Finance Compliance - Maternity Cover

Description

Reporting to the Finance Compliance Manager, the successful candidate will join a team of officers who undertake a variety of tasks including: internal auditing on financial transactions; helping to manage client balances via an in house built tool; reporting on client balances; monitoring and recording breaches of Solicitors Accounts rules; Communicating with other parts of the business on compliance queries and helping to ensure certain actions are met; working with external auditors to provide the necessary information for Solicitors Accounts Rules audits. The firm is regulated by 3 UK regulators, The Solicitors Regulatory Authority (England & Wales), The Law Society of Scotland and The Law Society of Northern Ireland, as such there are 3 sets of accounts rules that need to be adhered to

Key Responsibilities

• Auditing transactions posted by finance team and matter files looking for breaches or potential breaches of Solicitors Accounts Rules
• Running reports which help identify breaches or potential breaches of Solicitors Accounts Rules
• Liaising with external auditors and regulators if required
• Co-ordinating and sending e-mails for action around client balances – collating reports, identifying deadlines for correspondence, reviewing matters, updating notes held, identifying required actions and communicating them
• Assist with clearing residual balances – often involving reconciliation work, various searches, liaising with fee earners, contacting clients and completing charity applications

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• 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

About DAC Beachcroft

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, Hong Kong, Madrid, Mexico City, Miami, Milan, New York, Paris, Rome, Santiago, and Singapore plus a 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.