Finance Assistant - 6 Months FTC

Keoghs; Bolton; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading legal solutions provider in Bolton seeks a Finance Assistant for a 6-month fixed term position. Responsibilities include supporting the Legal Cashier Team, processing transactions, and ensuring data accuracy. Ideal candidates have strong organizational skills and a keen attention to detail. The office offers a supportive environment, full training, and numerous employee benefits.

Benefits

Davies Incentive Plan

25 days holiday per year

Simply Health Care Cash Plan

WeCare – online GP services

Death In Service after 1 year

Pension Contribution

Cycle to Work Scheme

Gym Flex

Qualifications

• Experience supporting financial teams in transaction processing.
• Capability to handle high volumes of data accurately.
• Proficiency in using relevant software tools.

Responsibilities

• Daily BACs cash allocation.
• Sorting and receipting both physical and online post.
• Data entry of financial information accurately.

Skills

Attention to detail

Ability to work in shared mailboxes

Flexibility and open-mindedness

Ability to deal with large volumes

Understanding of Microsoft packages

Ability to work in a fast-paced environment

Ability to work well with others

Organizational skills

Ability to use initiative

Tools

Sharepoint/Onedrive

Teams

Excel

Outlook

Job 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.

Responsibilities

• Daily BACs cash allocation
• Sorting and Receipting both Physical & Online Post
• Receipting Office Banking
• Processing Bulk Payments
• Processing of Cost Recovery (need brief detail of this)
• Processing of VAT Reversals/other reversals? (need brief details of this)
• 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
• Data Entry: Accurately enter financial data into accounting systems and databases.

Experience, Skills and Qualifications

Skills

• 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

To be competent in the following software:

• Sharepoint/ Onedrive
• Teams
• Microsoft packages- 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

About Keoghs

Keoghs is the leading provider of legal and claims solutions to insurers, businesses and other suppliers to the insurance sector. We manage more than £1bn worth of insurer claims and resolve in excess of 100,000 claims per year working in partnership with leading insurers, MGAs, brokers, corporates and the public sector.

With more than 50 years’ experience we have an in-depth understanding of the insurance claims process, enabling us to contain and lower litigation rates, shorten claims lifecycles and reduce overall claims costs. We combine proven processes, technology and low cost infrastructure with extensive legal and insurance market knowledge. This enables us to create individual solutions for each of our clients that match their requirements in terms of quality, performance and value for money.

We invest heavily in specialised services, technology and innovation for our insurance clients, and we are the first to launch a true artificial intelligence (AI) insurance lawyer. Through our proprietary AI lawyer, Lauri, we’ve transformed the claims handling process for low-value personal injury claims; we’ve reduced claim lifecycles and reduced costs for our clients. Supported by commercial acumen and innovative products, Keoghs leads the way in providing legal solutions to the insurance industry.