Finance Administrator

| We have an opportunity for a Finance Administrator to provide support to the Guernsey office, predominantly the Property team.<br><br><br><br>This is a full-time role based in our Guernsey office.<br><br><br><br>Principal duties include:<br><br><br><br>General Client Account Administration<br><ul><li>Monitoring Client accounts for incoming funds</li><li>Ensuring records on 3E are up to date with all transactions in and out of the Client accounts</li><li>Actioning any Client account payment requests received from Fee Earners and Secretaries</li><li>Regularly reviewing Client account balances at matter level</li><li>Liaising with the relevant bank regarding any payment information requests they send through for large transactions</li><li>Placing funds on deposit where requested</li><li>Keeping accrued interest up to date on matters where we are holding funds on our deposit account</li><li>Liaising with Credit Control team to ensure that, where we are holding funds on a Client account, they are applied against our outstanding invoices wherever possible</li><li>Reconciling client accounts at month end</li></ul><br><br><br>Conveyancing & Property Department<br><br>•  Working closely with the Property team to process all conveyancing transactions including;<br><ul><li>Payment to the States of Guernsey for Document Duty and Court & Registration fees</li><li>Payment to other firms of purchase price funds as instructed</li><li>Payment of mortgage redemptions as instructed</li><li>Payment of sale proceeds or any balance due back to our clients as instructed</li><li>Ad-hoc payments from retainer funds being held on Client account</li><li>Any other payments as stated on the accounts provided by the Property Team</li><li>Weekly billing of matters which have completed in contracts court and payment of our invoices from Client account funds</li><li>Making payments to beneficiaries of Estate matters</li><li>Assisting with balancing Estate accounts as and when required</li></ul><br><br><br>The ideal candidate will:<br><ul><li>Have previous experience with some or all of the above duties</li><li>Have transactional payments experience</li><li>Be well versed in the use of Microsoft office applications, specifically Excel to a high degree of competence</li><li>Have excellent attention to detail and accuracy</li><li>Have a good standard of education generally</li><li>Have excellent planning and organisation skills</li><li>Have good written and verbal communication skills</li><li>Have good problem solving skills</li><li>Have the ability to multi-task, which is essential</li></ul><br><br><br>For a full job description and to apply please visit:<br><br><br>| |<br>| --- |<br>| |<br><br> |
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