ACCOUNTANT - LAW FIRM
Location: Hybrid – flexibility in terms of remote working, with some office attendance (in Carlow/Dublin office) required
Background:
A highly regarded specialist health law Firm with a leading team of lawyers engaged in cases of medical negligence, personal injury, product liability and fatal claims alongside commercial, family law and property divisions, is currently seeking to recruit a Financial Accountant to join their Finance team.
Key Responsibilities:
- Management of client ledger
- Monitoring and processing of client related payments, transfers and receipts
- Review, approval and processing of EFT and cheque payment requests
- Posting of relevant journals
- Set-up of new clients / matters within practice management system
- Client Invoicing
- Review/approval of bills of costs and client statements of account
- Client money related activities
- Processing of write offs
- Monitoring of uncashed cheques
- File closing and archiving processes
- Maintenance of key registers
- Review and processing of invoices
- Review, approval and processing of EFT and cheque payment requests
- Posting of relevant journals
- Supplier set-ups
- Preparing/uploading payment files
- Physical cheque / cash lodgements at the bank
- Management of Petty Cash
- Filing of relevant documentation
- Bank and other reconciliations
- Managing control accounts
- Journal entry for all group entities
- Transfers between group entities
- Clear down of various accounts
- Monitoring/tracking of accruals, prepayments and write-offs
- Monitoring of fixed asset additions
- Periodic reporting for management and solicitors
- VAT returns / DIRT certs
Key Requirements
Minimum of 5 years’ work experience in a comparable role, is essential
Relevant third level qualification in a finance discipline (e.g. Certificate, Diploma, accounting technician/recognised payroll qualification), or equivalent is desirable.
Experience within a legal setting is a distinct advantage
Advanced working knowledge of Microsoft Office, Teams, Excel, Word and Outlook
Experience of Legal Evolve system would be a distinct advantage
Benefits:
This position will command an attractive package of salary and benefits consisting of:
Minimum 20 days holidays, negotiable depending on experience
DC Pension Scheme
Permanent Health Insurance (PHI) and Life policy schemes
Health Insurance contribution