Level 2 Accounts and Finance Apprentice (Salary £19,000)
Dean Wilson LLP · Hove · posted 26 August 2026
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Reporting to the Senior Lead Cashier, you will help keep the firm's client and office ledgers accurate: raising invoices, allocating and paying disbursements and answering queries from our legal advisers. You will start with straight forward, well-defined tasks under close supervision and take on more as your confidence grows. Any work involving the movement of client money is always checked by a qualified cashier, and final authorisation of payments stays with the senior team throughout your apprenticeship.
Key duties and responsibilities will include:
In your first few months, working alongside an experienced cashier:
- Monitoring the Accounts inbox, answering routine queries and passing on anything more complex
- Processing memos on client matters to record disbursements paid via direct debit for billing
- Annotating monthly supplier statements and weekly court fee account invoices with the correct allocations
- Preparing charity donation requests for approval
- Keeping invoice, credit note and supplier records in good order
As your knowledge builds:
- Processing invoice requests in line with work in progress (the unbilled time recorded on a case) and the legal adviser's allocation instructions
- Setting up new purchase ledger suppliers and verifying their details
- Preparing the weekly payment run for professional disbursements, and supporting the additional runs we make during the week for counsel's fees and similar items
- Producing regular invoices from established templates and providing the supporting paperwork our outsourced cashiering platform, Cash room, needs in order to make payment
- Monitoring client disbursements raised on the system and keeping the record of fee notes up to date
- Learn and apply the Solicitors Accounts Rules.
Later in your apprenticeship:
- Liaising directly with our legal advisers to resolve billing queries and to request bills so that costs can be taken and disbursements paid
- Processing credit notes, invoice reversals and reprints, and transferring costs back to the client account
- Preparing client to office transfers and running the daily reports that support them
Your training
Accounts and Finance Level 2 apprenticeship standard.
Where it leads
Whilst the position is initially offered on a fixed-term basis, the intention is to support the successful candidate's long-term development with the firm. Subject to satisfactory performance, a positive contribution to the team, and business needs at the time, there may be opportunities to progress onto a permanent position or continue with a higher-level apprenticeship upon completion of the programme.
About Dean Wilson LLP
Dean Wilson LLP is a long-established Brighton law firm with over 100 years of experience, known for its client-focused approach and commitment to delivering exceptional legal services. The firm prides itself on building trusted relationships through professionalism, transparency, and excellent client care.
Skills they're looking for
Entry requirements
- GCSE English (grade 4/C and above) — essential
- GCSE Maths (grade 6/B and above) — essential
Where you'll work
- RIDGELAND HOUSE, 165 DYKE ROAD, HOVE, BN3 1TL
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