Eventus Recruitment are seeking a Legal Accounts Manager with experience to join a successful, law firm located in Liverpool. The successful Legal Accounts Manager will be rewarded for their work with benefits including a starting holiday of allowance of 25 days with the potential to increase to as high as 32 days plus bank holidays, a generous salary and huge growth and development potential. The intention would be to progress the successful candidate up to senior finance manager in time. This is a full-time permanent job opportunity in legal finance.

Role Responsibilities

The successful Legal Account Manager will carry out a range of duties including:

• Supervising Cash Office Team
• Ensuring SAR[EF1] and AML Processes are properly followed
• Assisting Fee Earners with Ledger queries
• Ensuring Bank Accounts are Reconciles
• Month End and Year End Processing
• Checking bills and credit notes
• Day-to-day processing of all client and office related transactions.
• Client Interest calculations
• Maintaining purchase ledger
• Managing cash-flow and liaising with Directors
• Checking completion statements
• Overseeing team performance, development, and training, managing evaluations and addressing any issues with office management.
• Allocating team resources for effective service, providing after-hours support if necessary.
• Dealing with SRA Audit.
• Dealing with debtors and unpaid disbursement collection.

Person Specification

The incoming Account Manager will have experience as a Legal Cashier or Finance Assistant. Also, to be successful for this job you will have the following knowledge and skills:

• Recent experience working under SRA Solicitors Accounts Rules in a law firm is essential
• Familiar with AML and Potential risk of Fraud
• in the legal industry
• Proven ability to build strong relationships with including senior firm members
• Skilled in managing a small finance team, coordinating workflow, providing feedback, and conducting annual reviews
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to work effectively with lawyers, staff, suppliers and clients
• Excellent organisational and prioritisation skills to handle deadlines and daily demands in a dynamic environment
• Solid knowledge of fundamental accounting principles, management accounts and internal controls
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and other Microsoft Office applications

Benefits and Rewards

My client prides themselves on offering a collaborative and supportive environment that endorses and actively encourages both personal and professional development, in addition to the following employee benefits:

• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays initially with potential to increase to 32 days plus banks
• Regular salary reviews
• Bonus Scheme
• Free parking
• Christmas Shutdown
• Personal development and study support
• Wellbeing events

About the Company

This law firm has an outstanding reputation in the geographic, attracting clients across the region and nationally. They offer a very personal, efficient and friendly service, delivering a range of services to both individual and business clients in the area.

Supportive of their employees, they provide an excellent working environment and opportunities for progression and development. As a result, the law firm has high staff retention.The professionals we’ve placed at the firm previously are happy within their roles and can see themselves being at the firm for the long term.

Next Steps

Apply now if your skills and experience align with this Account Manager job in Liverpool. Alternatively, if you are interested in learning about this career enhancing Legal Finance job opportunity, please send your CV to Jo Hood at Eventus Recruitment Cheshire via email at jo.hood@eventusfinance.com or contact 07496 144 225 for a confidential discussion.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: £30,000.00-£45,431.00 per year

Additional pay:

• Bonus scheme

Benefits:

• Company pension
• Employee mentoring programme
• Free parking
• On-site parking

Work Location: In person