Legal Accounts Assistant

Our client has a full‑time vacancy for a Legal Accounts Assistant, working Monday to Friday, 9.00 am to 5.30 pm (37.5 hours per week). This role is offered as a 6‑month fixed‑term contract. It is hybrid working, between 3–5 days per week in the office as agreed by your manager.

• Monitor client and office bank accounts for incoming payments.
• Send payments upon request from legal advisors.
• Prepare bills to send to external clients.
• Input purchase ledger invoices onto the accounting software.
• Approve and pay staff expenses.
• Respond to ad‑hoc queries via emails from colleagues and suppliers.
• Draft simple correspondence unsupervised.
• Maintain attention to detail and accuracy with numerical data.
• Exhibit excellent interpersonal skills to develop good rapport with all internal and external clients.
• Work well as a team player in a friendly but busy unit.
• Show excellent organisational ability with a friendly but professional attitude.
• Work to tight deadlines, particularly at month‑end and financial year‑end.
• Confidently produce accounts‑related documents (e.g. cheques) and related information.
• Respect confidentiality of all work carried out.

• Experience with in a Finance department, preferably in legal or professional services.
• Experience in finance software packages.
• Experience in online business banking and associated banking transactions.
• High academics in Maths and English.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong IT skills (Microsoft Office, in particular Excel).
• Ability to work within a pressurised environment and keep to tight deadlines.
• Confidence and ability to communicate at senior levels and to liaise with all parties, both internal and external.