Accounts Assistant – Walsall Office

Enoch Evans Solicitors; Walsall; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A law firm in Walsall is seeking an experienced Accounts Assistant to support its Finance Team. The position requires at least 2-3 years of experience in a legal setting and knowledge of Solicitors Accounts Rules. Responsibilities include managing client receipts, checking payments, preparing banking tasks, and handling invoices. The role offers a collaborative work environment with benefits such as a day off for your birthday.

Benefits

Birthday Day off

Qualifications

• 2-3 years of experience in an Accounts Assistant role within a Law Firm.
• Good working knowledge of Solicitors Accounts Rules.

Responsibilities

• Issue receipts to clients and manage receipts from various sources.
• Check HSBCnet for incoming payments and allocate them.
• Prepare daily banking tasks and make deposits.
• Post receipts and payments to ledgers.
• Generate weekly new matter reports for department heads.
• Process Priority and BACS payments.
• Handle cheque requests and maintain client ledgers.
• Verify completion statements and client invoices.
• Cover duties of absent team members as required.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Excellent organisational skills

Proficiency in Excel

Ability to work under pressure

Job description

We are looking to recruit an experienced Accounts Assistant to join our Finance Team based at our Head Office in Walsall. This is a full time, office based role with the working hours being Monday to Friday 9:00am to 5:00pm.

You will need to have at least 2-3 years of experience undertaking this role within a Law Firm and have good working knowledge of Solicitors Accounts Rules.

Responsibilities

• Taking receipts from clients either on-site or over the telephone and issuing receipts.
• Checking HSBCnet for payments received and allocating to the client ledgers.
• Preparing the daily banking and then taking it to the bank to pay in.
• Posting items to ledgers – receipts and payments.
• Completing weekly new matter reports to the Head of Departments with details of new matters opened for the previous week.
• Preparing Priority and BACS payments on HSBCnet.
• Processing cheque requests through our Case Management System.
• Preparing breakdowns of time and client ledgers in a format that can be sent out to the Clients.
• Checking completion statements, checking and processing clients’ invoices and checking then processing purchase ledger invoices and preparing the payment run.
• General covering of other team members’ duties in the event of absence.
• Any other tasks specified by the Finance Manager or Practice Director.

Attributes

• Excellent communication and organisational skills
• Excellent IT skills with proficiency in Excel
• Able to clearly explain financial matters
• Attention to detail
• Ability to work as part of a small team
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines

We can offer a supportive and collaborative working environment and benefits including your Birthday Day off.