Finance Officer - 6mth FTC

Ready to join our award winning team? We're looking for a Finance Officer to join our global Finance team on a Fixed Term Contract of 6 months. 

In this role, you'll work closely with the Finance Operations team and other finance colleagues to deliver a consistently high quality of service to internal and external clients within our Accounts Receivable function.  

If you've a solid understanding of basic accounting principles, with excellent communication and attention to detail skills, we'd love to hear from you!

Applications closing date: 7 September 2026

About the role

In this role, you'll:

• Accurately receipt incoming funds on a timely basis

• Complete daily and month-end bank reconciliations for various jurisdictions and currencies

• Prepare court stamps/certificates requests and associated payment requests

• Review and process weekly and ad hoc property transactions

• Manage and resolve day-to-day queries relating to Accounts Receivable. 

• Adhere to finance policies and procedures with respect to authorisations and approvals

• Prepare daily, weekly and monthly cashflow reports

• Ensure any/all outstanding unreconciled entries are investigated and resolved in a timely manner

• Deliver a constantly high quality of service to internal and external clients via telephone and email

• Where appropriate, review existing procedures and support the development and implementation of new finance operations procedures

• Administer client monies accounts (receipting of incoming funds, processing of outward payments, ensuring relevant due diligence in accordance with internal procedures)

• Familiarise and keep updated with any regulatory requirements relating to client monies accounts

About you – essential requirements

• Experience within a law firm or professional services environment is desirable

• Demonstrable knowledge of basic accounting principles

• High degree of accuracy and attention to detail

• Confident ability to communicate effectively with internal and external stakeholders

• Ability to effectively manage high workloads, utilising prioritisation skills

• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office, especially Excel (pivot tables and basic formulas, etc)

• Experience using a practice management system; Elite 3e, Elite Enterprise or Viewpoint would be advantageous.