Job Title: Transactional Team Leader
Location: Remote working
Salary: £29,750 – £35,000 per annum
Job Type: Full Time, Permanent
Operating in a changing and challenging market, The Company is a professional and representative association for Chartered Legal Executive lawyers, and other legal practitioners and paralegals. It regulates all its members in the public interest. They provide education, training and the development of skills for their members, and those who wish to become more proficient and knowledgeable in the law. Their members are partners in law firms and advocates and may apply for judicial appointment.
At The Company, their purpose is to enable people to follow their dream of becoming a legal professional regardless of the barriers that society and the traditional educational system puts before them.
They are looking to recruit a Transactional Team Leader to manage the transaction processing team to ensure production of accurate and timely financial reports and accounts for decision making across the Institute.
The Role:
You will have previous experience in undertaking similar activities in a comparable environment. You will ideally be qualified to AAT Technician or equivalent, have experience of Sage 200c accounting software and will have experience of managing and motivating a team.
You will have previous experience in running a payroll function using Sage 50 payroll software. You will need to have a keen eye for detail and be a good team player with excellent written and oral communication skills. Strong management and leadership skills, with experience of change management desirable. You will be organised, committed and be willing to undertake training consistent with developing skill relevant to the duties and responsibilities of the role.
Key Responsibilities:
They want their transactional team to produce accurate and timely reports and accounts in line with statutory requirements, organisational policy and best practice, for decision making across the institute. So…., you will be / have:
- Responsible for managing the transaction team’s day to day activities, including coaching and support for direct reports
- Overall responsibility for the sales and purchase ledgers, ensuring all financial transactions are performed in compliance with the organisation’s policies and processes
- Focus on the management of systems and processes linked to financial transactions dealt with by the team e.g. purchase orders
- Perform and complete reconciliations of bank, sales ledger and purchase ledger and present these to FBP at least weekly
- Responsible for implementing an effective and efficient credit control system
- Manage the efficient processing of customer refunds
- Responsible for providing updates on cash flow trends and financial commitments on a weekly basis
- Responsible for reviewing the processing of PAYE, Payroll and Pension contributions and that payments thereof are made accurately, completely and on time
- Responsible for reviewing the payroll journal and posting to Sage
- Responsible for reconciling the payroll accounts, including pension control and PAYE control accounts
- Ensure all transactions are correctly recorded with the correct VAT treatment applied.
- Review quarterly partial-exemption VAT returns and ensure all filings and payments are made accurately and on time.
- The key point of contact with customer services regarding cash allocations, refunds, etc.
- Assigned other finance-related tasks by management on an ad hoc basis
What they can offer
- Remote Working (with an expectation to attend meetings where required following social distancing guidelines)
- Competitive Pension Scheme
- Generous Annual Leave Allowance
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Life Assurance
- A Health & Wellbeing focus
- Access to their training and development Learning Hub
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Candidates with experience or relevant job titles of; Accounting, Finance Manager, Financial Analyst, Financial Assistant, Finance Associate, Management Accountant, Finance Coordinator, Senior Finance Manager, Financial Controller, Accounts Manager, Finance Specialist, Financial Executive, Finance Controller, Financial Accounting, CIMA, ICAEW, Cost Controller, ACCA, AIA, ACA, CCAB qualified, AAT Qualified may also be considered for this role.
