Accounts Assistant

Job Title: Accounts Assistant / Assistant Costs Clerk – Legal Aid

Salary: £25,000

Location: London

London law firm are looking for an accounts assistant / assistant costs clerk to join their finance team and provide support to the costs clerks. It is essential that you have a good understanding of the legal aid system and are able to confidently use the LAA’s online portal for submissions. Main responsibilities:

• Providing administrative support to the cost clerks e.g. preparation of bills, claiming disbursements
• Completing and submitting various forms online e.g. APP5
• Claiming profit costs on a monthly basis.
• Liaison with the file storage facility to recall and send off boxes of archived material
• Assisting fee earners in preparing funding applications/costs extensions as required.
• Coordinating technical and IT support and assisting where possible with basic IT and telephone queries.

This is an ideal position if you have 6 months’ legal accounts experience and are looking to progress within a Central London law firm. You must have excellent IT skills as well as experience in legal aid accounts. Fantastic opportunity for someone looking to take on more experience.

McKinlay Law endeavour to contact all successful candidates within 24 hours. However, due to the volume of applications that we receive, we are not able to respond to every candidate individually. If you have not heard from us within 24 hours your application has been unsuccessful and we have not retained your details.