Finance Assistant (Part-time/Permanent – Three days per week)

Job description

circa £27,008 (pro rata)

Summary

Garden Court Chambers is one of the largest and most successful barristers’ chambers in the UK, with nearly 200 barristers who are supported by a busy operations team. We are recognised as leaders in criminal defence, civil liberties, housing, immigration, family and public law. Founded in 1974, our passion for human rights and social justice has shaped the development of law in these areas.

We are seeking to recruit a meticulous, proactive and enthusiastic individual to join our Finance Team, to provide assistance and support to the team.

Duties include:

• Payment processing
• Bank reconciliation
• Arranging weekly banking
• Data entry into data base
• Assisting with Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable queries
• Dealing with post received by the finance team
• Keeping filing/scanning up to date and ensuring that files are tidy and accessible
• Assisting with any other day to day administrative tasks as necessary

Person Specification:

Essential:

• Minimum of 5 GCSEs (grade 5/C or above) including English and Maths
• Experience within an office environment would be advantageous
• Excellent communication skills
• IT literate including a good knowledge of Excel
• Good attention to detail
• Enthusiasm and willingness to develop new skills
• A calm, patient approach to work in a very busy environment
• Neatness and accuracy and a methodical approach to work
• Ability to work unsupervised on regular tasks and ensure that are completed on time

Benefits:

• Salary circa £27,008 (pro rata)
• 25 days Holiday plus Bank Holidays (pro rata)
• Birthday leave
• Company Pension
• Life Assurance
• Income Protection
• Free Access to wellbeing service subscription
• Hybrid working (after three months)
• Daily fruit provided
• Monthly staff lunch provided

Reporting to:  Finance Director

Based within: Finance Team

Hours:  Three days per week, 9am to 5:30pm or 9:30am to 6:00pm

Application is by CV and a cover letter to Dylan Shepherd dylans@gclaw.co.uk