Job Title: Junior Finance Assistant / Bills Processor
Location: Northenden, Manchester
Salary: Starting salary £18,278 (£9.50 per hour)
Job Type: Full Time, Permanent
Express Solicitors is a top 200 Law firm that specialises in all areas of personal injury including public liability, occupier’s liability, road traffic accidents, employer’s liability, industrial disease, serious injuries and clinical negligence. We pride ourselves in the work we do helping injured people.
We are Law Society accredited and are a Legal 500 Leading Firm for both Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence. Six of our Partners are members of the Law Society Specialist Personal Injury Panel.
Our employees are our most important asset and have been instrumental in helping us recover millions of pounds each year for injured people. No doubt at Express Solicitors we rate skill and ability above all else and our recruitment policy encourages applications from all.
Role Overview:
We are currently looking for a junior finance assistant to work as a Bills processor within our finance department. This role will sit within a seven-person legal cashier team, as part of a wider Finance team of twelve; reporting to the Senior Legal Cashier.
You will be part of a small, dedicated team responsible for processing bills, payments and receipts on personal injury claims.
This is a new role to the business and we will be looking to the successful candidate to help develop the role further offering ideas for improvement and streamlining.
Experience of this area of work would be useful but not essential, as full training will be given on the job.
Key duties:
- Raising and processing bills with reference to information provided by the company’s file handlers;
- Liaising with file handlers and/or the legal cashier team in relation to any queries and dealing with these in a timely manner;
- Other duties as may be required by the firm.
Person specification
Required Qualifications/Training:
- Knowledge of solicitors accounts an advantage but not essential;
- GCSE Maths and English grade C or above (or international equivalent).
Required Attributes
- Strong arithmetic skills;
- Computer literacy;
- Have the confidence and ability to communicate at senior levels;
- Strong sense of responsibility;
- Have a high level of attention to detail and accuracy.
Salary, Hours & Benefits:
- 37-hour working week Monday to Friday
- We offer our employees a 3/2 alternate remote working rota, upon successful completion of probationary period
- 23 days holiday, rising 1 day per year to a max of 26 days, plus bank/public hols. Please note, the office is closed between Christmas and New Year and 3 holidays are reserved for this period.
- 3 holiday buy backs per year after 1 year of service
- Private medical insurance available after 2 years’ service
- Death in Service – 2 x salary based on annual salary only – eligibility commences when you join the company
- Active social committee, firm pays for trips to e.g. Bowling, Chester Races, Christmas party, Summer Barbecue
- Active training culture and various groups and events such as Diversity & Inclusion.
- Netball / Football team, 10km Manchester team and more.
- Usual ancillary benefits including Employee Assistance Programme etc.
Please click on the APPLY button to send your CV and Cover Letter for this role.
Candidates with experience of: Accounts Assistant, Assistant Management Accountant, Accounts Clerk, Bookkeeper, Credit Controller, Finance Assistant, Purchase Ledger, Assistant Accountant, Financial Administrator, Accounts Admin, Finance Support, Credit Control, Junior Accountant, Cash Flow Reporting, Sales Ledger may be considered for this role.
