Accounts Assistant

Charles Russell Speechlys LLP; City of London; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading law firm in the City of London is seeking an Accounts Assistant to join their Reporting and Analysis team. The role involves supporting the preparation of management accounts, cost analysis, and compliance with legal obligations. Ideal candidates should be numerate, detail-oriented, and possess strong Excel skills. This position offers a hybrid working model.

Qualifications

• High attention to detail.
• Excel skills required.
• Some understanding of basic accounting principles would be advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Assist with UK monthly management accounts process.
• Prepare Business Development cost analysis.
• Support maintenance of authority levels document.
• Work with the Financial Control team on various tasks.
• Assist with compliance to SRA Standards and Regulations.

Skills

Numeracy

Attention to detail

Excel skills

Communication skills

Tools

Finance applications

Job description

Based in our London office, this role will sit in the Reporting and Analysis team. There are c.67 employees in the Finance team based across London, Cheltenham, and Hong Kong, and it is divided into four key areas:

• Reporting and Analysis (including Management Accounts, Business Intelligence, Financial Control and Business Partnering teams)
• Financial Systems
• Cash Operations; and
• Revenue, Pricing and Credit Control

This role reports into the Financial Accounting Manager, working closely with all members of the Management Accounts team while also supporting the Financial Control team. The Accounts Assistant role provides an opportunity to gain insight into the tasks of a Management Accounts team and Financial Control team through supporting various reporting requirements allowing the ideal candidate to develop their experience over time.

Role and Responsibilities

• Assisting with the UK monthly management accounts process including KPI reporting, recurring journals and other ad-hoc tasks.
• Preparation of Business Development cost analysis on a monthly basis.
• Preparation of National Statistics Surveys.
• Preparing the posting of the monthly PII provision journal.
• Assisting with the fixed asset register process.
• Calculation of consultant costs on a monthly basis.
• Support maintenance of authority levels document, Reed & Mackay travel codes and Rendezvous codes.
• 3e general ledger enquiries – dealing with email queries, running detailed reports and generating subsequent journals.
• Reviewing expense nominal ledger codes and amending costs as appropriate.
• Providing budget holders with information of spend actual against budget.
• Supporting the rest of the Reporting & Analysis team, in particular the Financial Control team, on other adhoc tasks as and when required including:
  • Assistance with the preparation and submission of VAT returns
  • Preparing and posting the partner remuneration accruals and salary journals
  • Review and reconciliation of P&L impacting Partner on-costs (eg Benefits, Social Security)
  • Supporting the review & reconciliation of balance sheet accounts relating to Partners
  • Supporting the Tax Accountant with general tasks such as certificate of residence requests, withholding tax forms, intercompany invoicing and tax payments.
  • Assistance with the annual PSA
  • Assistance with partnership tax computation
  • Comply with all relevant legal and regulatory obligations including the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) Standards and Regulations, and Principles.

Qualifications and Experience

• Numerate and with high attention to detail
• Excel skills
• Experience of using Finance applications or a willingness to learn new tools
• Some understanding of basic accounting principles would be advantageous

Person Specification

• Highly motivated individual who will be able to deal effectively with conflicting requirements
• High level of numeracy
• Confident and enthusiastic
• Demonstrate the ability to be a good team player
• Willingness to learn and develop
• Ability to work under pressure and deal with deadlines
• Effective communication skills both written and verbal
• Excellent attention to detail

Competencies

• Working together
• Integrity and respect
• Inclusive
• Personal impact and growth
• Driving high standards
• Commercial mindset
• Client-centric
• Responsible Business

Hybrid working

We adopt a hybrid and flexible working approach, dependent on the requirements of the role and subject to manager approval.

For a detailed specification please download the job description in the documents section of this page.

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