Financial Assistant

Legal Finance Assistant Manchester City Centre 6 months FTC

We a working with a leading legal firm's Commercial Real Estate department to appoint an organised and analytical Finance Assistant to their busy team in Manchester on a fixed term basis for a 6 month contract.

This is one of the North West s biggest commercial property teams, providing a comprehensive range of real estate services across all disciplines. This is a fantastic opportunity for an individual, perhaps with some previous experience working in a small firm, to gain exposure and a foot in the door with a large, highly regarded city centre law firm where further opportunities may arise.

This role is an integral part of the department. You will be working alongside fee earners, ensuring all finance aspects of their work are dealt with promptly and efficiently in accordance with the SRA rules and regulations.

Duties will include:

• Providing support in relation to the finance aspects of the firm's case management system
• Analysis and investigation of file balances so that informed and appropriate actions are taken to enable timely file closure
• Liaising with Fee Earners and other teams
• Raising appropriate payment requests to the Accounts Team
• Raising Bills
• Processing write offs
• Closing files

Skills and attributes:

Ideally, we are looking to speak with candidates with some existing experience of working within the legal sector in a legal cashier role or similar. A good understanding of the conveyancing process would be advantageous.

You will also need to demonstrate:

• Good knowledge of SRA Accounts Rules
• Strong analytical skills
• Basic Word and Excel skills
• Professional manner
• Well organised and able to manage workload to hit deadlines

The firm offers its colleagues many benefits, including 25 days holiday (prorata), plus Christmas closure, early finish once a month, opportunity to be involves in charitable work, travel loan, events , EAS, referral scheme, plus much more.