Finance Assistant

Adkins & Cheurfi Recruitment are recruiting on behalf of a leading women’s fashion brand for a Finance Assistant.

Our client, a leading women’s fashion brand, has recently brought its finance operations in-house after initially outsourcing them. The company has experienced significant growth, doubling its sales annually for the past three years. As a result, they are seeking a dedicated Finance Assistant to support the Finance Director in managing the financial activities of the business. This is a very excting opportunity for a junior member of staff who would like to progress their finance career within a small company, please note our client would support candidates through their finance qualifications.

Salary: £25,000 – £26,000 per annum. Purely office based between the hours of 9:30-5:30pm.

Key Responsibilities:

Inputting purchase invoices and obtaining necessary approvals
Processing corporate credit card expenses with valid receipts
Preparing supplier payment listings twice a month
Reviewing and finalising staff expenses for correct posting and VAT treatment
Conducting supplier statement reconciliations
Managing petty cash including monthly counts, reconciliation, and posting
Processing concession sales invoices
Creating analyses for the Finance Director, such as property costs by shop and profitability of brochure drops
Assisting in cash flow management

Benefits:

20 days holiday + 8 bank holidays
Additional holiday for your birthday
Staff discount of 40%
Workplace pension scheme
Team events
Performance-related discretionary bonus

Note: The above duties are indicative and not exhaustive. The role may involve additional responsibilities as required.

Conveyancing Assistant

Conveyancing Assistant Gateshead

Main Responsibilities:-

• To support Conveyancers in day to day work.

• To provide secretarial support when required.

• To support junior colleagues as they learn and develop.

• To answer and make phone calls to and from clients, others solicitors, estate agents etc.

• To organise and maintain case files. The successful candidate will be:

• Experienced and comfortable in handling telephone calls from Clients, Estate Agents, Other side etc.

• Experienced in supporting Conveyancers in a variety of areas.

• Capable of carrying out general office duties to a high standard.

• Able to maintain a high level of presentation and accuracy.

• Able to liaise directly with clients and other professionals; making appointments and managing diaries.• Able to assist with the development of office procedures.

The successful candidate would be office based until reaches A Senior level and can work unsupervised hybrid working would be an option.

Family Legal Secretary

Family Legal Secretary Newcastle Upon Tyne

Main Responsibilities:-

Responsibilities:-

Processing expenses
Managing Board/Resolution commitments, meetings, away days etc
Inbox management
Supporting bundling – indices, front sheets etc
Liaising with Journalists, taking details messages including deadlines
Assisting with billing and producing bill letters
Filing and archiving
Extensive diary management, booking internal and external meetings, watching out for any clashes
Liaising with the Post Room and Reprographics department
Typing
Providing full administrative and secretarial support and assistance
Word processing including preparing correspondence via email and letter and court documents
Using MS Office suite (Word, Excel and Outlook) and case management system
To prepare the Conference Room for meetings as necessary and for the tidying and clearance of the room at the end of the meeting;
To prepare mail and enclosures.

Key Requirements:-

Requirements:

Experience of providing a polished secretarial service and administrative support to an extremely busy team of allocated fee earners;
Provide assistance to partners and fee earners during the absence of other secretaries in the team, as and when required
Confident at building excellent external and internal relationships, including with clients, business contacts and the wider partnership;
A sense of pride in the role of being a personal assistant and a desire to add value
Excellent and pleasant communication skills together with emotional intelligence

Hotel Operations Manager

Hotel Operations Manager, Permanent Gateshead

Key Responsibilities:-

Overseeing the smooth and effective operation of the business as well as the day-to-day management of this popular 200 bedroom
Responsible for all health and safety as well as aspects of the business compliance.
You will also be the onsite HR leader driving all quality and training to ensure the delivery of business excellence.
The Operations Manager is a senior leadership position with the direct reports of the front office manager, food & beverage manager and head housekeeper.

