Our client firm’s history dates to 1777, their clients range from some of the UK’s largest businesses and institutions, housebuilders, and developers through to investors, professional partnerships, family offices, not for profit organisations and private individuals.
They are now looking to recruit a Finance Assistant. You will be working within a small team and be assigned with office account transactions including but not limited to, AP Invoices, payments and receipts, supplier reconciliations, petty cash, and expense claims.
Responsibilities
- Posting of all firm invoices and reconciling supplier statements via Chrome River
- Posting of counsel fees and reconciling fee notes
- Dealing with office receipts and ensuring all disbursements are paid out
- Posting of partner and staff expense claims ensuring correct GL coding and VAT coding via Chrome River
- Dealing with payment runs to include all firm invoices
- Posting of partner drawings
- Daily cheque/electronic payment runs to ensure all payments are made on time for anticipated disbursements
- Petty cash claims and reconciling on a weekly basis
- Posting of Land Registry, TM Searches, Companies House and other recharges
- Assisting with other month end processes
- Quarterly VAT return
Candidate Profile
- Possess excellent communication
- Be able to follow instruction, work independently and as part of a tea
- Work accurately and efficiently
- Have confidence in dealing with Partners, Fee Earners and External Clients
- Be adaptive and responsive]
- Have knowledge and adhere to Solicitor Accounts Rules
- Uphold confidentiality and private matters
- Use of Excel
- Ideally use of Chrome River and 3E
Important Notice
It is Career Legal’s policy, as a matter of courtesy, to respond to all applications within three working days. However, because of the volume of applications, we are sometimes unable to respond to individual candidates. If we have not contacted, you within three working days your application has been unsuccessful, and your details have not been retained. Please apply for any other position that you may see in the future. Thank you.
Career Legal is a Recruitment Agency and is advertising this permanent vacancy on behalf of one of its clients.
