Financial Accountant | Sydney CBD Law Firm Permanent | Trust Accounting Focus 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 - Clear 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 - Stable legal finance team - Broad exposure across trust and general accounting - Direct involvement with auditors and compliance work

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