Finance Specialist: Parental Leave Cover - Sydney CBD

Meridian Lawyers; Sydney; On-site; AUD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wellbeing initiatives

Retail discounts

Salary sacrificing options

Personal Enjoyment Day

Extra annual leave

Employee referral program

MeridianMinds program

Job summary

Meridian Lawyers in Sydney (CBD) seeks a motivated Finance Specialist on a maximum-term basis to cover parental leave. You will join our Finance team to provide general finance support across day-to-day operations, accounting processes, and ad hoc projects.

Key tasks include billing queries, rates management, credit card reconciliation, accounts payable, trust reconciliations, and financial reporting, with a collaborative approach and commitment to accuracy.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years' experience in an all-round Finance Officer role.
• Intermediate Excel skills.
• Experience in a legal or professional services environment is preferred.
• Collaborative, detail-oriented, and able to meet deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Monitor, review and action finance-related tickets and requests.
• Assist with billing queries, rates management, and prebill generation.
• Handle credit card reconciliation and documentation processing.
• Support Accounts Payable, Trust, reconciliations and other workflows.
• Create and amend client and matter rate sets.
• Assist with financial reporting and data access within the system.
• Ensure compliance with policies and accounting standards.
• Identify process improvements and implement best practices.
• Respond to ad hoc stakeholder requests.

Skills

Excel

Collaboration

Attention to detail

Time management

Tools

Aderant

Job description

Meridian Lawyers in Sydney (CBD) seeks a motivated Finance Specialist on a maximum-term basis to cover parental leave. You will join our Finance team to provide general finance support across day-to-day operations, accounting processes, and ad hoc projects.

Key tasks include billing queries, rates management, credit card reconciliation, accounts payable, trust reconciliations, and financial reporting, with a collaborative approach and commitment to accuracy.