Accounting Specialist

Location: South Yorkshire

Accounting Specialist 12m FTC | London Law Firm | Hybrid 3:2 This is a varied accounting role with a prestigious US law firm, with an emphasis on supporting the yearly audit and ensuring adherence to the SRA Accounts Rules. Main Responsibilities Inbox management
- Handling finance inbox enquiries and ensuring accurate, timely responses

Audit support
- Assisting with the annual audit and maintaining full SRA Accounts Rules compliance throughout the year Cashflow oversight
- Monitoring daily cash balances, managing currency trades and preparing internal cashflow reporting

Bank reconciliations
- Completing monthly bank reconciliations and monitoring daily balances

Expense approvals
- Managing expense and invoice approvals through EmburseVAT reporting
- Preparing monthly VAT reports for the UK and Germany, and drafting VAT returns for review and submission

Statutory filings
- Producing statutory and regulatory statistical returns with accuracy and timely filing

Budget cycle support
- Supporting the annual budgeting process, including data gathering, departmental liaison and preparation of schedules

Financial analysis
- Completing variance analysis, balance sheet reviews and P&L accuracy checks

Client receipts
- Recording and reporting client account receipts

Journal posting
- Reviewing and posting journals to ensure accurate financial records

Vendor processing
- Processing and maintaining vendor uploads

Team support
- Providing support across the team, including oversight of transactional tasks such as payment runs, card and expense processing, invoice entry and intercompany billing

Required Skills Legal accounts experience
- Strong experience within a legal finance environment

System knowledge
- Experience using Aderant and Chrome River would be advantageousSRA expertise
- In‑depth understanding of the Solicitors Accounts Rules Technical proficiency
- Advanced Excel and strong Microsoft Office skills Due to the high volume of applications, we are not able to respond to all enquiries. If you have not received a response within 72 hours, please assume you have not been shortlisted at this stage, however thank you for taking the time to apply.