Accounts Assistant - London, United Kingdom - Career Legal
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Our client is a well-established law firm with offices based in a modernised Georgian building overlooking one of the Inns of Holborn.
They are recruiting for an Accounts Assistant to help with all aspects of the day-to-day processing of all accounts transactions.
Primarily reporting to the Accounts Supervisor, with additional reporting lines to other Managers and the Head of Finance (depending on the tasks).
Responsibilities:
- Supporting sales ledger services in the following activities, on a rotational basis:
- Maintaining the cash collections spreadsheet
- Processing cash receipts
- Supporting maintenance of the firm's deposit accounts
- Managing the electronic inbox relating to notifications of deposit account deductions.
- Responsible for processing official fees/charges as necessary.
- Addressing queries from Fee Earners or Secretaries.
- Attending to writeoffs of official fees, where necessary.
- Preparing topup payment listings and arranging for payment of topups.
- Providing regular updates to the Management Accountant and Head of Finance.
- Supporting purchase ledger services in processing of chargeable and nonchargeable invoices on the firm's accounting system. Attending to a number of the firm's payment runs. Attending to activities in support of authorisation of manual cheques and electronic payments.
- Providing support to team members in the reconciliation of supplier statements.
- Administrative duties including distribution of cheques by post, sending of banking instructions by fax and filing of paperwork.
- Attending to bank reconciliation work.
- Attending to petty cash counts.
- Attending to journal postings as directed by the Management Accountant or Head of Finance.
- Supporting the Accounts Supervisor in the housekeeping of control accounts.
- Participating in the monthendclose process on a rotational basis with the Accounts Supervisor, including endofday physical close and reporting (this may involve some late working).
- To assist the Head of Finance, Management Accountant or Accounts Supervisor with any project related duties.
- Assisting the Accounts Supervisor or other senior members of the Finance team with any other accounts or administrative duties as directed.
- To provide cover in the absence of other members of the Finance team, where appropriate.
- You will have an AAT qualification. (desirable)
- You will also have excellent Microsoft Excel skills.
- A Level Educated
Career Legal is a Recruitment Agency and is advertising this permanent vacancy on behalf of one of its clients.
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