Legal Accounts Manager - Conveyancing

Role – Legal Accounts Assistant / Legal Cashier Location – Milton Keynes - Hybrid may be considered Salary - £30K - £50K- dependent on experience. Hours – Full-Time - (Flexible hours may be possible) MUST HAVE EXTENSIVE LEGAL ACCOUNTS EXPERIENCE – otherwise do not apply Our Client is a growing Conveyancing Firm with offices in Central Milton Keynes. They pride themselves in providing a personal approach to their Clients. They focus on high value / quality cases from a range of quality Introducers across the country who continue to provide repeat business due to the quality of service they provide. They aim to provide a more personalised, quality service than some of the mass volume Conveyancing Firms. As the business grows, they need a new Legal Accounts Manager, managing an experienced Accounts Assistant and reporting to the Directors. Profile: You will need to be an outgoing and proactive individual who works well both on their own and in a team. Duties: The role will be developed over time, dependent on a person’s knowledge and experience and so the successful candidate can expect to be trained and developed to enhance their current Accounts knowledge. Ideally you will have experience of Quill software – if not please confirm which Accounts Software you have experience of. Job Purpose - To ensure that all aspects of the firm’s Accounts processes are dealt with promptly and efficiently, whilst managing / mentoring the existing Accounts Assistant. Key Duties: 1. Develop a very good understanding of the Firm’s Legal accounts software 2. Ensure Solicitors accounts rules are adhered to on a daily basis 3. Responsible for the following: · Processing Conveyancing monies – both in & out · Process daily reconciliations · Process end of month Payroll · Processing Invoices · Post cardnet echits daily · Post land registry registration echits daily · Cost transfers: produce spreadsheet and post echits · Printing and checking of completion packs against ledgers · Keying payments · Printing off letters and getting cheques signed by partners and ready to post · Echit checking · Telephone/ email enquiries · Identification and correction of reconciliation mistakes · Processing refunds via secure trading and bank payments · Chasing balances · Understanding of the case management system · Run and understand reports · Produce spreadsheets where necessary to aid Legal teams 4. To understand and operate the Company’s procedures to avoid fraud or negligence and improve performance standards. 5. From time to time, as required it may be necessary to carry out extra duties in addition to those listed above. IN APPLYING PLEASE PROVIDE A PARAGRAPH TO ‘SELL YOURSELF’ INTO SUCH A ROLE