Legal Accounts Assistant
4 days ago
**Job Description for Legal Accounts Assistant**
**JOB TITLE**:Legal Accounts Assistant
**LOCATION**:Oxford/Hybrid
**SALARY**:£25,000 - £28,000 (pro-rata)
**HOURS OF WORK**:Part-time
**ACCOUNTABILITY**: Head of Finance & Operations
**EMPLOYMENT **Permanent contract
**STATUS**:
**MAIN PURPOSE OF THE ROLE**:
The purpose of the role is to assist with financial transactions and credit control, arising from the work of the company and its internal operations.
**ESSENTIAL CHARACTERISTICS**:
- Legal industry experience and knowledge of the SRA Accounts Rules
- High attention to detail
- Book-keeping or AAT Intermediate qualifications
- Knowledge of Credit Control and ability to communicate concisely with clients
- Knowledge of Purchase Ledger, statement reconciliations and payment routines
- Excellent IT skills
- Problem-solver with can-do attitude
- A team player with desire to help colleagues
- Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines
- Excellent communication skills
- A high standard of listening
- Able to ask great questions
- Proactive
- Able to deal with challenging situations in an appropriate manner
- Able to handle and adapt well to different behaviours
**KEY TASKS**:
1. Daily banking functions including client and office account bank reconciliations
2. Management of unclaimed client funds and operation of suspense accounts
3. Administration and reconciliation of petty cash
4. Management of client and office accounting transactions
5. Management of banking (inc. transfers, cheques and payroll)
6. Payment of pension scheme contributions
7. Assisting teams with queries and housekeeping of matters
8. Calculating interest of client account funds
9. Processing write offs and credit notes
10. Credit control
11. Assisting with month-end reporting
12. Preparatory work for the annual accounts and SAR audit
13. Preparatory work of the firm’s annual budget
14. Ensuring compliance of SRA’s and Solicitors Accounts Rules
15. Updating SAR Breach register on the firm’s PMS
Hedges Law is a trading name of Hedges Law Limited.
**Job Type**: Part-time
**Salary**: £25,000.00-£28,000.00 per year
Additional pay:
- Bonus scheme
**Benefits**:
- Profit sharing
- Work from home
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
**Experience**:
- legal accounting: 1 year (preferred)
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