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SalaryAccounts / Practice Manager– Corporate Law Firm
Seeking an experienced Accounts/ Practice Manager for a busy and growing corporate law firm.
Are you a commercially focused person seeking a new opportunity with a friendly and high-performing team?
Are you seeking an opportunity to do high value work, and be a critical and valued member of a team?
If you care about outcomes and the people you work with, have a methodical and thorough approach and like to see things done well, this opportunity may be for you.
The Opportunity
Hazelbrook Legal is seeking an experienced Practice Manager or accounts manager to manage and take responsibility for our busy and growing practice.
As a business that prides itself on building strong relationships, your role is pivotal in ensuring strong and positive relationships with our clients and our team. Working closely with the leadership team, you will have responsibility for the billing, debtor and trust accounting functions as well as responsibility more broadly across the business operations.
This role will suit someone who has excellent attention to detail, enjoys a process driven approach and appreciates what it takes to deliver a high quality product. You will enjoy variety and a fast paced environment where your support is critical to the team.
We are offering the right candidate the opportunity to join a successful and growing legal practice, working within a tight-knit, supportive and kind team.
Desired Skills and Expertise
The successful candidate will have key responsibilities in:
Accounts
- Billing/ invoicing including updating timesheets, preparing accompanying emails and amending and sending bills
- Managing special billing arrangements (secondments, retainers etc)
- Trust accounting (record keeping, journal entries, banking, annual and spot audits)
- Debtor management (we have very good relationships with our clients, so this requires a very personal approach)
- Managing day to day billing queries from clients and staff
- Monthly and Weekly reporting (WIP Updates, Monthly billing summaries) Monthly staff budget meetings
Office and Matter Management
- Matter management (opening, conflict checks, closing)
- Onboarding and offboarding employees
- Law society compliance and insurance management
- Organising staff and client events including CPDs
- Management and smooth running of office
Company Description and Benefits
We are proud to offer our staff unrivalled career development opportunities and provide them with a chance to work with Australia's most exciting and innovative companies and leaders.
We are leaders in corporate law, commercial litigation, mergers and acquisitions and funds and financial services law. We offer the benefit of top-tier work in a boutique environment.
In 2023 we were awarded Boutique Diversity firm of the year at the Lawyers Weekly Women in Law awards. In 2019 , 2020, and 2022 we were a finalist for Australian Law Firm of the Year at the Lawyers Weekly Australian Law Awards, alongside only a handful of Australia’s largest and most respected law firms.
We believe actions speak louder than words, and have always maintained a gender balanced, culturally diverse workforce including at our most senior levels.
Join us and be rewarded for your hard work and initiative with an innovative and fully inclusive bonus and reward scheme.
We have a genuine focus on Health and Wellbeing through:
- In-house yoga sessions and book club
- Regular paid social events including dinners, lunches and drinks and cultural trips outside the office during work hours.
- Paid parental leave
Training and development through:
- Formal mentoring
- Whole office strategy sessions
- Ongoing personalised career planning support
Find out more at hazelbrooklegal.com/careers
How to Apply
Please send a cover letter and CV addressed to Simone at *******@hazelbrooklegal.com
Applications will close as soon as a successful candidate is found.
Salary negotiable and will be commensurate with experience.
