Lawson Lundell LLP is a leading regional Canadian business law firm with offices in Vancouver, Kelowna, Calgary and Yellowknife. The firm is recognized and respected by its peers in legal and business publications and was named one of BC’s Top Employers for 2025. Business in Vancouver also recognized Lawson Lundell LLP as the fastest growing law firm in Western Canada.
Lawson Lundell LLP is seeking a Trust Accounting Coordinator to join our Vancouver office. The successful candidate is an enthusiastic, hardworking individual who would like to work in our Accounting Department. The regular working hours for this role are Monday – Friday, 9:00am – 5:00pm.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Minimum of 1 year experience in a professional environment or a similar role is an asset
• Knowledge of trust accounting is an asset
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (WORD and Excel)
• Outstanding interpersonal and customer service skills
• Ability to multi‐task, meet deadlines and solve problems in a fast paced environment
• Ability to work independently as well as part of a team

• Clear outstanding trust cheques and all bank debits for all the trust accounts in order to report and rectify any bank clearing errors
• Reconcile all the deposits/credits for all the trust accounts to ensure all are posted within 7 days of the deposit date and to identify unposted/unclaimed deposits
• Arrange the investment of trust funds as required and post accordingly to the ledger
• Assist the trust group in responding to questions and requests for trust deposits, trust cheques, wire transfers and trust ledger reconciliations
• Reconcile the pooled trust accounts including the outstanding cheques lists
• Print the bank statements for the trust investment accounts and post the interest accordingly
• Maintain the tax information for the trust investment accounts
• Prepare the applications for unclaimed trust funds and remit accordingly
• Reconcile the trust investment accounts and prepare the report in order to create and distribute the T5 slips for all the trust investment accounts
• Perform other related duties as required or assigned