Job Description
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Accounting Specialist
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12m FTC | London Law Firm | Hybrid 3:2
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Main Responsibilities
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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
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Required Skills
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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
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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.
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nRyder Reid Legal is a recruitment specialist. For over thirty years we've
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