Legal Bookkeeper

Private Advertiser; Sydney; On-site; AUD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Private Advertiser in Sydney, NSW seeks an experienced Legal Bookkeeper. The role offers flexible hours as part-time, full-time or casual, with growth potential as your skills and availability expand.

You will work with major Australian practice platforms to keep trust accounts accurate and compliant. Responsibilities include reconciling trust accounts, resolving discrepancies, handling payroll and BAS, and coordinating with clients on accounting matters.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years' bookkeeping experience.
• Experience reconciling Statutory Trust Accounts in Australian practice management systems.
• Ability to identify and resolve trust account discrepancies.
• Experience troubleshooting software integration between legal PM software and accounting systems.
• Experience processing payroll and superannuation with compliance.

Responsibilities

• Reconcile Statutory Trust Accounts using legal practice management software.
• Investigate and resolve trust account discrepancies.
• Investigate software integration issues between practice management platforms and accounting systems and resolve data sync errors.
• Reconcile office bank accounts and credit cards.
• Manage payroll and superannuation.
• Prepare BAS.
• Handle ad hoc accounting duties as they arise.

Skills

Trust accounting

Software troubleshooting

Payroll processing

Client communication

Tools

MYOB

Xero

Job description

We provide specialist bookkeeping services to the legal sector, working across the major Law Society-approved practice management platforms - LEAP, Smokeball, Actionstep and Clio.

We're looking for an experienced Legal Bookkeeper to join us. Hours are flexible: the role can be structured as part-time, full-time or casual, with scope to grow as your skills and availability allow.

What you'll do

• Reconcile Statutory Trust Accounts using legal practice management software
• Investigate and resolve trust account discrepancies, tracing entries to their source and correcting them in line with trust accounting requirements
• Investigate software integration issues between practice management platforms and accounting systems (e.g. data sync errors, mismatched or missing transactions), and work to resolve them
• Reconcile office bank accounts and credit cards
• Manage payroll and superannuation
• Prepare Business Activity Statements (BAS)
• Handle ad hoc accounting duties as they arise

What you'll bring

• A minimum of 3 years' bookkeeping experience
• Hands-on experience reconciling Statutory Trust Accounts in one or more Australian legal practice management systems
• Demonstrated ability to identify and resolve trust account discrepancies
• Experience troubleshooting software integration issues between legal practice management software and accounting systems
• Solid experience processing payroll and superannuation, including compliance with relevant obligations
• Solid working knowledge of both MYOB and Xero (essential)
• A high level of accuracy and attention to detail
• Clear, friendly communication and the ability to engage with clients professionally

You will work in a supportive environment with genuine opportunity to develop your skills and take on more responsibility over time.