Trainee Accounts Assistant

Silver Planet Group; Marlow; On-site; GBP 24,000; Full time

Job summary

A corporate law firm in Marlow is looking for a Trainee Accounts Assistant (Legal Cashier). This office-based role offers an entry-level opportunity with training provided, no experience required. Responsibilities include daily reconciliation of bank accounts, inputting client payments, and assisting with billing processes. The position offers a salary of £24k plus benefits, including healthcare and 25 days holiday.

Benefits

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Healthcare membership

Pension

Qualifications

• Good IT skills, particularly in Microsoft Office, Excel, Word, and Outlook.
• Ability to prioritize work under pressure with accuracy.
• Excellent telephone manner and professional outlook.

Responsibilities

• Check online bank accounts and reconcile daily.
• Input client payments and transfers daily.
• Assist with month-end reporting and year-end SRA audit.

Job description

Overview

Our client, a corporate law firm based in Marlow, is looking for a Trainee Accounts Assistant (Legal Cashier) to join them. This is an entry level opportunity to work alongside the accountant in the Accounts team, carrying out a variety of tasks to support the business and its lawyers. No experience is required, but we need someone with good IT skills, an interest in accounts and excellent communication skills. Training and guidance will be provided to an individual committed to becoming a legal cashier, with future opportunities for career progression. This role is office-based Mon to Fri 9am – 5.30pm, paying £24k plus benefits.

Benefits include 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays, healthcare membership and pension.

Responsibilities

• Daily checking online bank accounts and reconciling
• Daily online input of client payments, transfers between client and office accounts, payments of disbursements and expenses
• Daily posting client receipts and payments to ledgers
• Calculate, process and post client interest
• Assist with client completion statements
• Debt control administration, including issuing statements and chasing payment of overdue invoices
• Collating, posting and paying supplier invoices
• Involvement in the billing process including, providing WIP reports, assisting with billing queries and administration of non-standard client billing systems through to posting bills to the ledgers once issued
• Assist with fee earner time administration including write offs
• Month end reporting to COFA in accordance with SRA regulations, including bank reconciliation reports, client inactivity and minor breaches
• Assist with year end SRA audit

Skills / Qualifications

• A working knowledge of Microsoft Office, Excel, Word and Outlook
• Ability to prioritise work to meet deadlines and work under pressure with accuracy and attention to detail
• Excellent telephone manner and professional outlook
• Willingness to work as part of a busy, friendly professional team where no day is the same

Additional Information

Please note that we will only contact those candidates that we assess as suitable for the positions we have currently available based on their experience, training, and skills. If we do not have anything suitable, we will not keep your CV for more than 30 days.

As an equal opportunity employer, Bucks and Berks Recruitment is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership. We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply.