Legal Accounts Assistant
Legal Accounts Assistant
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Birketts is a full service UK Top 50 law firm. With a heritage spanning 160 years we have more than 700 lawyers and legal professionals based in Bristol Cambridge Chelmsford Ipswich London Norwich and Sevenoaks. We advise businesses government and public sector organisations and individuals in the UK and internationally across four principal practice groups: Real Estate Corporate Services Dispute Resolution and Private Client.
We are defined by our Next Level Law proposition. We work with our clients as a proactive partner horizon scanning and thinking ahead to the changes challenges or opportunities that they may face.
Next Level Law is also applied to our people. Our collegiate culture means everyone is encouraged to achieve their next level in everything they do. RollOnFriday recently ranked us as the 5th best law firm to work at in 2024.
With our ambition to succeed comes a strong desire to make a positive contribution to the communities we serve and we are committed to delivering the objectives set out in our ESG strategy. Diversity plays an integral part in all that we do with female partners comprising 40% of our partnership.
Birketts LLP is a UK Top 50 law firm with a very busy Accounts team who are based in Ipswich town centre. The team is now looking for an energetic and dynamic Legal Accounts Assistant to come and work alongside other team members. You will provide full legal accounts administrative support to the firms partners and feeearners as well as our business support teams.
On a daytoday basis you will:
- Effectively receive and process all payments and receipts for client and office accounts.
- Accurately conduct CHAPS BACS International Payments and Inter Account Transfers within agreed time limits.
- Assist and support other team members in other duties as required.
- Other administrative duties as required.
- Ensuring that own knowledge and skills are kept up to date requesting training where necessary.
The ideal candidate will come from a professional services administrative background although this is not essential. You will be process driven and highly organised enjoying supporting fee earners in a busy law firm. Great at multitasking as well as working in a fast paced process driven environment.
- Previous experience working as a Legal Account Assistant or in a similar role is advantageous however not essential as training will be provided.
- Strong IT skills including word and excel.
- Good organisation and administrative skills.
- Accuracy and diligence.
- Ability to effectively prioritise.
- Excellent communication skills.
At Birketts our culture is driven by ambition and a commitment to positively impact all the communities we serve. We are dedicated to the success development and wellbeing of our colleagues helping them achieve their goals and seize the opportunities that come with our growth. Alongside a flexible and inclusive work environment we offer the following core benefits:
- 25 days holiday (FTE) plus Bank Holidays
- Long Service holiday award 1 extra week every 10 years continuous service
- Private Healthcare with BUPA (offered after probation is passed)
- Scottish Widows Pension Scheme (5% employer / 5% Employee)
- Staff Profit Share and Individual Performance Bonus Scheme
- Salary sacrifice (Pensions Staff Profit Share)
- Life Assurance 4 x salary / Permanent Health Insurance
- Paid CSR Day
- Enhanced Maternity/Paternity Leave
- Subsidised gym membership
- Electric car scheme
- Agile/Hybrid Working Policy
- Dress for your Day Policy
is a flexible business which has embraced a hybrid working model where our colleagues enjoy a mix of home and office working. We welcome applications from people looking for flexible agile and parttime roles and we are happy to explore your preferred working patterns as part of your application.
Please note that this job profile is not an exhaustive list of duties but merely an outline of the key components of the role. You may be required by your line manager to take on additional responsibilities when requested.
Birketts is committed to being an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our policy is unequivocal: we do not tolerate discrimination based on age disability sex race religion or belief gender reassignment marriage or civil partnership pregnancy or maternity or sexual orientation.
We pride ourselves on being an inclusive organisation that actively promotes equality of opportunity for all valuing the right mix of talent skills and potential. We welcome applications from a diverse range of candidates and selection for roles is based solely on individual merit.
Employment Type
Full-Time
