Reporting to the Reconciliation Supervisor the successful candidate will join a team who undertake a variety of tasks including: bank statement management and loading; bank reconciliations including investigating errors; bank account management; Imprest account payment management and queries; Imprest reconciliations including investigating and resolving reconciling items.
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Ensuring all bank statements are obtained and loaded into system where applicable
- Matching finance transactions to bank statements
- Investigating unmatched items and reporting breaches of Solicitors Accounts Rules
- Following up with various finance teams to ensure postings are actioned promptly and accurately
- Month end reporting of bank reconciliation figures
- Ensuring bank mandates remain up to date
- Dealing with opening and closing of bank accounts and ensuring system is updated
- Managing Imprest account payments by ensuring enough funds are available and client requirements are met
- Dealing with Imprest account queries
- Reconciling Imprest accounts which can include a 3 way reconciliation between client MI data, finance data and bank statements
- Investigating Imprest reconciliation items noted and following up with various business contacts or Finance teams to ensure resolved before the next reconciliation
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Experience of working in Legal accounts is highly advantageous, but not essential
- Self-motivation, determination and confidence in their abilities
- Meticulous attention to detail and good organisational skills
- Excellent problem-solving skills
- Ability to work to tight deadlines, and under pressure
- Good written and oral communication skills
- An understanding of legal terminology would also be advantageous
- Good knowledge of Microsoft Outlook, Word and Excel
As a Disability Confident Scheme employer, we’re committed to providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. If you need any reasonable adjustments at any stage (including the application, assessment or interview process), please contact
[email protected] in confidence with the vacancy reference in the subject line, and we’ll be happy to help.
We are a leading international legal business with over 3,000 colleagues and a diverse range of capabilities. We are market leaders in insurance, health and real estate but with a full-service offering, including growing Financial Services and Tech capabilities. We represent a wide range of clients – from household names to government departments and NHS bodies. We act for nearly all of the top-20 UK and global insurers, we're market leaders in the provision of strategic, commercial and regulatory advice to providers and commissioners in the health sector, and in real estate we advise all of the UK’s top-five housebuilders.
We are a fast-growing international business with offices around the globe. In addition to our 11 UK offices, we also have offices in Bogota, Buenos Aires, Dublin, Lima, Los Angeles, Hong Kong, Madrid, Mexico City, Milan, New York, Paris, Rome, Santiago de Chile, and Singapore plus a representative office in Miami and broad network of affiliations across the globe.
At DAC Beachcroft we are committed to and recognise the importance of equity, diversity and inclusion across the board, including and beyond the protected characteristics. We take decisions based solely on merit. We value, welcome and seek out people with different backgrounds and life experiences, perspectives, beliefs, ways of thinking and identities.
We are happy to talk flexible working with our Flex Forward scheme. We would encourage you to talk to us about our approach to flexible working during the hiring process if you would like to explore this further.
Note for Recruitment Agencies
DAC Beachcroft manages all vacancies via our in-house recruitment teams, prioritising direct sourcing and referrals. When external support is required, roles are released to selected agencies on our Preferred Supplier List (PSL).
Speculative CVs sent to any DAC Beachcroft employee without prior instruction from our recruitment teams (LLP and CSG) will not be accepted, and no fees will be payable.
