Audit Administrator

Ampa Holdings LLP; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading firm in Birmingham is looking for an Audit Administrator to support its Legal teams. The role involves providing essential administrative support, handling documentation, and liaising with clients. Ideal candidates will possess previous administrative experience and be confident with IT systems such as Microsoft Office.

Qualifications

• Previous office administrative experience, ideally within a real estate / legal environment.
• Confidence with IT systems to include Microsoft Word and Excel.
• Good basic keyboard ability.

Responsibilities

• Provide audit administrative support to legal teams.
• Archiving, storage and retrieval of documentation.
• Assisting the Audit Manager with key day to day roles.

Skills

Office administration

IT skills

Communication

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Audit Administrator

Department: Shakespeare Martineau - Finance & Restructuring - Real Estate Finance - Real Estate Finance - 1502

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: Birmingham

Reporting To: Hannah Pickering

Description

About us:

Shakespeare Martineau is a law firm with big ambitions for both our clients and our people. We are one firm of original thinkers, inspired to create an outstanding future for our clients, our people and our community.

Working with organisations of all sizes our team delivers a broad range of specialist legal services, and has particular expertise across sectors including but not limited to; energy, education, banking & financial services, investment funds and advanced manufacturing.

Our vision is to be the outstanding legal force in our specialist sectors and markets. Our people are renowned for their flair and individuality.

We firmly believe that people and spirit are at the heart of everything we do. Our commitment is to help all our people fulfil their careers and ambitions and we strive to create an environment where each individual can understand and then achieve their full potential. Great performance for us is a blend of excellent technical and business skills and the talent and drive to do things differently.

The team:

Our multi-disciplinary Real Estate Finance team has extensive experience in advising banks, building societies and other funders including property investors and developers. We are one of the largest teams in the West Midlands with a team of around 30 people experienced in Islamic finance issues alone. We advise our clients on a variety of matters including development finance, facility letters, guarantees, investment finance, loan book management, LPA receivership, priority/subordination deeds, security documents and short-term lending.

The role:

You will work as part of a team to provide audit administrative support to help our legal teams and Audit Manager deliver great service to our clients.

What you will be doing:

• Archiving, storage and retrieval of documentation (electronic and paper versions)
• Scheduling deeds
• Auditing Land Registry applications
• Maintaining post-completion spreadsheets
• Assisting Audit Manager with key day to day roles
• Liaising with key clients regarding various reports
• Dealing with case management systems to audit files
• Using case management system to close files
• Photocopying, scanning, faxing, printing, filing and collating documentation

What you will need:

• Previous office administrative experience, ideally within a real estate / legal environment
• Confidence with IT systems to include Microsoft Word and Excel
• A good basic keyboard ability

Key competencies you will need:

• The ability to work well in a team and develop good working relationships with colleagues and others
• Good communication skills with the confidence to liaise openly and clearly with colleagues and clients
• The ability to produce a high standard of work, sometimes under pressure, whilst maintaining accuracy and good attention to detail
• To be able to demonstrate flexibility, initiative and confidence in your own ability

Benefits, Agile Working and Additional information

We embrace agile working and offer a blended approach to where and how we work.

We appreciate that people have different needs and preferences and we’re keen to be flexible, after all, we value what you do, not where you do it.

We have the following hubs across the UK: Birmingham, Bristol, Leicester, Lincoln, London, Milton Keynes, Nottingham, Solihull, Stratford upon Avon, Sheffield and in the South; Crawley, East Grinstead, Lewes, Brighton, Eastbourne, Seaford, Peacehaven, Storrington, Chichester & Southampton as well as our Scotland office located in Edinburgh.

Additional information

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Please be aware, for some vacancies, where we receive high numbers of applications we may need to bring the close date forward.

Due to the nature of the work undertaken, confirmation of employment will be subject to a variety of checks which will be carried out once an offer of employment is accepted. Details of the checks can be found here.

Equal opportunities

Ampa Group is a committed equal opportunities employer. We seek to attract, develop and retain talented people from a diverse range of backgrounds and cultures. We value and respect individuality and encourage a culture within our business where people can be themselves and be valued for their strengths and experiences. Everyone who either applies to or works for the firm is treated equally, regardless of their gender, age, ethnic origin, nationality, marital status, sexual orientation or religious beliefs.