Fox Williams LLP
Partnership Accountant
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About Fox Williams
Fox Williams offers a unique opportunity to advance your career in a personable, progressive, and entrepreneurial environment. Our people and culture are important to us and central to everything we do. We continually strive to create and maintain a friendly and supportive environment for our staff. You will quickly get to know everyone from the Senior Partner to the most junior staff. Whilst we are recognized for our strong culture and investing in our people, we are equally well known for our high-profile matters, quality of our work, and solving our clients’ most complex legal issues.
Fox Williams is committed to creating a more diverse workforce which better reflects the demographics of society and the broad range of clients for whom we work. We collaborate with our recruitment agents to seek a broad talent pool for all our roles. We are passionate about working in an inclusive environment and successful candidates will be required to uphold this.
Partnership Drawings & Remuneration
- Administer partner drawings throughout the year
- Manage annual and interim drawing adjustment
- Process top-up payments and profit distributions
- Maintain pension and tax information used in calculations
RemCom & Partnership Board Support
- Provide remuneration modelling and analysis
- Support partner scoring and remuneration reviews
- Prepare decision-support information and reports
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Partnership Taxation
- Liaise with external tax advisers
- Manage partner tax return and payment processes
- Forecast future payments on account and tax liabilities
Capital & Current Account Management
- Administer partner capital and loan arrangements
- Monitor capital adequacy requirements
- Produce annual current account reporting and resolve queries
Accounting Records & Controls
- Maintain accurate partner accounting records
- Work with Cashiering to ensure accurate payment processing
- Ensure transactions are reconciled and appropriately recorded
Partner Advisory Services
- Act as the primary contact for partner financial enquiries
- Support mortgage, loan, and financial reference requests
- Provide guidance on taxation, capital, drawings, and partnership processes
Key Relationships
- Partners
- Finance Director
- Financial Controller
- Remuneration Committee (RemCom)
- Partnership Board
- Tax Advisers
- HMRC
Qualifications & Experience
- ACA, ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent professional qualification.
- Experience in partnership accounting, professional services, or legal finance.
- Strong understanding of UK partnership and personal taxation.
- Previous experience in the legal sector or professional services firm is advantageous.
- Advanced Excel and financial modelling skills.
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Communication Skills
- Strong communication skills, particularly when explaining finance terms with non-finance staff.
- An ability to express oneself both orally and in writing in a clear and constructive way.
- A willingness to ask questions, listen to others’ views, and accept advice.
- A willingness to contribute ideas and seek improvements.
Self-Management
- Self-motivation and an ability to organize own work with supervision.
- Ability to work well under pressure and cope effectively in demanding circumstances.
- Good time management, adopting a flexible approach to work and a willingness to work overtime when the needs of clients or the firm so dictate.
- Persistence and commitment to completing tasks and objectives.
- Paying attention to detail and quality of work.
- A commitment to improving working practices and supporting the firm’s plans and policies.
Working with People
- An ability to build and maintain working relationships with others and is seen as ‘approachable’.
- An ability to work effectively as a part of a team.
- Sound judgement and good decision making when dealing with problems, including looking for solutions to new problems.
- Knowing when to seek guidance or further input from others before taking action.
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