Our Client, a high regarded Law Firm in Dublin 2, have instructed Link Personnel Services on a vacancy for a Legal Bookkeeper. Working closely with the Senior Partners, this is a key position within the firm and offers great autonomy to the successful candidate.  Call Orla NOW for a confidential chat on 01 8456312

Excellent Salary offered in line with experience.

The Role:

Account Management.

•  Generating reports and overseeing action needed to be taken on same.
• Monthly reconciliations.
• Year End Accounts and assisting with the year-end financial close including some liaising with external auditors.
• Daily banking and dealing with banks re opening and closing of accounts, charges and other banking matters which arise.
• Processing and part authorising EFTs.
• Authorising payments of application fees in the LandDirect.ie where required.

Billing and Invoices

• Making sure that matters are billed correctly – Check documents going out / Monitor procedures re issue of fee notes, invoices, cash accounts (to be checked by accounts person first) / double check other balances due for client / checking that usual outlays are included.
• Maintaining register of fee notes issued but not discharged – monitoring and chasing same with fee earners.
• Statutory Compliance – Ensuring the accounts are maintained and operated in compliance with the Solicitors Accounts Regulations – Client Account balances – AML records – Records of S.150/S.68 letters – review meetings re same.

Office expenditure

• Wages and Employees Tax
• Dealing with personal payments/drawings for partners where requested.
• Insurance – keeping records of policies – renewing office insurance (a partner will negotiate professional indemnity insurance).
• Ordering office supplies including stationery, printer cartridges etc.
• Revenue online – eStamping – VAT returns – ROS certificates.
• All correspondence/emails to be saved/filed electronically into documents management system.
• Office Policies and Procedures – being familiar with same and supervising adherence where it touches on accounts/registers.
• Other ad-hoc tasks/projects that might arise.
• Other Office administration tasks not dealt with by others.

The Candidate: 

• Honest trustworthy person of impeccable character and integrity.
• Good IT competency.
• Good mathematical aptitude.
• Disciplined filing and record organisation and maintenance.
• MS Office proficiency to include MS Excel. (Familiarity with formulas, rounding errors, sorting, filtering.) and MS Outlook.
• English language skills.
• Experience of Accounts package(s) – preferably Legal Accounting package(s).
• Experience of Online Banking and Revenue on line Service.

If this Legal Bookkeeper sounds like you, call Orla NOW on 01 8456312 to chat through details.

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