Legal Accounts Assistant (1315)

Birketts LLP; Ipswich; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading law firm in Ipswich seeks a Legal Accounts Assistant to provide comprehensive administrative support. The role involves processing payments, conducting transactions, and assisting team members in a dynamic environment. The firm values accuracy, organization, and a proactive approach, offering a supportive culture and various benefits.

Benefits

Long Service holiday award

Private Healthcare with BUPA

Staff Profit Share

Life Assurance

Paid CSR Day

Enhanced Maternity/Paternity Leave

Subsidised gym membership

Electric car scheme

Agile/Hybrid Working Policy

Dress for your Day Policy

Qualifications

• Ideal candidate has professional services admin background.
• Experience as a Legal Account Assistant is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Process payments and receipts for client and office accounts.
• Conduct CHAPS, BACS, and International Payments.
• Support team members with other duties.

Skills

Organisational skills

Accuracy

Diligence

Multi-tasking

IT skills

Tools

Word

Excel

Job description

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Birketts is a full service, UK Top 50 law firm. With a heritage spanning 160 years, we have more than 700 lawyers and legal professionals based in Bristol, Cambridge, Chelmsford, Ipswich, London, Norwich and Sevenoaks. We advise businesses, government and public sector organisations and individuals in the UK and internationally across four principal practice groups: Real Estate, Corporate Services, Dispute Resolution and Private Client.

We are defined by our Next Level Law proposition. We work with our clients as a proactive partner, horizon scanning and thinking ahead to the changes, challenges or opportunities that they may face.

Next Level Law is also applied to our people. Our collegiate culture means everyone is encouraged to achieve their next level in everything they do. RollOnFriday recently ranked us as the 5th best law firm to work at in 2024.

With our ambition to succeed, comes a strong desire to make a positive contribution to the communities we serve, and we are committed to delivering the objectives set out in our ESG strategy. Diversity plays an integral part in all that we do, with female partners comprising 40% of our partnership.

The department

Birketts LLP is a UK Top 50 law firm, with a very busy Accounts team who are based in Ipswich town centre. The team is now looking for an energetic and dynamic Legal Accounts Assistant to come and work alongside other team members. You will provide full legal accounts administrative support to the firm’s partners and fee-earners as well as our business support teams.

Purpose of job

On a day-to-day basis you will:

• Effectively receive and process all payments and receipts for client and office accounts.
• Accurately conduct CHAPS, BACS, International Payments and Inter Account Transfers within agreed time limits.
• Assist and support other team members in other duties as required.
• Other administrative duties as required.
• Ensuring that own knowledge and skills are kept up to date, requesting training where necessary.

The candidate

The ideal candidate will come from a professional services administrative background, although this is not essential. You will be process driven and highly organised, enjoying supporting fee earners in a busy law firm. Great at multi-tasking as well as working in a fast paced, process driven environment.

• Previous experience working as a Legal Account Assistant or in a similar role is advantageous however not essential, as training will be provided.
• Strong IT skills, including word and excel.
• Good organisation and administrative skills.
• Accuracy and diligence.
• Ability to effectively prioritise.

Equal opportunities

At Birketts, our culture is driven by ambition and a commitment to positively impact all the communities we serve. We are dedicated to the success, development, and wellbeing of our colleagues, helping them achieve their goals and seize the opportunities that come with our growth. Alongside a flexible and inclusive work environment, we offer the following core benefits:

• Long Service holiday award – 1 extra week every 10 years continuous service
• Private Healthcare with BUPA (offered after probation is passed)
• Staff Profit Share and Individual Performance Bonus Scheme
• Salary sacrifice (Pensions, Staff Profit Share)
• Life Assurance - 4 x salary / Permanent Health Insurance
• Paid CSR Day
• Enhanced Maternity/Paternity Leave
• Subsidised gym membership
• Electric car scheme
• Agile/Hybrid Working Policy
• Dress for your Day Policy

Birketts is a flexible business which has embraced a hybrid working model where our colleagues enjoy a mix of home and office working. We welcome applications from people looking for flexible, agile, and part-time roles and we are happy to explore your preferred working patterns as part of your application.

Please note that this job profile is not an exhaustive list of duties but merely an outline of the key components of the role. You may be required by your line manager to take on additional responsibilities when requested.

Birketts is committed to being an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our policy is unequivocal: we do not tolerate discrimination based on age, disability, sex, race, religion or belief, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, or sexual orientation.

We pride ourselves on being an inclusive organisation that actively promotes equality of opportunity for all, valuing the right mix of talent, skills, and potential. We welcome applications from a diverse range of candidates, and selection for roles is based solely on individual merit.

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