Job Title: Accounts Manager

Salary: £70,000 negotiable

Location: West End, Central London

Our client is seeking an experienced accounts manager to take ownership of the firm’s finance function. This is a hands-on role within a busy practice, requiring a strong understanding of legal finance and solicitors accounts rules. Working closely with partners and senior stakeholder, you will play a key role in ensuring the smooth day-to-day running of the accounts team, while maintaining full regulatory compliance and reporting.

This position would suit an experienced legal accounts professional who is confident operating in a standalone and supervisory capacity and enjoys a varied role within a collaborative environment.

A selection of key responsibilities:

• Overseeing day-to-day legal cashiering, including payments, receipts, transfers, billing, and reconciliations.
• Preparing monthly management accounts and supporting budgeting and financial reporting.
• Ensuring ongoing compliance with SRA Accounts Rules, including client account management and reconciliations.
• Managing audit preparation, including the SRA Accountant’s Report, and liaising with external accountants.
• Supporting compliance and risk processes, including AML awareness and reporting of any issues.
• Maintaining and improving finance systems, processes, and data integrity.
• Supervising junior accounts staff.

It is essential that you have previous experience within another law firm in a senior accounts position and possess strong knowledge of the SRA Accounts Rules. You will have proven experience in legal cashiering, bookkeeping, and management accounts, along with exposure to audit processes. Strong attention to detail, organisational skills, and the ability to manage multiple priorities are essential. Experience with legal accounting systems is advantageous, and an accounting qualification (AAT, ACCA, or CIMA) would be beneficial.

You will be a reliable and detail-driven professional with a proactive approach and the ability to work with minimal supervision. A high level of integrity and discretion is essential, along with the confidence to communicate effectively with senior stakeholders and colleagues across the firm.

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.