Accounts Assistant

Hello Recruitment Associates Ltd; Luton; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

Hello Recruitment Associates Ltd in Luton is seeking an Accounts Assistant to support the day-to-day running of the accounts function, ensuring compliance with SRA Accounts Rules. You will process daily financial transactions, support fee earners, and post and reconcile client and office accounts.

Responsibilities include handling online payments, expenses, and general admin within a solicitors firm. The role offers a generous salary in the £25,000–£27,000 range depending on experience and is a

Qualifications

• SRA Accounts Rules compliance experience.
• Processing daily financial transactions and payments.
• Client and Office accounts postings and reconciliations.

Responsibilities

• Assist with day-to-day running of the accounts function with SRA compliance.
• Process daily financial transactions, including payments and cheque handling.
• Support fee earners and departments with queries related to payments, receipts and client ledger postings.
• Post and reconcile entries for Client and Office accounts, including bank statements and Land Registry transactions.
• Administer online payment systems, including Lloydslink card payments.
• Process staff expenses and manage petty cash.
• Support banking activities and account/ledger reconciliations.
• Handle departmental post, scanning and general document administration.
• Provide cover for colleagues and answer/redirect calls across offices.
• Undertake additional finance and administrative duties for the wider accounts team.

Tools

Lloydslink

Job description

Accounts Assistant - Solicitors - Luton - £25000 to £27000 depending on experience

Hello Recruitment is delighted to be recruiting an Accounts Assistant for a well established firm of Solicitors based in Luton.

As an Accounts Assistant you may be asked to support with any of the following:

• Assisting with the day to day running of the accounts function, ensuring compliance with Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) Accounts Rules.
• Processing daily financial transactions, including incoming and outgoing payments and cheque handling.
• Supporting fee earners and departments with queries relating to payments, receipts, and client ledger postings.
• Posting and reconciling entries for both Client and Office accounts, including bank statements and Land Registry transactions.
• Administering online payment systems, including card payments via Lloydslink.
• Processing staff expense claims and managing petty cash.
• Supporting banking activities and assisting with account and ledger reconciliations.
• Handling departmental post, scanning, and general document administration.
• Providing cover for colleagues within the team as required.
• Answering and directing incoming calls across both offices.
• Undertaking additional finance and administrative duties in support of the wider accounts team.

This is a great opportunity to establish yourself with one of Luton's leading law firms with a generous salary of between £25000 and £27000 on offer for the successful candidate.