Skills

Attention to detail Training Databases Accounting Organizational Skills

Job Specifications

Department: Legal

Location: Bolton

Description

Finance Assistant

Location: Bolton
Position: 6 months Fixed Term
Hours: 35 hours per week 9am-5pm, with 1 unpaid hour for lunch

We are seeking a Finance Assistant to join our team. This is a role where you will support our Legal Cashier Team in the processing of a high volume of transactions both receipted in and paid out and assisting with a variety of administrative tasks associated with the Legal Cashiers team & our Counsel & Expert team. Your attention to detail and organizational skills will be important in ensuring the accuracy of our financial data. You will work to ensure that we can deliver a high standard of support to the business.

This is an office based role in a diverse and happy working environment where full training will be provided.

Key Accountabilities

Daily Tasks
Daily BACs cash allocation
Sorting and Receipting both Physical & Online Post
Receipting Office Banking
Processing Bulk Payments
Processing of Cost Recovery (need brief detail of this)
Processing of VAT Reversals/other reversals? (need brief details of this)
Checking & adding Expert Fees to the ledger
Processing statements to update experts
Adding new experts onto the system- checking and validating bank details
Processing of payment runs & Court Fees on a monthly basis
Key Responsibilities
Data Entry: Accurately enter financial data into accounting systems and databases.

Experience, Skills and Qualifications

Skills Required
Thorough attention to detail
The ability to work in shared mailboxes
Flexibility and open-mindedness
The ability to deal with large volumes
Understanding of how to use Microsoft packages
The ability to work in a fast-paced environment
The ability to work well with others
Organisational skills
The ability to use your own initiative
Software experience

To be competent in the following software:
Sharepoint/ Onedrive
Teams
Microsoft packages- Excel
Outlook

Benefits

Davies Incentive Plan
25 days holiday per year which increases with level of service (opportunity to buy & sell 3 days)
Simply Health Care Cash Plan
WeCare - 24/7 online GP, mental health support and virtual wellbeing covering a whole host of topics to do with health, mental health, wellbeing & healthy living and financial & legal wellbeing
Death In Service - after 1 years' service
Pension Contribution based 5% Employee / 3% Employer
Employee Resource Groups
Employee Volunteering Programme
Cycle to Work Scheme*
Tech Scheme*
Season Ticket Loan*
Gym Flex*
Access to Online Discount Sites
Discounted Gourmet Society Membership
Discounted Tickets for Merlin Attractions nationwide
Discounts at local retail outlets
*after successfully completing probation

About the Company

We are a top 40 law firm, focusing on the insurance sector, acting on behalf of leading insurers, businesses and suppliers to the insurance industry for over 50 years. In 2020, we joined Davies, the specialist professional services and technology firm, working in partnership with leading insurance, highly regulated and global businesses. Handling general insurance claims of all types, from the lowest value disputes through to the largest catastrophic losses makes us a trusted strategic partner for our clients. We minimise ... Know more