Finance Administration Assistant Job Moorebarlow Southampton

The vacancy

Moore Barlow is seeking a Finance Administration Assistant to join our Southampton based team. Our offices are modern, with an on site subsidised restaurant serving breakfast and lunch. The space is great for collaborative working or to take a well-earned break. If you have a keen eye for detail and are interested in developing your career in Finance, we may be just what you're looking for.

We are different - although a Top 100 Law firm, we strive to be 'Human First' in everything we do. This means we truly care about our teams as well as our clients. Whether you work within our legal teams, or one of our support functions, you’ll find a Career with Moore Barlow rewarding with plenty of opportunity for personal growth and development.

Day to Day:
This is a newly created position and is a key role in supporting our teams across our finance department. The role offers an opportunity to be involved across multiple finance disciplines, so provides great opportunity to broaden your knowledge/experience.

The successful applicant will be involved in assisting across all finance administration tasks which include:

Monitoring of the Finance inbox, liaising with the Cashiers and other members of the finance team to resolve queries
Assisting with obtaining cheques from our teams ready for banking
Assisting with banking of the cheques in the office
Assisting with obtaining authorisation for various financial payments
Recording incoming funds and communicating receipt to our teams
Processing time write offs on the system
Filing and archiving
Setting up payments on the Firm’s online bank system ready for authorisation

This is an opportunity that provides significant responsibility and is vital to ensuring that our suppliers and teams receive great service.

The ideal candidate:
You will have previous experience working as an administration assistant, ideally within a finance team. You may have gained this experience in the legal sector, however this is not essential and we will consider candidates from a variety of industry backgrounds. You'll have great communication skills, good knowledge of Microsoft Office packages (such as Word, Excel and Outlook) and have an eye for detail. In return, you'll find Moore Barlow a friendly and fun place to work with a passion for providing great career opportunities to our team.

If you have the above experience, we would strongly encourage you to apply.

Who we are

Welcome to Moore Barlow, a progressive and people-orientated Law firm with over 450 dedicated professionals including 70 Partners and 272 Lawyers who focus on delivering exceptional services for three groups of people: Individuals & Families, Entrepreneurial Businesses & Organisations and Personal Injury & Clinical Negligence.

We’ve also won awards! Named as one of the Top 200 Law Firms in the UK in The Times Best Law Firms 2021 list, we have also been widely recognised in Legal 500 UK 2021, the UK’s leading guide to Law Firms, as 11 of our practise areas have been ranked Top Tier.

What we can offer

Our culture is open, diverse and inclusive; it’s an environment of belonging, where people can thrive and be the best version of themselves. We strive to nurture our people and offer enjoyable, fulfilling and sustainable careers. This includes providing the best training, great pay and rewards and more control over work life balance through flexible working patterns.

We also offer great benefits including 28 days annual leave, private medical insurance, income protection, life assurance and a generous pension scheme. For most of our roles we are also offering a hybrid or flexible way of working.

Our values

Human
first

Stronger
together

Lead the
way