Legal Accountant
- Recruiter
- R.G Duncan Limited
- Location
- Central London
- Salary
- £35,000 to £50,000 DOE
- Posted
- 10 Jun 2017
- Closes
- 07 Jul 2017
- Ref
- RD004
- Job Title
- Legal Finance
- PQE Level
- NQ
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Sole Charge Legal Accountant / Senior legal Cashier with Lawsoft or envision experience for an immediate opportunity with our client, a long established 7 partner firm of solicitors in Central London.
THE ROLE
The duties of this hands-on Legal Accountant position include managing and accounting for all aspects of clients’ money and disbursements under solicitors accounting rules. The chosen Senior Legal Cashier will also be in charge of the firm’s day-to-day bookkeeping and accounting which will range from dealing with banking, accounts payable, accounts receivable, and preparing regular reports. As a Legal Accountant you will produce budgets and forecasts and month and year-end schedules and reports.
THE PERSON
Although this Legal Cashier position reports to the Senior Partner you should have the ability and confidence to operate by yourself and manage your own work load. However, the external accountants will be in-hand to assist when necessary.
The chosen Accountant must also have:
- Up to date knowledge and experience of solicitors’ accounting rules (SRA)
- Knowledge and experience of Lawsoft / Envision preferred
- Bookkeeping and accounting skills at least to trail balance
- Excellent team and communication skills
- Qualified or part-qualified would be an advantage
- Experience of preparing VAT returns
- Experience of WIP identification and calculation
TO APPLY
To apply for this Legal Cashier role, forward your CV along with a brief covering letter outlining your relevant skills and interest. RG Duncan Ltd trading as RG Duncan Accountancy Recruitment is acting as an employment agency in relation to this vacancy. We will aim to respond to you within 3 days if your application is selected.