Finance Assistant

Are you a detail-oriented finance professional with a knack for managing large volumes of transactions? Do you thrive in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you to join our team as a Legal Billing Specialist. In this role, you will provide vital support to our firm's unions and external billing functions, ensuring seamless accounting operations and exceptional customer service.,

• Ensure compliance with the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) Accounts Rules and firm policies.


• Implement and manage all processes and procedures for the Legal Billing Team.


• Assist with monthly interim, final, and fixed fee billing processes.


• Manage disbursement funding statements in compliance with union client agreements.


• Professionally communicate with folio holders, Regional Managers, union clients, and external parties.


• Accurately process and allocate payments and receipts on a daily basis.


• Reconcile and control your workload, ensuring high accuracy and quality.


• Assist with user acceptance testing for finance system changes and developments.


• Work collaboratively with team members and across departments to ensure smooth global accounting operations.


• Address queries from Thompson's staff within Finance and branches efficiently.


• Handle various additional tasks as needed, especially during high-volume periods like month and year-end.
  
  Exceptional organisational and time management abilities.


• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal.


• Capable of handling delegated tasks independently with minimal supervision.


• IT and keyboard literate with advanced skills in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Outlook).


• Excellent attention to detail, ensuring high accuracy in all tasks.


• At least 2 years of experience in a similar finance role; experience in a law firm and knowledge of Aderant Expert practice management are desirable.


• High level of professionalism, accountability, and dependability.


• Ability to adapt and manage workloads efficiently, especially during peak periods.
  
  For 100 years, leading social justice law firm, Thompsons Solicitors, has been fighting for the rights of the injured and mistreated and changing lives for the better. Since 1921, we have stood shoulder-to-shoulder with trade unions to implement key legal reforms and give a voice to those who might otherwise have been disadvantaged and marginalised.


Thompsons ran:

• the case that established the right for injured workers to be compensated in 1937


• the first asbestos case that was successful in the House of Lords in 1972


• the first equal pay for equal value claim in the UK (1988) and later in Europe (1993)


• the case against UK construction companies for blacklisting union members in 2016


• hundreds of cases on behalf of women who received negligent treatment at the hands of disgraced breast surgeon, Ian Paterson (2017) and behalf of those injured by mesh (2019).


Today, Thompsons employs 800 staff who work at 23 offices right across the UK. Key areas of legal specialism include: personal injury, serious injury, asbestos diseases, medical negligence, road traffic accidents, accidents at work, industrial diseases and trade union law. As a point of principle, the firm has never worked for employers or insurers.

Over the last 100 years, we have consistently won the cases that have advanced the law for working people, but, as long as there are employers who put profit before the safety and rights of their workforce, there is always more to do. We continue to expose injustice, holding those responsible to account and campaigning for positive change.

We want to hear from anyone who is keen to progress a legal career with a firm that won't let up in its quest for fairness.


• Contributory pension scheme


• 5 days additional leave over Christmas (Xmas shut down)


• Permanent health insurance


• Healthcare Cash Plan (MediCash)


• Life assurance


• 23 days annual leave (in addition to bank holidays)


• Employee Assistance Programme


• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay


• Cycle to work scheme


• Organised sports and social club


• Annual travel and parking loans


• Financial assistance for professional development