About Awdry Law:
Established in 1750, we are an award-winning firm having been presented in the past with the Law Society’s Excellence Award for Innovation and two awards for excellent customer service. From our offices in Devizes, Chippenham, Marlborough, Royal Wootton Bassett, Swindon and Bath, we serve clients in Wiltshire, Berkshire, Hampshire, Somerset, Gloucestershire, Bath, London, and throughout the UK. We provide a comprehensive range of first-class legal services for individuals, families, and businesses.
Our purpose is to provide excellent client service and exceed expectations by being dynamic, inspiring, and proactive; client service is at the heart of everything we do. We have a fantastic group of people who work hard, are dedicated and demonstrate great commitment so in return for aiming towards these standards we will back you, help you to improve and support you in being the best we can.
Why You’ll Love Working with Us:
Join us and be part of a culture that values creativity, hard work, individuality, ambition, and fun! We offer competitive pay, fantastic employee benefits, and the opportunity to grow in a thriving, forward thinking environment. And yes, our legendary social outings are not to be missed! This is more than a job; it’s a chance for you to develop new skills and be part of our success.
We have a fantastic group of people who work hard, are dedicated, and demonstrate great commitment so in return for aiming towards these standards, we will back you, help you to improve and support you in being the best we can.
Our values are the platform upon which everything is built:
Everything starts with you
People matter, whether you are a client or part of our team
Always driving forwards
We always show ambition and energy to achieve results
Be Brilliant
We create positivity, excellence, and innovation in all we do
Every person, every time
We are consistent and reliable and give our best, every time.
Job Purpose:
This role provides accounts support to all departments in Awdry Law, in regard to client transactions and the financial functions of the operational side of running the firm.
Typical Activities:
Responsibility for: -
· Day to day online client banking.
· All stages of conveyancing completions from checking completion packs to managing the completion transactions.
· Transaction postings to client ledgers including disbursements, costs, fees and monies in/out.
· Dealing with client credit/debit card transactions, cheques and cash.
· Maintaining client ledgers
· Month end reporting
Support with: -
· The operational business e.g. raising payment runs
· Entering Invoices onto the accounts system
ESSENTIAL AND DESIRABLE SKILLS, EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS
Essential:
· Experience of working in a busy accounts environment and dealing with daily deadlines.
· A high level of attention to detail, data entry and typing at speed.
· To work well within a close-knit team and support all departments within the Firm.
· The ability to remain calm, polite and focused when dealing with clients and our employees.
· Good IT skills with Microsoft packages.
· To manage own workload and demonstrate ownership of same.
· Excellent communication skills
Desirable:
· Experience of using software specific to Law firms, Sage Accounts, or equivalent.
· Experience in a book-keeping environment.
· Experience in investor funding, or handling client monies.
· Knowledge of SRA rules
Work Location: In person
