Legal Accounts Assistant

Brachers Llp.; Maidstone; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading regional law firm in England is looking for a finance professional to join their Maidstone-based team. This role offers the chance to develop your career within a reputable legal practice. Ideal candidates should demonstrate strong numeracy skills, a collaborative spirit, and IT literacy. The firm values innovative thinking and provides full training, competitive benefits, and opportunities for hybrid work. Join a supportive culture within a firm recognized for its outstanding work environment.

Benefits

Competitive benefits package

Hybrid working opportunities

Social events

Qualifications

• Experience within a legal finance setting is advantageous.
• Interest in working with finance systems in a legal environment.
• Ability to work collaboratively within a team.

Responsibilities

• Communicate with colleagues in the wider firm.
• Undertake quality work within a legal finance role.
• Contribute to the success of the finance team.

Skills

Strong numeracy skills

Strong IT literacy

Ability to prioritize workload

Job description

What we're looking for

• Are you looking for the next step in your finance career, or even to kickstart your career within the legal finance sector?
• Are you interested in joining an experienced Finance team who embraces the latest technology, so you can gain exposure to a variety of finance systems?
• Do you want to join a leading regional law firm, who has the backing of a national group, dedicated to delivering comprehensive legal support and committed to ambitious growth?
• Do you like the sound of a highly competitive benefits package, hybrid working opportunities, social events and much more?

Role Overview

Clients are at the heart of everything we do, and we pride ourselves on our professional approach to handling their accounts. This role will give you the opportunity to undertake good quality work and develop your career within a highly reputable legal practice. Some experience within a legal finance setting will be an advantage, however full training will also be provided.

Team & Reporting

Our friendly Maidstone-based team is led by Phil Hayward and currently consists of 15 individuals; 8 on the Legal Accounts team, 4 on the Revenue team and 2 on the Accountant team. You will be reporting to the Legal Accounts Manager, but expected to work in a team, alongside similarly experienced colleagues, as well as the highly experienced and qualified members of the team.

Responsibilities & Skills

You must be able to demonstrate strong numeracy skills, with a natural aptitude for working with numbers. You will be regularly communicating with colleagues in the wider firm and so you must be willing to go above and beyond, to contribute and collaborate to ensure the success of the team. Strong IT literacy and the ability to prioritise your workload effectively are also desired.

Why join Brachers?

At Brachers, our vision and ambition are driven by our people. You'll find individuals at our firm with impressive skills and expertise, who are full of drive and ideas. We see opportunities in challenges, embrace change, and are committed to delivering the best service, reflected in our recognition in The Times 'Best Law Firms List 2025'. We have an open, supportive, and friendly culture where collaboration and innovation thrive, and where people feel happy. This is endorsed by feedback from our staff, which led to our accreditation by employee engagement specialist, Best Companies, as an 'outstanding' place to work and a 'Top 10 Law Firm to Work For'.

In 2025, we became part of Lawfront, a national group of leading regional law firms dedicated to delivering comprehensive legal support to individuals and businesses nationwide. With a defined vision and plan for growth, we have created a culture of working together to achieve. We are looking to recruit people with ambition, drive and a can‑do attitude to be part of our journey.