Legal Accountant

Job Title: Legal Accountant

Salary: Negotiable 

Location: Central London

Leading London law firm requires an experienced legal accountant to step into a pivotal role in the business.

A selection of duties include:

• Assisting Partners and Associates with financial queries.


• Preparing monthly management accounts.


• Reviewing monthly bank reconciliations and balance sheet.


• Submit VAT returns.


• Assisting external accountants with audits.


• Improving processes.


• Aid partners with budgets.

You must be able to demonstrate good knowledge of accounting principles and financial analytics and have a strong working knowledge of SARs and AML. Preferably you will already hold an ACCA, ACA or CIMA qualification or be able to show quality experience in lieu. You must have experience from another law firm as knowledge of SRA and SAR rules is essential. First class communication skills are a must as they want somebody with the ability to build strong relationships internally and externally. An exceptional opportunity for a qualified accountant looking for something challenging where they can genuinely make an impact on the smooth running of the firm’s finances and contribute to the firm’s financial success. Hybrid working available. Salary completely negotiable dependent on 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.