Junior Accountant

Career Legal; City Of London; In loco; GBP 26.000 - 34.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Career Legal, a leading corporate law firm in London, is hiring a Junior Accountant to join the finance team reporting to the Financial Controller. The role focuses on day-to-day accounting tasks to support timely financial reporting.

Candidates with professional services exposure and a drive to pursue an accounting qualification are preferred. You will handle payments, GL journals, fixed assets, and month-end processes while maintaining accuracy and strong Excel skills.

Competenze

• Numeracy and strong financial understanding.
• Attention to detail and accuracy.
• Highly organized with ability to prioritise multiple tasks.
• Proficient in Excel.

Mansioni

• Process and post payments and internal bank transfers.
• Post general ledger journals.
• Maintain the fixed asset register.
• Assist in the preparation of financial information and reports.
• Prepare ledger analysis for PAYE settlement and tax computation.
• Prepare the annual other interest return.
• Support various legal survey reporting.
• Support month-end close.
• Support projects within the finance function.

Conoscenze

Numeracy

Attention to detail

Organization

Prioritisation

Professional services experience

Formazione

Working towards accounting qualification

Strumenti

Excel

Descrizione del lavoro

This corporate law firm is one of the best firms in London. They attract clients that includes some of the worlds most successful businesses and well-known high net worth individuals. They currently have around 400 fee earning staff.

They are now looking to hire Junior Accountant. The accounting team sits within the finance department and consists of two accountants. This will be a new role within the accounting team and will report directly to the Financial Controller.

Responsibilities

• Process and post payments and internal bank transfers.
• Post general ledger journals.
• Maintain the fixed asset register.
• Assist in the preparation of financial management information and reports.
• Prepare ledger analysis schedules to support PAYE settlement agreement filing and tax computation.
• Prepare the annual other interest return.
• Support various legal survey reporting.
• Support the month end system close.
• Support projects within the broader finance function.

Candidate Profile

• Relevant professional services experience preferred.
• Will be interested in furthering their education and working towards an accounting qualification.
• High level of numeracy is required together with a good understanding of financial workings.
• Have meticulous attention to detail and work with accuracy.
• Highly organised and be able to prioritise multiple tasks.
• Proficient in Excel.

Important Notice

It is Career Legal's policy, as a matter of courtesy, to respond to all applications within three working days. However, because of the volume of applications, we are sometimes unable to respond to individual candidates. If we have not contacted, you within three working days your application has been unsuccessful, and your details have not been retained.

Career Legal is a Recruitment Agency and is advertising this vacancy on behalf of one of its clients.