Finance Assistant - 6 Months FTC

Davies; Bolton; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services provider in Bolton is seeking a Finance Assistant for a 6-month fixed term role. The successful candidate will support the Legal Cashier Team with high-volume transaction processing and administrative tasks. Key skills include attention to detail, flexibility, and proficiency in Microsoft tools. This is an office-based position offering a supportive work environment and full training.

Benefits

25 days holiday per year

Simply Health Care Cash Plan

Access to online GP services

Employee Volunteering Programme

Cycle to Work Scheme

Gym Flex

Tech Scheme

Qualifications

• Proven attention to detail.
• Ability to manage high volumes of tasks.
• Understanding of Microsoft packages.

Responsibilities

• Accurately enter financial data into accounting systems.
• Support financial processing tasks for the Legal Cashier Team.

Skills

Attention to detail

Flexibility

Organizational skills

Ability to work in a fast-paced environment

Ability to work in shared mailboxes

Initiative

Team collaboration

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Outlook

Teams

Sharepoint/Onedrive

Job description

Finance Assistant - 6 Months FTC

Department: Legal

Employment Type: Fixed Term - Full Time

Location: Bolton

Description

Finance Assistant

Location: Bolton

Position: 6 months Fixed Term

Hours: 35 hours per week 9am-5pm, with 1 unpaid hour for lunch

We are seeking a Finance Assistant to join our team. This is a role where you will support our Legal Cashier Team in the processing of a high volume of transactions both receipted in and paid out and assisting with a variety of administrative tasks associated with the Legal Cashiers team & our Counsel & Expert team. Your attention to detail and organizational 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 an office based role in a diverse and happy working environment where full training will be provided.

Key Accountabilities

• Daily BACs cash allocation
• Sorting and Receipting both Physical & Online Post
• Receipting Office Banking
• Processing Bulk Payments
• Processing of Cost Recovery
• Processing of VAT Reversals/other reversals
• Checking & adding Expert Fees to the ledger
• Processing statements to update experts
• Adding new experts onto the system - checking and validating bank details
• Processing of payment runs & Court Fees on a monthly basis

Key Responsibilities

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

Experience, Skills and Qualifications

Skills Required

• Thorough attention to detail
• The ability to work in shared mailboxes
• Flexibility and open-mindedness
• 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

Software experience

• Sharepoint/ Onedrive
• Teams
• Microsoft Excel
• Outlook

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 years’ 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