Legal Accounts Assistant

LR Legal Recruitment; Leeds; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

33 days holiday

Life assurance

Employee Assistance Programme

Travel card loan

Funded social events

Long-service leave

Job summary

LR Legal Recruitment is seeking a Legal Accounts Assistant in Leeds. The role involves supporting the day-to-day running of the firm’s accounts function under the supervision of the Accounts Manager, with a focus on payments processing, reconciliations, and compliance.

The position is office-based in Leeds, full-time, permanent, with a six-month probation. After probation, hybrid working may be considered. Benefits include holiday, life assurance, EAP, and more.

Qualifications

• Experience in legal cashiering preferred.
• Knowledge of SRA Accounts Rules essential.
• Candidates with as little as 12 months of relevant experience will be considered.

Responsibilities

• processing payments
• TT and BACS transfers
• credit control
• resolving accounts queries
• nominal ledger postings
• month-end support
• ensuring compliance with SRA Accounts Rules and AML requirements

Skills

Legal cashiering experience

SRA Accounts Rules knowledge

AML compliance

Payments processing

Credit control

Job description

Legal Accounts Assistant

£30k

Leeds (LS1) | Permanent, office-based

We’re currently recruiting for a Legal Accounts Assistant to join a well-established law firm in Leeds.

This is a great opportunity to develop your legal accounts career, working closely with the Accounts Manager and supporting the day-to-day running of the firm's account’s function.

Responsibilities

• processing payments
• TT and BACS transfers
• credit control
• resolving accounts queries
• nominal ledger postings
• month-end support
• ensuring compliance with SRA Accounts Rules and AML requirements

The firm is looking for someone with previous legal cashiering experience, ideally with knowledge of SRA Accounts Rules. Candidates with as little as 12 months' relevant experience will be considered.

The role is full-time and permanent, initially fully office-based, with hybrid working potentially considered after a successful six-month probation period.

Benefits include

• 33 days' holiday
• life assurance
• an Employee Assistance Programme
• travel card loan
• funded social events
• additional annual leave with long service