Accounting Assistant

Key Accountabilities

• Handle office & matter payments, expense claims, staff reimbursement, corporate card, travel agents, etc
• Various banking tasks, cashing cheques, collection of bank cheques, arranging telegraphic transfers
  
• Handle daily bank reconciliations and other ad hoc reports
• Perform necessary administrative and processing tasks
  
• Participate in and contribute to team initiatives to ensure team effectiveness is maximised
• Provide assistance to other members of the team to help achieve team goals
  
• Undertake other duties as requested by supervisors

Key Relationships

• Productive working relationships must be developed and maintained with the Business Analysis, Matter Support, Accounts Payable and Statutory Accounting teams in Finance nationally
• Internal clients including Partners, Shared Services Managers and staff 

Qualifications & Knowledge

• Solid knowledge of accounting standards and practices in a professional practice
• 1-2 years of experience and knowledge of the services provided by Finance team
• A sound knowledge of MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Adobe Acrobat and web searching
• Good organising and analytical skills
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadline
• Ability to prioritise tasks and meet deadlines
• Ability to work independently as well as part of a team
• Ability to develop good client relationships and communicate effectively with lawyers and secretaries, both verbal and written
• Experience in using the Firms accounting software - Elite 3E would be an advantage

NOTE: WE DO NOT ACCEPT AGENCY REFERRAL FOR THIS ROLE.