An exciting opportunity to join a small but successful Legal Practice located a short walk from Marlow town centre. As the Accounts Manager you will work closely with the partners and Accounts assistant to ensure the smooth running of the Accounts function for the business.
Key Duties
- Prepare monthly management accounts, including profit and loss statements, and cash flow forecasts.
- Monthly aged debt, ledger balances and billing figure reporting to fee earners
- Assist with compliance of SRA accounts rules in maintaining and reviewing client balances.
- Liaise with external auditors and assist in the annual audit process.
- Managing CHAPS payments through the online banking system – NatWest
- Reconciling bank statements with Leap entries
- Processing purchase ledger invoices on Xero, scheduling and sending payments
- Monitoring the online banking system for payments and receipts
- Processing office and client account cheques, reissuing out of date cheques, cancelling with the bank
- Management of Client Deposit Accounts, opening and closing as required, transferring funds to and from.
- Checking completion statements
- Processing client debit/credit card payments
- Dealing with queries from fee earners
- Knowledge of Cost Recoveries (Recharges) and Disbursements
- Allocating HMLR registration fees
- Cost Transfers
- Office Account reconciliation
- Checking and authorising sales invoices
- Petty Cash management
- In depth knowledge of solicitors accounts rules
- VAT returns
- Payroll
- Knowledge of Xero, Leap, Excel, Outlook Word, Teams
- Directors Dividend Payments
- Expenses
- Other ad hoc duties as required
Education & Experience Requirements:
- AAT qualified
- Minimum 2 years experience in a Legal environment
- Strong understanding of legal terminology
- Experience within a senior or management position
- Other relevant qualifications desirable
- Self-Starter with proactive approach
- Ability to manage own work-load and work on own initiative
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
- Excellent attention to detail
- Flexible approach and strong team player