Accounts Clerk

Accounts Clerk

Permanent

Full time

Location – Feltham, Middlesex

Salary – Dependant on experience

You will be providing accounts support for a solicitor’s practice that has been established since 1921 and provides a full range of legal services to both private clients and businesses.

The Job

·Opening new client accounts.

·Posting client and office receipts and cheques.

·Posting bills for all fee earners and checking disbursements.

·Posting bank transfers and transferring funds between bank accounts.

·Petty cash vouchers.

·Closing all client accounts when asked by fee earners and re-opening of same as necessary. Dealing with Legal Aid cheques (where applicable)

·Dealing with CHAPS payments (including checking for cleared funds) and entering to Lloydslink system.

·Writing up of journals and posting of same.

·Dealing with CHAPS receipts on a daily basis and assisting with telephone calls re incoming receipts.

·Carry out instructions on return of fee earners print out – assisting fee earners with queries thereon and to understand the information provided.

·Enter, balance and reconciliation of Office and Client bank reconciliation’s and queries arising thereon.

·Daily/monthly filing.

·Dealing with queries and telephone calls.

·Dealing with queries raised by the firm’s auditors during their visits and follow ups.

·Dealing with mileage claim sheets and input of same.

·Cancel/stopping of cheques with bankers when necessary.

·Assisting with clearance and storage of accounts information.

·Visiting other office to help new fee earners/secretaries understand accounts paperwork – chase up for outstanding problems and return of fee earner lists.

·Sorting out miscellaneous queries concerning client and office matters.

·Assisting with stocks of cheque books/paying-in books and manual numbering of same.

·Issuing stationary as necessary to offices.

·Writing cheques for Feltham office (Holiday cover).

·Checking re uncleared/insufficient funds.

·Printing/faxing of file printouts as requested.