Legal Accounts Investigator

Solicitors Regulation Authority; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 34,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading regulatory body seeks a Legal Accounts Investigator in Birmingham. The role involves investigating finances following legal interventions, collaborating with colleagues, and producing detailed reports. Ideal candidates should have investigative experience and strong analytical skills, contributing to protecting public interests in the legal sector.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Generous benefits package

Defined contribution pension scheme

Inclusive working environment

Qualifications

• Familiarity with accounting principles in a legal environment preferred.
• Experience in conducting investigations, ideally financial.
• Ability to analyse information and draw conclusions.

Responsibilities

• Investigate accounting records following interventions.
• Draft reports with recommendations on fund distribution.
• Collaborate with team on complex cases.

Skills

Accounting principles

Investigative skills

Analytical skills

Interpersonal skills

Time management

Job description

Job description

Legal Accounts Investigator
Contract Type
Permanent

Working Pattern
Full time - flexible working may be considered

Working Hours
35 hours per week

Salary
£33,405.38 per annum

Location Options
Birmingham with part of the week working from home

Function Type
Investigations, Regulation

We are looking for a permanent Legal Accounts Investigator to join us. Internally, this role is known as "Financial Investigator".

About the team

We regulate solicitors and law firms in England and Wales and have statutory power to close down a firm when it is in the public interest. This is known as an intervention.

Most law firms hold money on behalf of their clients. When we intervene into a firm, we take possession of any money the firm holds and its accounting records. We then investigate who that money belongs to so that we can return it to them.

We do this by inspecting the firm's accounting records. Unfortunately, these are often incomplete and unreliable, and in some cases may have been tainted by the misrepresentation or dishonesty of the intervened solicitor. Therefore, we also have to look for any other information that might help us establish who the money belongs to.

You can find out more about our interventions work by clicking here .

About the role of Legal Accounts Investigator

As a Legal Accounts Investigator, you will investigate the money taken into our possession following an intervention. You will have your own case holding, but also will work collaboratively with senior team members to assist them with more complex cases.

You will carry out extensive investigations into the firm's accounting records. You will draft written reports in accordance with our regulatory standards, making clear recommendations as to who is entitled to the money and how it should be distributed. You will be prepared to justify your recommendations to our formal decision makers and adjudicators.

You may attend on site when we effect an intervention to identify and analyse relevant financial information, including speaking to staff and clients of the intervened firm. You will work alongside internal colleagues and our panel solicitors - known as agents.

This role requires excellent time and workload management, along with strong interpersonal skills and a keen eye for detail.

The role will require occasional short notice travel and the occasional overnight stay.

What's in it for you

• Be part of a team that protects the public and upholds the public interest by returning money to its rightful owner
• Work collaboratively to solve problems and achieve a common goal
• Showcase your high quality analytical skills
• Develop strong professional relationships with internal and external stakeholders
• Develop your financial investigation skills

What we are looking for

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate the following knowledge, skills and experience:

• Familiarity with accounting principles, ideally in a legal environment or within a law firm.
• Experience of conducting investigations, preferably in a financial context.
• Ability to analyse large quantities of information and draw clear, evidence-based conclusions.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team on a high and varied workload.
• Ability to work flexibly and adapt in a constantly changing environment.
• Ability to communicate clearly and professionally with customers and stakeholders.

Useful and additional information

There is a full role profile attached to the bottom of this advert on our website.

If you have any questions that aren't in this advert or on our website, please contact us via: [e-mail]

This is a hybrid role and will be based in our Birmingham office 1 to 2 days a week, and from home the rest of the week.

To apply

Please click 'apply' to complete the online application form and upload CV and cover letter, addressing how you meet the essential requirements outlined in this advert and the attached role profile.

To find out more about the recruitment and selection process and how to make the most of your application, please visit our jobs pages .

Closing date for applications is 7 July 2025 at 09:00

Previous applicants to this role within the last six months will not be considered.

The SRA is the independent regulator of solicitors and law firms in England and Wales, protecting consumers and supporting the rule of law and the administration of justice. We do this by overseeing all education and training requirements necessary to practise as a solicitor, licensing individuals and firms to practise, setting the standards of the profession and regulating and enforcing compliance against these standards.
We offer an inclusive, supportive and friendly working environment and the chance to develop your career within a professional organisation. We are committed to the health and wellbeing of staff, helping everyone to strike a good balance between personal and professional life.

Additionally, we provide a generous flexible benefits package, an excellent defined contribution pension scheme and an additional 3% of annual basic salary upon successful completion of probation.

Attached Role Profile
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Supporting Documents
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Vacancy closing date: 07/07/2025, 09:00

The Solicitors Regulation Authority is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

Diversity and inclusion is central to everything we do. We are actively committed to promoting and participating in good practice in the way that we attract, recruit and retain staff.

Everyone is encouraged to bring their whole self to work because we appreciate the value that a truly diverse workforce brings to an organisation. We celebrate difference, recognising the benefits this brings to our inclusive culture, including age, disability, gender identity and expression, religion, race, sex, sexual orientation and socio economic background.

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