Finance Systems Assistant - Ipswich, United Kingdom - Birketts LLP

Birketts LLP

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Ipswich, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Birketts is an ambitious full service, top 50 UK law firm, operating in East Anglia, London and the surrounding areas.

With a rich heritage spanning over 150 years we've built an enviable track record advising businesses, institutions and individuals inthe UK and internationally.

Throughout our history our ethos has remained simple:
we provide clear legal advice and value and insight to our clients.

We believe that through this approach and a combination of technical excellence and high quality service wecan develop long-lasting partnerships and become our client's solicitor of choice.

Purpose of the Role:

The Finance Team at Birketts is expanding its core team We are now recruiting for a newly created position - a Finance Systems Assistant to come and join us in Ipswich.

Together, as a collaborative firm, we have close to 1000 people working with us across our 5 locations and we are ranked highly in the Legal 500 across all areas we practice in.

We are people orientated, offering a dynamic, progressive and supportive culture.

The role is to to work as part of the Finance team assisting in providing an efficient and accurate service to the firm.

Key accountabilities will include:

Review & approve third party payers
Process split bills and maintain in Expert
Set up and maintain rate sets in Expert
Assist with personnel and supplier set up and changes in Expert
Review various monthly reports
Ad hoc queries from Accounts/Finance and fee earning teams
Assist with Expert project work development and testing
Assist & support fee earning teams with ledger housekeeping
Provide support to other team members with duties as required.
Other administrative duties as required.
Ensuring that own knowledge and skills are kept uptodate, requesting training where necessary.

Ideally we are seeking an assistant who has an aptitude to work with numbers.

Full training will be given and no prior experience in accounts and finance is required, just a passion to get into this line of work.

If you have strong IT skills, including Word and Excel, good organisation and administrative skills with accuracy and attention to detail and the ability to effectively prioritise this could be the role for you.

Equal Opportunities and Benefits:

One of the best things about working for Birketts is the amazing benefits we offer which include:

25 days holiday (FTE) plus Bank Holidays, rising to 30 days with service/promotion.
Private Healthcare with BUPA (offered after probation is passed)
Scottish Widows Pension Scheme (5% employer / 5% Employee)
Staff Profit Share / Salary sacrifice (Pensions, Staff Profit Share)
Life Assurance 4 x salary / Permanent Health Insurance
Paid CSR day (Corporate Socia and Governance)
Enhanced Maternity/Paternity Leave
Subsidised gym membership
Electric car scheme
Eye Care Voucher
Dress for your Day Policy
Long Service holiday award 1 extra week every 10 years continuous service.