The Operations Manager must be a People Person – championing team member engagement, training and guest satisfaction, so a track record in people management and training is essential. This is a hands on and systems management role on a varied shift basis: Early/Middle/late/Day/ shifts and 5/7. We operate a 24-hour duty manager Rota and our Operations Manager both features on this roster as well as compiling and training DMs and includes deputising for the GM with occasional owner interaction.

Necessary Experience:-

Degree level educated, ideally within a hospitality management related or business administration discipline from an internationally recognized hospitality school or similar
Broad experience as an Operations Manager/ EAM / Deputy General Manager and specifically additional experience within midscale hotels.
Experience in management roles with international hotel brands (4 star categories)
Significant experience of managing people including large, complex and multi-national teams.
Understanding of uniform systems of accounts used for hotels.
Highest level of numeracy and literacy.
Fluency in English is essential and the ability to read and communicate in the local language of the location would be a distinct advantage. Additional languages welcome
A strong sense of commerciality and financial acumen
Computer literacy and a high level of competency within Microsoft Office programmes and hotel reservations systems (Micros Opera)

Family Legal Secretary

Family Legal Secretary can be based Newcastle or Sunderland

Main Responsibilties:-

Processing expenses;
Managing Board/Resolution commitments, meetings, away days etc;
Inbox management;
Supporting bundling – indices, front sheets etc;
Liaising with Journalists, taking details messages including deadlines;
Assisting with billing and producing bill letters;
Filing and archiving;
Extensive diary management, booking internal and external meetings, watching out for any clashes;
Liaising with the Post Room and Reprographics department;
Typing;
Providing full administrative and secretarial support and assistance;
Word processing including preparing correspondence via email and letter and court documents;
Using MS Office suite (Word, Excel and Outlook) and case management system;
To prepare the Conference Room for meetings as necessary and for the tidying and clearance of the room at the end of the meeting;
To prepare mail and enclosures.

Finance Assistant

Finance Assistant 22K-25K

Exciting opportunity to join a North East leading Law Firm Finance Team.

Ideally, the applicant should:

Possess a good working knowledge of the Solicitors Account Rules
Hold AAT Level 2 or above, or hold the ILFM Diploma
Have a minimum of 3 years experience working within legal accounts
Be accurate with excellent attention to detail
Be trustworthy, proactive, well organised and be able to use their own initiative
Work well in a team
Be friendly and approachable with a professional manner

Main Responsibilities:-

Accurate and timely processing of day-today banking transactions from both office and client accounts
Bank reconciliations
Maintenance of the purchase ledger including supplier invoice processing and payment.
Checking and processing of client invoices
Electronic payments including CHAPS, BACS and Faster Payments
Regular review and management of client ledgers
Management and reconciliation of petty cash
Nominal payments
Nominal ledger journals
Cash flow management and reporting
Month end processing and reporting
Dealing with general enquiries and administration

Experience working in a Law Firm with knowledge of Solicitors Accounts is essential.

Business Development Manager

Legal Business Development Manager

Can be based North East or Yorkshire

Business Development Manager Can be based in North East or Yorkshire

The successful candidate will ideally have a Legal background and experience working in a Legal environment.

Main responsibilities:-

• Help to define and promote the unique profile of the firm in the market, as being both international and independent

• Provide strategic BD advice to law firm leadership, practice groups, and partners focused on expanding relationships with existing clients, generating new business leads, and developing new projects and initiatives

• Align practices and offices and bring them closer together through defining and co-ordinating BD activities

• Assist practice groups and partners in the development and implementation of BD plans, and in tracking progress against objectives

• Understand key developments that shape the clients’ industries and the legal profession and share insights internally

• Manage the development of client-specific pitch materials

• Plan and support business development events, including seminars, webinars, and dinners

• Develop marketing and external communications programmes

• Manage and coordinate the firm’s website, newsletters, brochures, and other external communication channels

• Oversee and assist with the production of marketing materials

Residential Conveyancer

Residential Conveyancer Sunderland

Prestiogious North East Sunderland based Law Firm are currently looking to recuit an experienced Conveyancer the successful candidate will be confident in running their own caseload alone from start to finish.

