A highly reputable legal firm based in central London is seeking an Accounts Assistant to join its Accounts Department on a temporary basis.

Reporting to the Management Accountant, this position will involve a range duties, including bookkeeping and maintaining the General Ledger and Purchase Ledger. You will be required to review and process invoices & coding and ensure the accuracy of coding and posting to appropriate codes and you will be responsible for answering queries related to this. This role will involve providing support to budget holders for queries/analysis/information that they may require in dealing with suppliers and producing and managing purchase ledger cheque runs & payments. In addition to this, you will deal with generating cheques and payments that do not go through the Purchase Ledger. As the Accounts Assistant you will deal with partners’ expenses management and payment, ensuring proper authorisation and policing of firms policies, administrating partners’ private ledger payments and ensuring expenses are relevant. You will also be responsible for posting and maintaining a fixed asset database, reviewing the nominal codes for personal use and chasing both staff & partners for reimbursement.

To be a successful applicant for this Accounts Assistant position, you MUST have sound bookkeeping/ accounting experience within a law firm and you will have strong GCSE/ A level results in Maths and English. Experience of a medium/ large environment accounts package would be advantageous (eg. Elite/Aderant). You must have knowledge of general ledger structures and functions and the ATT or an equivalent qualification would be beneficial. You will be a highly organised individual with strong attention to detail and an ability to work well under pressure.