Junior Accounts Assistant

Career Legal; City Of London; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Career Legal, a leading corporate law firm in London, is seeking an Accounts Assistant to support the financial controller and finance team. The role covers supplier invoices, payment runs, reconciliations and reporting to keep the finance function running smoothly.

The successful candidate will have 3–5 years’ accounts experience in a professional services environment, with good keyboard skills and proficiency in Word, Excel and Outlook, and the ability to work accurately under pressure within

Qualifications

• The right candidate will have three to five years previous experience of working in accounts in a professional services environment
• Experience of legal systems is desirable. Good keyboard skills and competence in Word, Excel and Outlook are required.
• They must be able to demonstrate high levels of drive, determination, and focus.
• They must possess the ability to follow instruction and be able to work and communicate with suppliers and colleagues at all levels.
• It is essential that the candidate have an eye for detail and the ability to act positively, creatively, and intuitively when presented with challenges.
• The job holder is expected to work within the established SRA rules and departmental procedures.
• There is a high volume of work to process, and the job holder will be expected to prioritise and use their initiative and commercial sense to ensure that queries are resolved efficiently and effectively.

Responsibilities

• Reviewing and processing supplier invoices (considering budget & VAT)
• Compiling weekly payment runs
• Resolving internal and external queries regarding payments
• Upload and reconciliation of cost uploads
• Posting of disbursements
• Chasing for client matter numbers and approval
• Regularly communicating with accounts payable team
• Running and circulating of weekly and monthly reports
• Analysing expenditure for taxable benefits
• Weekly updates on work progress to the Office accounting & management accounting support manager in team meetings

Skills

Accounts experience

Attention to detail

Drive and focus

Supplier communication

Tools

Word

Excel

Outlook

Job description

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 Accounts Assistant. The successful candidate will provide support to the financial controller and finance team to ensure that the duties of the finance department are carried out in a timely and efficient manner.

Responsibilities

• Reviewing and processing supplier invoices (considering budget & VAT);
• Compiling weekly payment runs.
• Resolving internal and external queries regarding payments.
• Upload and reconciliation of cost uploads.
• Posting of disbursements.
• Chasing for client matter numbers and approval.
• Regularly communicating with accounts payable team.
• Running and circulating of weekly and monthly reports.
• Analysing expenditure for taxable benefits.
• Weekly updates on work progress to the Office accounting & management accounting support manager in team meetings.

Candidate Profile

• The right candidate will have three to five years previous experience of working in accounts in a professional services environment
• Experience of legal systems is desirable. Good keyboard skills and competence in Word, Excel and Outlook are required.
• They must be able to demonstrate high levels of drive, determination, and focus.
• They must possess the ability to follow instruction and be able to work and communicate with suppliers and colleagues at all levels.
• It is essential that the candidate have an eye for detail and the ability to act positively, creatively, and intuitively when presented with challenges.
• The job holder is expected to work within the established SRA rules and departmental procedures.
• There is a high volume of work to process, and the job holder will be expected to prioritise and use their initiative and commercial sense to ensure that queries are resolved efficiently and effectively.

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. Please apply for any other position that you may see in the future. Thank you.

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