Head of Legal Accounts Remote
Job description
Job Description: Legal Accounts Manager
Location: Hammersmith, Brighton or Remote
Lawstop is a specialist firm of solicitors with offices in London, Brighton, Cornwall, Somerset, Hull, the Wirral, Sandwell and Leicestershire, and Rutland.
We are recruiting an experienced Legal Accounts Manager/Cashier to join the team. With a modern approach, the firm are legal experts within their areas of law and pride ourselves on high levels of client care, providing an outstanding service at all times.
The successful candidate will have in-depth experience working as a Legal Accounts Manager.
This is a full-time position working. Ensuring full compliance with the SRA Accounts Rules you will ensure the smooth running of the account’s transactions, being involved with month-end & year-end duties. On offer is a competitive salary relative to experience.
Key Responsibilities
- Banking reconciliations (client, trust and office accounts)
- Preparing management accounts including budget
- All Statutory tax, VAT, PAYE and NI, Monthly and Yearly submissions. Helping with Partners tax and annual corporation tax
- SRA and LLP audit
- Credit control
- Yearly /weekly cash flow, budgets, and management reports
- Updating the purchase ledger
- Overseeing the billing and invoicing process - draft billing final authorization of billing for fee earners, including disbursements and payments to third party vendors
- Data recording and analysis
- Managing the monthly payroll
- Organising managing and arranging events
- Ensuring general office administration is up to date and that fee earners follow compliance rules
Person Specification
- At least 2 years working in legal accounts or in a similar role
- Good knowledge of SARs is essential
- Good knowledge of legal aid
- Ability to work with minimal supervision
- Strong organisational skills including the ability to prioritise work
- Good time management skills and deadline driven
- Good written and verbal communication skills
- Knowledge of Leap software would be advantageous
- Strong computer literacy in relevant software packages – Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook
- Accuracy and attention to detail
- Initiative and ability to follow instructions given
- Ability to cope with pressure and maintain a calm manner at all times
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time
Benefits:
- Flexitime
- Work from home
Schedule:
- Flexitime
- Monday to Friday
Experience:
- Legal Accounting: 1 year (preferred)
Work Location: Remote
