification as a chartered accountant is considered an advantage

Personal skills:

• 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.