Legal Bookkeeper

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We provide specialist bookkeeping services to the legal sector, working across the major Law Society–approved practice management platforms — LEAP, Smokeball, Actionstep and Clio.

We're looking for an experienced Legal Bookkeeper to join us. Hours are flexible: the role can be structured as part-time, full-time or casual, with scope to grow as your skills and availability allow.

What you'll do

Reconcile Statutory Trust Accounts using legal practice management software

Investigate and resolve trust account discrepancies, tracing entries to their source and correcting them in line with trust accounting requirements

Investigate software integration issues between practice management platforms and accounting systems (e.g. data sync errors, mismatched or missing transactions), and work to resolve them

Reconcile office bank accounts and credit cards

Manage payroll and superannuation

Prepare Business Activity Statements (BAS)

Handle ad hoc accounting duties as they arise

What you'll bring

A minimum of 3 years' bookkeeping experience

Hands-on experience reconciling Statutory Trust Accounts in one or more Australian legal practice management systems

Demonstrated ability to identify and resolve trust account discrepancies

Experience troubleshooting software integration issues between legal practice management software and accounting systems

Solid experience processing payroll and superannuation, including compliance with relevant obligations

Solid working knowledge of both MYOB and Xero (essential)

A high level of accuracy and attention to detail

Clear, friendly communication and the ability to engage with clients professionally

Fluent English

Why join us

You'll work in a supportive environment with genuine opportunity to develop your skills and take on more responsibility over time.