Counsel & Expert Finance Assistant

Keoghs; Bolton; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Davies Incentive Plan

25 days holiday per year

Simply Health Care Cash Plan

WeCare – 24/7 online GP and mental health support

Death In Service after 1 year’s service

Pension Contribution – 5% Employee / 3% Employer

Employee Resource Groups

Employee Volunteering Programme

Cycle to Work Scheme

Tech Scheme

Season Ticket Loan

Gym Flex

Access to Online Discount Sites

Discounted Gourmet Society Membership

Discounted Tickets for Merlin Attractions

Discounts at local retail outlets

Job summary

A legal services company in Bolton is seeking a Finance Assistant for maternity leave cover in a hybrid role. You'll support the Counsel & Expert team with various administrative tasks, such as managing invoices and high volumes of data entry. The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, organised, and can thrive in a fast-paced environment. This position offers the opportunity for professional growth within a supportive team culture that values collaboration and innovation.

Qualifications

• Accurately enter financial data into accounting systems and databases.

Responsibilities

• Review and post Expert Fees to the ledger, ensuring accuracy.
• Manage a shared mailbox and respond to expert queries.
• Organise and filter emails into appropriate categories.
• Add new experts to the system and verify their details.
• Assist with payment runs on a rota basis.

Skills

Thorough attention to detail

Ability to work in shared mailboxes

Flexibility and open-mindedness

Ability to deal with large volumes

Understanding of how to use Microsoft packages

Ability to work in a fast-paced environment

Ability to work well with others

Organisational skills

Ability to use your own initiative

Time-management skills

Ability to communicate effectively

Tools

Microsoft Excel

SharePoint/OneDrive

Microsoft Outlook

Teams

Job description

Application Deadline

Application Deadline: 30 March 2026

Department

Department: Corporate Finance

Location

Location: Bolton

Description

We are seeking a Finance Assistant to join our team. This is a flexible full‑time role (Maternity Leave Cover) where you will support our Counsel & Expert team in the processing of a high volume of Expert Fees with a variety of administrative tasks associated with the Counsel & Expert team. Your attention to detail and organisational skills will be important in ensuring the accuracy of our financial data. You will work to ensure that we can deliver a high standard of support to the business.

This is a hybrid role with two office days per week on Tuesday and Wednesday, which are our designated team days. However, there is also the option to work from the office full time if preferred.

This is a dynamic and inclusive workplace, where collaboration and positivity are at the heart of everything we do.

Key Accountabilities

• Reviewing and posting Expert Fees to the ledger, ensuring they have not already been recorded and that all invoice details correspond with the relevant file.
• Maintaining a high level of attention to detail to ensure fees are allocated to the correct file.
• Managing the shared mailbox and responding to expert queries in a timely and professional manner.
• Organising and filtering emails within the shared mailbox into the appropriate categorised subfolders.
• Adding new experts to the system, ensuring all details are accurate and verifying bank information.
• Assisting with payment runs on a rota basis.
• Assisting with Court fees as and when required.
• Working within a 48‑hour turnaround timeframe to meet operational requirements.
• Managing high volumes of work while maintaining accuracy.
• Demonstrating strong attention to detail at all times.
• Maintaining a focus on quality over quantity in all tasks.
• Processing refunds and completing bill reversal forms as required.
• Preparing and issuing monthly statements to Experts.

Experience, Skills and Qualifications

• Data Entry – Accurately enter financial data into accounting systems and databases.

Skills Required

• Thorough attention to detail
• The ability to work in shared mailboxes
• Flexibility and open‑mindness
• The ability to deal with large volumes
• Understanding of how to use Microsoft packages
• The ability to work in a fast‑paced environment
• The ability to work well with others
• Organisational skills
• The ability to use your own initiative
• Time‑management skills
• Ability to communicate effectively with team members, colleagues and external customers.

Software Experience

• SharePoint/OneDrive
• Teams
• Microsoft Packages – Excel
• Outlook

Keoghs Values

Our culture is focused on making Keoghs sustainable and successful for our people and clients, with this our Four Values are at the heart of everything we do;
We are CONNECTED – united under one mission
We are DYNAMIC – adapt to changing environment & strive for what’s next
We are INNOVATIVE – empowered to discover new paths/ideas etc
We SUCCEED TOGETHER – support each other to grow

Benefits

• Davies Incentive Plan
• 25 days holiday per year which increases with level of service (opportunity to buy & sell 3 days)
• Simply Health Care Cash Plan
• WeCare – 24/7 online GP, mental health support and virtual wellbeing covering a whole host of topics to do with health, mental health, wellbeing & healthy living and financial & legal wellbeing
• Death In Service – after 1 year’s service
• Pension Contribution based 5% Employee / 3% Employer
• Employee Resource Groups
• Employee Volunteering Programme
• Cycle to Work Scheme*
• Tech Scheme*
• Season Ticket Loan*
• Gym Flex*
• Access to Online Discount Sites
• Discounted Gourmet Society Membership
• Discounted Tickets for Merlin Attractions nationwide
• Discounts at local retail outlets

*after successfully completing probation