Senior Legal Cashier/Accounts Manager

Marlow
Full time, Monday-Friday
Up to £45k depending on experience
Permanent

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
• Processing office and client account cheques, reissuing out of date cheques, cancelling with the bank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
• Processing client debit/credit card payments
• Dealing with queries from fee earners
• Knowledge of Cost Recoveries (Recharges) and Disbursements
• Cost Transfers
• Office Account reconciliation
• Checking and authorising sales invoices
• Petty Cash management
• VAT returns and Expenses

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

If this role sounds of interest to you, we would love to hear from you! Please apply now with your most recent CV for immediate consideration. Due to the high number of applications we receive, unfortunately we are unable to respond to all applications. If you have not heard from us within 2 weeks please assume you have not been successful on this occasion.