Accounts Assistant / Data Entry Clerk Lincoln, England
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ROLE: Accounts Assistant/ Data Entry Clerk
LOCATION: Lincoln
SALARY: Dependant on experience
HOURS: Part-time
BENEFITS:
- 33 days’ (pro-rated for part-time staff) inclusive of bank and other public holidays, to increase annually by 1 day to a maximum of 38 days for 5 complete years of service;
- 3% employer pension contribution;
- Life Assurance scheme at 3x annual salary;
- Continuous training and development opportunities for those seeking progression within the Firm;
- Generous employee sickness allowance;
- Client and employee referral schemes (up to £2000);
- 25% discount on all legal services after 1 year of service;
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP/Cash Plan) offering cashback towards your healthcare bills, 24/7 video and telephone GP appointments and discounted memberships at over 3,000 gyms, studios, and health clubs across the UK;
- Social committee and events.
THE ROLE:
Here at Sills & Betteridge LLP, our helpful accounts team pride themselves on providing an efficient, friendly, and professional service to both staff and clients.
We are looking for a hardworking and reliable individual to assist our accounts department with the day-to-day duties in accordance with Solicitors Account Rules. The role does require some previous experience of accounts work and excellent accuracy. The successful individual will have preferably worked in an accounts department within a business, but this is not essential.
DUTIES:
This role will include but is not limited to:
- Processing incoming and outgoing monies;
- Dealing with client-to office-transfers;
- Dealing with daily transactions;
- Bank reconciliations;
- Processing bills;
- Journal entries;
- Taking card payments over the telephone;
- Providing a customer service to both internal and external customers by answering queries;
- Adhering to the Solicitors Accounts Rules;
And much more!
ABOUT YOU:
We are accepting applications from individuals who:
- Have a relevant background in accounts work;
- Ideally have knowledge of Solicitor’s Account rules;
- Hold GCSE’s in English and Maths at grade C/ level 4 or above as a minimum;
- Have excellent communication skills both written and verbal;
- Are able to collaborate to work in a team and also be able to work individually;
- Have excellent attention to detail/accuracy;
- Maintain a friendly and approachable manner; and
- Have an interest in the legal sector.
ABOUT US:
Here at Sills, we pride ourselves on not treating our clients or our staff as a number. Despite our size we still have a strong sense of community throughout the firm and across departments. We are one of the leading firms of solicitors in Lincolnshire, Yorkshire, Nottingham, and Northampton providing a full range of legal services to individuals and businesses. With offices in 15 locations we require a variety of different people with a wide range of skill sets and backgrounds to add value our organisation and help us provide our award-winning services to our valued clients. We fully embrace diverse characteristics, experiences, and outlooks in the workplace and in the communities in which we practice.
You will be working alongside some of the region’s best lawyers, who combine technical knowledge of the law with first class client service. The Legal 500 (The World’s Leading Legal Directory) ranks Sills & Betteridge LLP as a Leading Firm and recognises many of our team in tiers one, two and three- our family team achieving the highest accolade of Top Tier Status- with several members of the firm as Leading Individuals, Recommended Lawyers, and Next General Partners. In addition, we have been recognised by various organisations for our commitment to creating a great place to work- whether its our outstanding LEXCEL audits, our nominations for being an outstanding training contract provider by lawcareers.net, our award for promoting access to the legal profession by CILEX or our ‘One to Watch’ standing with the Top 200 Companies, UK.
