Accounting Assistant

Responsibilities:

• Credit control – chasing client invoices via telephone and email and actively prompting fee earners to follow up when required. Updating the credit control system with detailed notes, dealing with queries on debts, and ensuring payment is received. Preparing client Debtor statements as and when required by the client/fee earner.
• WIP reviews – assisting with monthly WIP and Debtor review meetings to ensure working capital hygiene and following up on action points from Partner meetings; chase timesheets to capture WIP and timely billing.
• Residual balances- reviewing client monies held and liaising with partners to ensure compliance with the SAR rules.
• Cashiering responsibilities include posting receipts in Aderant, promptly settling disbursements upon receipt of client payment, and dealing with banking transactions.
• Assisting with posting bills and credit notes, ensuring compliance checks are in line with the firm’s policy, and correct VAT treatment before posting. Action write-offs/transfers/matter amends/time and narrative amends.
• Disbursements- Promptly post and bill disbursements; ensure timely payment for regulatory compliance.
• Ad hoc tasks assigned by the Financial Controller; assisting fee earners and secretaries on any queries.
• Flexibility to provide cover when required.

Skills :

• Experience of working in a credit control/billing environment in an International law firm.
• Enthusiastic team player with a confident, knowledgeable, proactive, and assertive attitude when dealing with fee earners. Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate at all levels. to pay high attention to detail and am confident with Excel.
• Knowledge of the Solicitors’ Accounts Rules, VAT legislation, and banking systems.
• Aderant experience preferred.