Legal Finance Manager

Talk Staff Group Limited; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A growing legal firm is seeking an experienced Legal Finance Manager to lead financial operations across regulated legal firms in the East Midlands. This role involves managing a small finance team, ensuring compliance with regulations, producing financial reports, and streamlining finance processes. Ideal candidates will have significant legal finance experience, strong knowledge of SRA Accounts Rules, and proficiency with legal accounting software. This position provides an exciting opportunity for those looking to advance their finance careers in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in legal finance within a regulated law firm.
• Solid working knowledge of SRA Accounts Rules and COFA expectations.
• Proficiency with legal accounting software.
• Skilled in producing management accounts and VAT returns.
• Strong understanding of legal cashiering and financial controls.
• Detail-oriented with excellent organizational skills.
• Supervisory or team management experience.
• Clear communicator, able to build strong working relationships.
• High level of integrity and accountability.

Responsibilities

• Supervise all legal cashiering duties.
• Ensure compliance with SRA Accounts Rules.
• Produce monthly management accounts and financial reports.
• Oversee billing, invoicing, credit control, and purchase ledger.
• Prepare and submit VAT returns.
• Support budget setting and cash flow management.
• Deputise for the COFA where required.
• Manage finance-related systems and assist in transitions.

Skills

Legal finance experience

Knowledge of SRA Accounts Rules

Legal accounting software proficiency

Management accounts production

Legal cashiering knowledge

Organizational skills

Supervisory experience

Clear communication

Integrity in financial matters

Tools

LEAP

Osprey

Practice Evolve

Job description

A growing, legal firm is looking for an experienced Legal Finance Manager to join their team. This is an exciting opportunity to lead the financial operations of a group of regulated legal firms, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and operational efficiency across all accounting functions.

This role will support the senior leadership team and work closely with the Compliance Officer for Finance and Administration (COFA), while managing a small finance team day to day. If you thrive in a fast–paced, evolving environment where you can help shape and refine finance processes, this could be a great next step in your career.

To be considered for the role, you ll require the following essentials:

• Significant experience in legal finance within a regulated law firm
• Solid working knowledge of SRA Accounts Rules and COFA expectations
• Proficiency with legal accounting software (e.g. LEAP, Osprey, Practice Evolve, or similar)
• Skilled in producing management accounts, VAT returns, and supporting statutory reporting
• A strong understanding of legal cashiering and financial controls
• Detail–oriented with excellent organisational skills
• Supervisory or team management experience
• Clear communicator, able to build strong working relationships across departments
• High level of integrity and accountability in handling financial matters

Within this position, you ll also be:

• Supervise all legal cashiering duties, including correct handling and reconciliation of client monies
• Ensure the design and maintenance of processes that support compliance with SRA Accounts Rules
• Produce monthly management accounts, financial reports and detailed KPIs
• Oversee billing, invoicing, credit control and purchase ledger activity
• Prepare and submit VAT returns and liaise with external accountants for statutory filings
• Support budget setting and cash flow management in collaboration with senior finance leaders
• Deputise for the COFA where required, ensuring appropriate audit trail and adherence to regulatory standards
• Manage finance–related systems and assist in the transition to improved platforms or processes where applicable

Talk Staff Recruitment is an established division of Talk Staff Group and works with companies throughout the East Midlands and UK with roles including many areas such as: Accountancy & Finance, Human Resources, Marketing, Contact Centre and Office Support.

Talk Staff Recruitment act as an Recruitment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

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