Bank Reconciliation
Length: 1 Hour
Published October 8, 2022 Last Updated on October 8, 2022
Who is this training for?
This online workshop is for Legal Executives, Lawyers, Accountants, Compliance Officers, HOFA’s, Legal Accounts Professionals, Legal Cashiers, Credit Controllers and anyone that has any involvement in working in legal finance and compliance.
Purpose of this training?
The bank reconciliation is a process which identifies the difference between the bank balance shown in a firm’s bank statements and the corresponding amount shown in the firm’s own accounting records at a specific point in time. The document used to record this process is referred to as a bank reconciliation statement/report or the ‘three way bank reconciliation statement’ when reconciling client bank accounts and money.
Most regulators require firms to complete at least every five weeks, a client bank reconciliation for all client bank accounts operated by that firm.
How a firm carries out and prepares bank reconciliations is a good indicator of the overall control environment within a firm. It’s one of the key controls – period. If it is not done compliantly it raises concerns about what else isn’t being done compliantly or at all, to reporting accountants and the regulator during monitoring visits.