Accounts Clerk

Dentons; Sydney; On-site; AUD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equitable salary packaging

Salary sacrificing and novated leases

5 days Bonus Leave per year

Flexible working options

Health and wellbeing programs

Job summary

Dentons is seeking a proactive Trust Accounts Clerk to join our national Trust Accounting team, focusing on Melbourne trust accounts. This role offers autonomy while supporting the business and liaising with internal stakeholders and external partners to ensure smooth trust processes.

You will handle daily reconciliation, trust receipts and settlements, and participate in audits while working with a collaborative Finance team across Australian offices.

Qualifications

• 2–5 years’ experience as a Trust Clerk or similar in professional services.
• Knowledge of trust account processing requirements for law firms.
• Familiarity with Elite 3e practice management system.
• Competent Excel and Word skills.
• Experience in in-house finance teams at a transactional level.
• Strong verbal and written communication and numeracy.
• Ability to work independently and prioritise tasks.

Responsibilities

• Daily reconciliation of Trust bank accounts and client settlement funds.
• Daily processing of Trust receipts, statements, payments and PEXA settlements.
• Process Trust journals and Trust to Office payments as required.
• Prepare monthly bank reconciliations and end-of-month reports.
• Ensure Trust record keeping complies with jurisdiction regulations.
• Attend to trust queries from internal staff and external banks/clients.
• Assist external auditors during the annual audit of Trust operations.
• Process Landgate and SAILIS payments as required.
• Provide back-up support for Sydney Accounts Clerk (Trust receipts, PEXA, payments).

Skills

Verbal communication

Written communication

Numeracy

Independent work

Excel

Word

Tools

Elite 3e

Job description

Dentons is the world’s largest law firm. We’re 20,000+ people globally across 80+ countries including USA; Europe; India and Asia. We are a global polycentric firm which is expanding rapidly in an increasingly globalised legal industry.

Dentons now consistently ranks as one of the five best regarded legal brands in the world according to the Acritas Global Elite Law Firm Brand Index.

About the Role

We are seeking a proactive Trust Accounts Clerk to join our national Trust Accounting team, with a focus on managing the daily trust operations for our Melbourne Trust accounts.

This is a rewarding and autonomous role where you’ll provide day-to-day support to the business, working closely with a collaborative Finance team and liaising with internal stakeholders and external partners to ensure trust processes run smoothly.

Dentons has no single headquarters. Our strength comes from a shared purpose, allowing you the opportunity to partner with collaborative colleagues across all of our Australian offices. We welcome applications from candidates based in Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth.

Key Responsibilities

• Daily reconciliation of the firm’s Trust bank accounts andclient settlement funds received
• Daily processing of Trust receipts, Trust statements, payments and PEXA settlements
• Process Trust journals and Trust to Office payments as required
• Preparation of monthly bank reconciliations and end-of-month reports
• Ensure Trust record keeping complies with all relevant jurisdiction regulations
• Attend to trust queries from internal staff and external network of banks and clients
• Assist the annual audit with external auditors in relation to Trust operations
• Process Landgate and SAILIS payments as required
• Provide back-up support for the Sydney Accounts Clerk (Trust receipts, PEXA and payments)

About You

• 2–5 years’ experience as a Trust Clerk in a professional services environment
• Knowledge of trust account processing requirements as applied to law firms
• Familiarity with a legal practice management system such as Elite 3e
• Competent Excel and Word skills
• Knowledge and experience working within in-house finance teams at a transactional level
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with strong numeracy skills
• Ability to work independently and prioritise tasks

Why Dentons

Dentons Australia offers a wide range of incentives aimed at embracing your authenticity, providing purpose, and strengthening your ongoing development.

We offer:

• Equitable salary packaging, incentive pay and rewards
• Salary continuous insurance (for permanent employees or employees on a 6 month or more maximum term contract basis)
• Salary sacrificing and novated leases
• 5 days Bonus Leave per year after 12 months of service
• Additional leave options
• Equal family leave for all genders (including kinship groups)
• Floating public holidays for days of cultural significance
• Offices designed for collaboration on Gadigal, Naarm, Yuggera, Kaurna and Whadjuk land
• Generous health and wellbeing programs
• Agile and flexible working for all
• Social and diversity networks providing year-round events
• Opportunities to undertake pro-bono legal work

Diversity, Equality & Inclusion

Embedded in our people is a passion to help others through the delivery of justice. It is through this that our commitment to inclusion, equity, and reconciliation has evolved. We are proud to say that by design, we have no single headquarters or dominant national culture, this means the unique perspectives, experiences, and identities of our people come together globally under one purpose to create an inclusive and accessible environment where anyone can thrive.