Job Description
Accounting Specialist
12m FTC | London Law Firm | Hybrid 3:2
Main Responsibilities
Inbox management - Handling finance inbox enquiries and ensuring accurate, timely responsesAudit support - Assisting with the annual audit and maintaining full SRA Accounts Rules compliance throughout the yearCashflow oversight - Monitoring daily cash balances, managing currency trades and preparing internal cashflow reportingBank reconciliations - Completing monthly bank reconciliations and monitoring daily balancesExpense approvals - Managing expense and invoice approvals through EmburseVAT reporting - Preparing monthly VAT reports for the UK and Germany, and drafting VAT returns for review and submissionStatutory filings - Producing statutory and regulatory statistical returns with accuracy and timely filingBudget cycle support - Supporting the annual budgeting process, including data gathering, departmental liaison and preparation of schedulesFinancial analysis - Completing variance analysis, balance sheet reviews and P&L accuracy checksClient receipts - Recording and reporting client account receiptsJournal posting - Reviewing and posting journals to ensure accurate financial recordsVendor processing - Processing and maintaining vendor uploadsTeam support - Providing support across the team, including oversight of transactional tasks such as payment runs, card and expense processing, invoice entry and intercompany billing
Required Skills
Legal accounts experience - Strong experience within a legal finance environmentSystem knowledge - Experience using Aderant and Chrome River would be advantageousSRA expertise - In‑depth understanding of the Solicitors Accounts RulesTechnical proficiency - Advanced Excel and strong Microsoft Office skills
Due to the high volume of applications, we are not able to respond to all enquiries. If you have not received a response within 72 hours, please assume you have not been shortlisted at this stage, however thank you for taking the time to apply.