Accounts Assistant - Control and Reconciliations

Shepherd and Wedderburn; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Shepherd and Wedderburn is seeking an Accounts Assistant for their Control & Reconciliations Team in Edinburgh. This full-time position involves handling client transactions and requires prior experience in legal finance or high volume client money settings. The role offers excellent career prospects and a competitive salary.

Qualifications

• Experience within a legal finance cashiering team or high volume 'client money' transactional finance.
• Full-time commitment.

Responsibilities

• Join the Control & Reconciliations Team within the Cashroom.
• Assist in managing client transactions accurately.

Skills

Attention to Detail

Numeracy

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Accounts Assistant - Control and Reconciliations, Edinburgh

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Client:

Shepherd and Wedderburn

Location:

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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EU work permit required:

Yes

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Job Reference:

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Job Views:

23

Posted:

22.06.2025

Expiry Date:

06.08.2025

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Job Description:

We are currently recruiting for an Accounts Assistant to join our Control & Reconciliations Team within our Cashroom.

Candidates must have previous experience within a legal finance cashiering team or a high volume 'client money' transactional finance team within another professional services organisation.

This is a full-time, permanent post and can be based at our Edinburgh office.To submit an application for this position and to view full details of the role, please clickhere..We offer a competitive salary and benefits package with excellent career prospects.

We welcome applications from all sections of the community.

Data Protection

Shepherd and Wedderburn is committed to protecting the privacy and security of your personal information that we collect as a "data controller". The information provided by you will be processed in accordance with our GDPR Privacy Notice for Applicants and Work Experience Students. If you are successful in obtaining paid employment with us, we will hold your information in accordance with our Personnel Data Retention Policy, which will be provided to you at the relevant time.

We will process the information you provide solely for the purpose of evaluating your application for employment. The information will be disclosed to the interview panel (if relevant), your line manager (if appointed), and Human Resources staff members. We may contact any references provided for the purposes of discussing your application, and will ask your permission before doing so.

If you provide any information deemed to be “special category” information under the General Data Protection Regulation, we may use this as follows:

• We will use information about your disability status to provide appropriate adjustments to the interview process.
• We will use any information provided in our diversity monitoring form about your race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, gender identity, gender expression, social mobility background, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, any disability information, age, and marital/civil partnership status to ensure meaningful equal opportunity monitoring and reporting. Any analysis of this data will be done on an anonymous basis.

Should your application be unsuccessful, the information provided will be deleted within 1 year of a decision not to progress your application.

If you have any further questions about how we process and store your information, or your rights in relation to this, please refer to ourGDPR Privacy Notice for Applicants and Work Experience Students.