Finance Assistant/senior Finance Assistant - Coventry, United Kingdom - Browns Recruitment Group

Browns Recruitment Group
Browns Recruitment Group
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Coventry, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Finance Assistant/Senior Finance Assistant

Birmingham

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Our well established client is seeking a Finance/Senior Finance Assistant for their Birmingham office. The role is full-time permanent, with hybrid working up to 50% from home.


The role


This is an exciting operational role to undertake general cashiering tasks and assist in the processing of client and office transactions in accordance with the Solicitors Regulations Authority Accounts Rules.

The role will report into the Finance Team Leader and be part of the wider finance operations team which are based across our offices.


The person


This role requires someone who ideally has experience of working in the legal industry or professional services firm and has a financial background, with a proven track record of delivering excellent internal/external client service.

It is likely that your background and experience will include the following areas of expertise:

  • solid educational background with at least 6 GCSEs at grade 4 and above, or equivalent
- hold or be working towards an accounting qualification
- experience of working in a high volume transactional finance related office environment, preferably in legal or professional services sector
- have strong Excel and Microsoft office skills
- have excellent attention to detail
- have excellent written as well as verbal communication skills and be confident working with all levels
- be organised and methodical in how you approach your work
- be self-managed, pro-active and confident in setting and prioritising your own work agenda
- be a team player, comfortable working with your local team and remotely with your finance colleagues in other locations


The activities

  • Processing of Client and Office account transactions in line with SRA compliance and best practice
  • Conduct interaccount transfers
  • Assisting with Purchase Ledger invoices and payments
  • Liaising with external clients on the firm's credit card line
  • Assisting the team with various Month End procedures
  • Input and maintain correct accounting data on the computing system, observing current procedures for authorisation
  • Advise fee earners and executive assistants in correct accounting procedures, and provide assistance and information in financial areas to enable fee earners to perform their client work in a timely and accurate manner
  • Assist in the completion of regular bank reconciliations and the posting of necessary corrections
  • Answer queries from clients, banks and other work related institutions
  • Supply information required by auditors and assist them in their audit where necessary
  • Carry out any other reasonable tasks delegated by the team leaders and managers as appropriate
  • Suggest ways in which the finance team can improve efficiency through the better use of technology or change to working practices
  • To assist with the successful implementation of new systems and working practices on a consistent firmwide basis
  • Establish good working relationships with fee earners and executive assistants
  • To work with other members of the finance team in respect of billing and credit control support for fee earning teams and generally assist in managing working capital
  • Produce reports as required from the accounting system
  • Ensure that fee earners and executive assistants are aware of financial best practice and how the implementation of that can benefit the firm

Core benefits:


  • Equal all staff bonus based on the firm's financial performance (which in 2023 came to £2,327.20 for every fulltime employee who has been with the firm for at least a year. The bonus is prorated so parttime employees also receive a bonus as well as staff who have been with the firm for less than a year.)
  • Generous pension including the option to salary sacrifice
  • Five weeks' annual leave and the option to buy or sell a week each year
  • Extra day of leave for wedding/civil partnership, religious holiday and house moving
  • Bonus week leave every 11th year of continuous service
  • Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay
  • Income protection after two years' service
  • Life assurance with the choice of covering between two and 10 times annual basic salary
  • Confidential employee assistance programme providing guidance on every day issues to more complex matters and both telephone and face to face counselling.
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