Finance Support Assistant - Billing & Payments Specialist

Ellisons; Essex; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Discretionary performance bonus

Generous leave entitlement

Enhanced family policies

Mental health and wellbeing support

Professional development

Job summary

Ellisons is a UK law firm with offices across Essex, seeking a Finance Support Assistant to join the Colchester finance team on a permanent basis. You will support cashiering, billing and financial processing to ensure accuracy and compliance.

The role requires attention to detail, strong organisational and communication skills, and the ability to manage multiple priorities. Finance or professional services experience is advantageous; Word/Excel proficiency and P4W are desirable.

Qualifications

• Excellent attention to detail and ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Confident communicator liaising with colleagues, suppliers and budget holders.
• Experience in a finance or professional services environment advantageous.
• Experience with Word/Excel advantageous; P4W desirable.

Responsibilities

• Monitor online banking, record payments and update ledgers.
• Check payment instructions for compliance with procedures.
• Support billing: invoices, completion statements, bills and credit notes.
• Assist with residual balances per Solicitors Accounts Rules.
• Handle enquiries, credit card reconciliations and online payments.
• Support purchase ledger activities and supplier queries.
• Process employee expenses and payment runs.
• Review standing orders & direct debits; cover finance team when needed.

Skills

Attention to detail

Organisational skills

Communication

Head for numbers

Liaising with colleagues/suppliers

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Partner for Windows (P4W)

Job description

Ellisons is a UK law firm with offices across Essex, seeking a Finance Support Assistant to join the Colchester finance team on a permanent basis. You will support cashiering, billing and financial processing to ensure accuracy and compliance.

The role requires attention to detail, strong organisational and communication skills, and the ability to manage multiple priorities. Finance or professional services experience is advantageous; Word/Excel proficiency and P4W are desirable.