Our Client

Our client is an established Sydney CBD law firm with a calm, capable finance team. The brief is to add depth on the legal accounting desk so trust work and the wider books stay tight as volumes move.

The Role

This is a permanent full time Financial Accountant seat with real ownership of the legal trust and controlled money cycle, plus solid support across the practice's day to day accounting.
Run the legal trust and controlled money ledgers with accuracy and discipline
Handle supplier invoices and help keep client billings moving
Reconcile bank accounts and manage routine banking activity
Help process wages and resolve staff pay queries
Keep statutory and practice reporting obligations on track
Prepare month end journals and balance sheet checks
Work with external auditors when trust reviews come around
Tighten process hygiene across a busy CBD law firm finance desk





The Candidate You will be a capable Financial Accountant or Accountant who thrives in hands-on law firm finance and can switch cleanly between trust work and general accounting.
Proven AP, reconciliations and day to day accounting depth
Comfortable running legal trust and controlled money cycles end to end
Happy to support billings, banking and payroll in a professional practice
Organised, calm under volume and sharp on detail
Explicit communicator in a small, busy team
Self-starting, commercially practical and quick to pick up firm process
Tertiary accounting study is a plus

Remuneration and Advantages
$100,000 remuneration
Permanent full time role
Sydney CBD law firm
Reliable legal finance team
Broad exposure across trust and general accounting
Direct involvement with auditors and compliance work
Opportunity to own a clear desk of work

📌 Financial Accountant Sydney Cbd Law Firm Permanent Trust Accounting Focus
🏢 Byron Thomas Recruitment
📍 Sydney