Legal Accounts Assistant

Fisher Jones Greenwood Solicitors part of Lawfront is an award-winning and innovative law firm, passionate about providing our clients with the highest level of customer service and the best legal advice available.

A great part of this success has been due to our staff and our working environment.

The Role

We currently have a fantastic opportunity for a Legal Accounts Assistance to support the Legal Accounts Manager/Team Leader in ensuring the smooth operations and compliance with relevant rules and regulations including SRA Accounts Rules. You will contribute to the effectiveness of the Finance department by providing a comprehensive and efficient service to internal and external clients

Key Duties

• Dealing with incoming post.
• To post and process disbursements and expenses accurately on a daily basis.
• Assist with Bank reconciliations and ensure any appropriate action is taken inc. rectifying any discrepancies.
• Ensure payments requests, receipts and transfers (inc. CTO) are posted to ledgers and bank payments are set up and authorised in a timely manner.
• Assist with banking of cheques and cash as and when required, ensuring they are banked on a timely basis.
• Deal directly with clients when receiving payment by cash, credit card and cheque.
• Monitor and deal with shared mailboxes ensuring requests are dealt with in an efficient and timely manner.
• Assisting with the month end procedure including reporting as and when as required.
• Assist with Bill posting as and when required.
• Processing client interest calculations.
• Processing Legal Aid claims and remittance advices (where appropriate).
• Assist with and provide cover to post approved purchase ledger invoices.
• Assist with and provide cover to prepare payment runs, arrange authorisation and process payment on online banking system.
• To provide cover for the Legal Accounts Team Leader as and when required
• Processing write offs in line with relevant authority levels.
• Remaining compliant with current SARs and undertake relevant training to ensure knowledge of SARs is up to date.
• To demonstrate adaptability and flexibility to the Department and the Firm and to undertake any other duties which from time to time may be allocated.
• To operate safely in the work place.
• To undertake any specific training courses as identified by the People and Culture Department, Group Head of Legal Accounts and external training provider.
• To maintain the high standard of service offered to the firm's existing clients and to assist in creating and developing the professional reputation of the Legal Accounts Department and the Firm.
• To operate the Firm's quality procedures as specified in the current edition of the Practice Manual.
• To be subject to varying degrees of supervision on a day-to-day basis liaising with Legal Accounts Manager and the Head of Department on a regular basis.
• To work on own initiative.

Experience Required

• Previous experience within a legal finance department
• Flexible and adaptable to deal with changing requirements, able to balance competing priorities
• Excellent attention to detail
• Commitment to delivering a professional service to the highest standards
• Strong IT skills including Excel, Word & Outlook
• Ability to prioritise own workload and achieve deadlines

The extras
As part of this role, you'll be given all the tools to succeed and can expect dedicated training, professional support and a host of benefits.

• 25 days annual leave
• Day off for birthday or wellbeing day
• 4% pension contribution
• Healthcare cashplan
• Life assurance
• Income protection
• Free onsite parking
• Access to flexible benefits portal

Want to know more?

To find out more or for a confidential call contact Suzanne James our Talent Acquisition Specialist on or email