Accounts Assistant - Dublin

at  DAC Beachcroft

Job Introduction
DACBeachcroft is looking for an Accounts Assistant to join our Finance team on a full-time, permanent, hybrid basis in our office in Dublin 4.
Reporting to the Finance Manager, the accounts department support the day to day running of the practice in Dublin, and also work closely with the wider finance team largely based in Bristol. The accounts assistant will be responsible for a variety of tasks for the lawyers and support staff, including logging supplier invoices, applying cash, opening and closing matters, reviewing billing rates, generating bills for clients, scanning and filing documents, and any other ad-hoc requests that may take place during the normal course of business. There will also be an opportunity to develop accounting and analytical skills like the processing of monthly accruals and prepayments.
We are a Disability Confident employer and guarantee to interview anyone with a disability, long term health condition or neurodiversity whose application meets the essential criteria for the role. If this applies to you and you feel you meet the minimum criteria for this vacancy as set out in this advert then please contact recruitment@dacbeachcroft.com in confidence, quoting the reference number for this vacancy in the subject box of your email, and a member of the Recruitment team will be in touch.
Main Responsibilities

Operational Processing:

• Accounts Payable: ensure all payments, disbursements and invoices are logged accurately and in a timely manner
• Matter Management: ensure all matters and rates are set up and/or amended accurately and on time and deal with general queries on matters
• Client Billing: raise and amend invoices / credit notes and deal with various billing queries
• Sales Ledger: post bill payments and allocate accordingly

Accounting and analysis:

• Assist with the processing of accounting journals, mainly for accruals, prepayments
• Assist with the analysis of variances: preparation of analysis of costs as part of the month-end close processes

The Ideal Candidate

• Previous experience in a Legal or Professional Services environment.
• Experience of 3E / or similar legal accounting systems would be an advantage but not essential.
• Lateral thinker with the ability to generate creative solutions to complex problems
• Excellent communication skills.
• Ability to manage high work-loads.
• A team player but able to use own initiative.
• IT literate with ability to pick up new systems quickly.
• Flexible with a positive ‘can do’ attitude.
• Good level of numeracy
• Good knowledge of Excel, which will be used daily.
• Self-starter, keen to learn, develop, and take responsibility.
• Very good communication skills are essential, as the role requires liaising with other offices.
• Organised and able to handle multiple demands and meet deadlines simultaneously

About The Company
We are a leading international legal business with over 2,900 colleagues and a diverse range of capabilities. We have 11 offices in the UK as well as offices in Dublin, Madrid, Paris, Milan, Rome, Singapore, Argentina Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Miami. We also have associations/alliances with firms in Malaysia, Brazil, Peru, Central America, the USA, Australia and Germany.
We are a broad-based commercial firm with a strong heritage in insurance, health and real estate. This is complemented by a fast-growing Business Advisory capability. We represent a wide range of clients, ranging from household names to government departments and NHS bodies. We act for all of the UK’s top-ten insurers, we are market leaders in the provision of strategic, commercial and regulatory advice to providers and commissioners in the health sector, and in real estate we advise all of the UK’s top-12 housebuilders.
We have an impressive legal pedigree, with 142 Chambers UK 2021 practice area and individual lawyer rankings. In Legal 500 UK 2021, the firm received a top tier ranking for 37 of its practice areas, and 58 DACB lawyers were singled out in the ‘Leading Individual’ rankings.
Our successes have been recognised by the legal industry and the markets in which we operate. These accolades include two top prizes in the ‘Excellence in Business Development’ and ‘Excellence in Technology & Innovation’ categories of the 2020 Law Society Excellence Awards – the highest accolade for law firms in England & Wales. Our health sector team won the ‘Crisis Management Team of the Year’ award at the 2020 British Legal Awards for its support to the NHS at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, and our Cyber & Data Risk team received the ‘Business Development Innovation Award’ at the 2020 Legal Innovation Awards, as well as ‘Cyber Law Firm of the Year’ at the prestigious Insurance Insider Cyber Rankings Awards, for its market-leading suite of digital tools to help our clients prepare for and respond to cyber and data risk crises.
Our vision is to be leading business advisers, recognised for our insight and our outstanding commitment to clients, and for being the place where talented people want to work. For further details on our work and our culture, please visit www.dacbeachcroft.com.