Legal Accounts Assistant/Account Technician Belfast Closing date: 31/07/26

Legal Accounts Assistant/Account Technician

Start date: To be confirmed

Salary: Negotiable with generous benefits package

Company: O’Reilly Stewart Solicitors

Location: Belfast

Contract type: Full time

About this role

This role is ideal for someone with experience in finance within legal or professional services, who thrives in a dynamic environment and is adept at managing multiple financial tasks efficiently.

Day-to-Day Responsibilities

• Monitor client and office bank accounts for incoming payments.
• Process client and office receipts and payments.
• Process bills to clients / external parties.
• Input purchase ledger invoices onto the accounting software.
• Approve and process staff expenses.
• Manage ad hoc queries via emails from colleagues and suppliers.
• Draft simple correspondence unsupervised.
• Maintain attention to detail and accuracy with numerical data.
• Develop good rapport with staff and external suppliers.
• Manage tight deadlines, especially at month-end and financial year-end.
• Produce accounts-related documents and information confidently.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Qualified Accounting Technician would be preferable
• Strong academic background in Maths and English is essential
• Experience within a Finance department, preferably in a legal firm.
• Proficiency in Finance software packages and online business banking.
• Experience with Legal Accounts Software (e.g. ALB) would be advantageous.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Proficient IT skills, particularly in Microsoft Office, especially Excel.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines.
• Confidence in communicating at senior levels and liaising with both internal and external parties.
• Familiarity with VAT, Solicitors Accounts Regulations, and reporting and investigating queries is beneficial.

Salary is negotiable with a generous benefits package, including 33 days of annual leave (inclusive of bank holidays), access to ongoing professional development and career progression opportunities, uniform, company pension, long-service awards, health plan, life insurance and referral incentives.