Legal Accounts Assistant

Job Description

Our client is a reputable and extremely well-established law firm based in Wallingford who are expanding their team with the addition of a Legal Accounts Assistant. This is an excellent opportunity to join a business who truly value their team and reward them for their hard work. The ideal candidate will have prior experience working within the legal sector and will possess excellent communications skills both internally with colleagues and professionally. In return for you hard work, you will work with a close-knit team who support each other and champion a fantastic company culture.

Legal Accounts Assistant Main responsibilities:

• High attention to detail
• Book-keeping or AAT Intermediate qualifications (Part Qualified AAT or similar)
• Knowledge of Credit Control and ability to communicate concisely with clients
• Knowledge of Purchase Ledger, statement reconciliations and payment routines
• Excellent IT skills
• Knowledge of the Solicitors’ Accounts Rules
• Problem-solver with can-do attitude
• A team player with desire to help colleagues
• Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines
• Excellent communication skills
• A high standard of listening
• Able to ask great questions
• Proactive
• Able to deal with challenging situations in an appropriate manner
• Able to handle and adapt well to different behaviours

Key Skills & Experience:

• Daily banking functions including client and office account bank reconciliations
• Management of unclaimed client funds and operation of suspense accounts
• Administration and reconciliation of petty cash
• Management of client and office accounting transactions
• Management of banking (inc. transfers, cheques and payroll)
• Payment of pension scheme contributions
• Assisting teams with queries and housekeeping of matters
• Calculating interest of client account funds
• Processing write offs and credit notes
• Credit control
• Assisting with month-end reporting
• Preparatory work for the annual accounts and SAR audit
• Preparatory work of the firm’s annual budget
• Ensuring compliance of SRA’s and Solicitors Accounts Rules
• Updating SAR Breach register on the firm’s PMS

Additional Information:

If you would like to apply for this opportunity, please submit an up-to-date CV including details about your current or most recent salary and your availability/notice period. You can also call Taryn Dunbar on 01295 983576 for a discreet and confidential discussion about the role.