Crone Corkill are recruiting on behalf of a niche employment law firm based in Reading, Berkshire.
Seeking a Finance Operations Administrator /Legal Cashier
The Firm deals with a combination of contentious and non-contentious employment law matters for both employee and employer clients across a wide range of industries.
- Office Account Receipts (mostly through legal case management system), FeeWise card Receipts and Office Accounts Reconciled through Xero accounts package.
- Client Account - Receipts and Payments, including creation and maintenance of mini files and monthly reconciliations.
- Monthly work in progress (WIP) reports to solicitors to identify invoices that need to be raised.
- Preparation and sending of invoices to clients or other relevant third-party debtors throughout each month.
- Responsible for the firm's debt control including chasing for outstanding debts and maintaining debt records/reporting.
- When required on bad debts, liaising with Paralegals at the firm to coordinate them drafting and issuing of Letter Before Actions and them submitting claims through the Money Claim Online website, Continual liaising with the Paralegal through the process of the Money Claim and recovery of the debt, be that via Court or via, for example, High Court Enforcement;
- Assisting with the running and adapting of regular reports such as matter balance at the month end, monies owing, time and fees analysis, conversion rate reports;
- Bookkeeping qualifications and experience;
- Experience working within an accounts team, within a law firm would be preferred;
- Experience with Xero, or similar accounts package;
- Excellent written, oral and numerical skills;
- Excellent attention to detail and high attentiveness;
- The ability to work within tight deadlines;
- High adaptability and proactivity;