Account's Assistant - Glanvilles Damant

Job Posted: 14 April 2025

• Contract Term: Permanent
• Location: Newport, Isle of Wight
• Contract Type: Full time
• Salary: TBC
• Industries: Accounting Administration Legal

Glanvilles Damant are looking for a full time Account’s Assistant to join our busy account’s team.  The hours will be Monday to Friday from 9.00am until 5.00pm.

We are looking for a good team player who is also able to work independently, is reliable, trustworthy and has great organisational skills.  The right candidate will be a conscientious, accurate worker with good attention, able to use a computer competently, have excellent mathematical and communication skills and have an understanding of basic accounting and the role of an account’s department within a Law firm.  You will need to hold a full driving licence.

An example of what you will be doing (not exhaustive):

Checking payments arriving in our accounts and keying to the finance system;

Setting up payments from our accounts for all departments, arranging for them to be authorised and then keying to the finance system;

Setting up the financial transactions ready for completion of property transactions by our conveyancing team;

Printing cheques;

Keying business invoices to the finance system and processing weekly payments;

Reconciling bank accounts on a daily basis;

Processing and paying out client interest;

Monitoring and dealing with uncashed cheques;

Taking card payments from clients over the telephone;

Taking client payment of cash and cheques to our Bank to be banked;

Preparation for the end of each month;

General office administration.

Please apply in writing by uploading an up to date CV.