Accounts and Data Assistant - Halifax, United Kingdom - Appleyard Lees

Appleyard Lees
Appleyard Lees
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Halifax, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Description

As the Accounts & Data Assistant, your main job is to help the finance and data teams by doing different tasks, looking at data, and making reports that help people make better decisions.

This role is a mix of finance and data work, and it offers a wide range of tasks and the chance to work with different departments across the firm.

Key Responsibilities

  • Processing updates to our case management system (CMS)
  • Antimoney laundering screening
  • Preparing reporting from the various sources
  • Reconciliations and analysis of reporting
  • Creating and submitting electronic billing files
  • Processing of credit notes
  • Raising of sales invoices
  • Accurately record financial transactions in accounting software
  • Support the accounting team in the monthend and yearend closing processes
  • Managing own and team inboxes
  • Dealing with internal and external queries
Skills, Knowledge, and Expertise

  • We are looking for someone with a keen eye for detail and a strong work ethic.
  • Critical thinking and problemsolving skills are essential due to the nature of this role.
  • Basic Excel knowledge and excellent numerical skills are required, and reconciliation skills are highly desirable.
  • This role involves working with different departments, so you need to be able to work as part of a team and independently.
  • Good oral and written communication skills are essential for dealing with internal and external inquiries.
  • You must also be selfmotivated, diligent, and organised.

Benefits:


  • We pride ourselves on being small and friendly enough for you to get to know everyone but big enough to offer you great career prospects. At Appleyard Lees, you won't feel like a number or just another cog in the wheel. We understand everyone is individual and offer a friendly and supportive place to work and learn.
  • We also offer:
  • 34 hour working week
  • Agile working
  • 25 days annual leave + bank holidays
  • Voucher on your birthday and Christmas
  • Annual salary review
  • Life assurance
  • Healthcare cash plan
  • Social outings summer party, Christmas party and more
  • Charity events
About Appleyard Lees


Appleyard Lees is a leading intellectual property law firm with over fifty patent and trade mark attorneys and litigators across offices in Halifax, Leeds, Manchester, and Cambridge.


We provide a full range of intellectual property (IP) services covering patents, trade marks, designs and copyright in the UK, Europe and worldwide.

We use our technical and legal skills, and many years of experience, to identify and protect IP assets and to uncover and eliminate the risks posed by other people's IP rights.


  • Who we are, and what we do but also, how we do it makes us distinctive._


Our clients include some of the world's most exciting innovators, largest companies, and household names, with a number of clients obtaining Fortune 500, Fortune Global 2000, FTSE 100, FTSE 250, and Forbes Global 2000 status.

Our clients operate across a diverse collection of industries, including chemicals, retail, consumer goods, electronics, software, bio and life sciences, pharmaceuticals, metals, and heavy industry, higher education, and hospitality, leisure, and tourism.


Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
Equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) has always been part of the core values of Appleyard Lees. To us, diversity is not just a box-ticking exercise, it is a core part of our firm's values.

Diversity of people means diversity of ideas and perspectives, and these allow us to be more creative and flexible as a business.

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