Main Responsibilities:-

Perform fee earning work accurately, reliably and in accordance with the firm’s quality and risk management procedures.
Ensure proper control of work in progress, billing and cash collection.
Attendance at most or all partnership and other office or departmental meetings, leading by example with contributions made at and subsequent to such events.
Acceptance of need for collective responsibility and confidentiality: partner disagreements should not be disclosed to staff and confidential practice matters must be safeguarded.
Provide leadership and supervision to all staff that they oversee or supervise, whether on an office or departmental basis. All partners should provide direction and encouragement to staff and should be careful to support the practice line on issues. Cabinet responsibility should apply.
Be effective in developing new work from existing clients and seek new clients for themselves and others. Will develop and support marketing initiatives.
Maintain and nurture an appropriate network of contacts and referrers and endeavour to promote the firm in their professional and personal lives. 9. Gain or maintain IT skills appropriate to modern legal practice, such as ability to send, forward and respond to e-mails with or without attachments, conduct research on internet and ensure proper filing of all data. 10. Understand the main uses and applications of the office telephone system – e.g. be able to reroute calls, set up conference calls, etc.

Excellent opportunity with leading North East firm this position is also immediately available.

Conveyancer

Residential Conveyancer Sunderland

The successful candidate must be able to run theior own 360 caseload from start to finish unsupervised.

Main Responsibilities;-

Perform fee earning work accurately, reliably and in accordance with the firm’s quality and risk management procedures.
Ensure proper control of work in progress, billing and cash collection.
Attendance at most or all partnership and other office or departmental meetings, leading by example with contributions made at and subsequent to such events.
Acceptance of need for collective responsibility and confidentiality: partner disagreements should not be disclosed to staff and confidential practice matters must be safeguarded.
Provide leadership and supervision to all staff that they oversee or supervise, whether on an office or departmental basis. All partners should provide direction and encouragement to staff and should be careful to support the practice line on issues. Cabinet responsibility should apply.
Be effective in developing new work from existing clients and seek new clients for themselves and others. Will develop and support marketing initiatives.
Maintain and nurture an appropriate network of contacts and referrers and endeavour to promote the firm in their professional and personal lives.
Gain or maintain IT skills appropriate to modern legal practice, such as ability to send, forward and respond to e-mails with or without attachments, conduct research on internet and ensure proper filing of all data.

Administrator

Administrator-Residential Conveyancing Department, Durham

Main Responsibilities:-

You will oversee general office administration such as logging incoming cheques, maintaining internal registers, storage of deeds and documents etc.
Opening new files as appropriate is a key part of the role, including taking initial enquiries, sending out initial letters and making appointments for client visits, transferring time/relevant documents and closing files.
You will answer incoming calls, take messages and follow through any necessary actions where required.
Providing quotations to prospective clients and introducers and building relationships with them.
Arrange the file opening process for the conveyancing team across multiple offices, including taking initial calls, providing clients with quotes via an online portal, and gathering information from clients to open files.
Ensure all clients personal details are kept up to date on our electronic system.
Send electronic ID checks to all clients for the conveyancing team across multiple offices.

Requirements:-

You will need strong typing skills and be able to use Microsoft systems competently including Excel and Word. As well as have an understanding of email systems, portals and other IT as appropriate.
A good standard of education is required, including good spoken and written English skills.
Experience of telephone work and working in a client care environment is essential for this role.
Previous experience working within a busy administrative function, particularly within a legal conveyancing department or in a similar property related role would be desirable.
You will need to be able to work well individually as well as part of a team.
Ensuring that the firms procedures are always adhered to and followed, respecting client confidentiality at all times.
You will need to be well motivated, demonstrate initiative and have a positive attitude. Along with having the confidence to inform the team leader of any serious problems you could encounter.
You will need to be willing to attend and complete any relevant training as required.