Finance Legal Secretary
Birmingham – £22,000 - £28,000
Legal Secretary - Finance
Birmingham - Hybrid
£24,000 - £28,000
A fantastic, top 200 established Birmingham firm, known to us as a client for many years are keen to add an experienced Legal Secretary to their already impressive Finance team on a full time basis.
Based in well-equipped offices in an impressive setting, close to commuter links, the Legal Secretary will benefit from working with a cohesive team of Secretaries, Administrators and Coordinators to deliver a high quality of a full range of Legal Secretarial Duties in Birmingham.
Duties and responsibilities of the Legal Secretary in Finance:
1. Provide high level support to partners and fee earners working closely with the partner and their team in the Finance department
2. Extensive diary management and organising complex travel arrangements
3. Working on post-completions and security registrations
4. Assisting partners with the daily secretarial duties such as audio typing
5. Assists the partner in providing them with effective and high quality secretarial support
6. Undertakes all aspects of the role using the most appropriate tools and resources for the task to meet deadlines
7. Demonstrates flexibility and proactively contribute to the team's success by actively seeking to improve working processes
8. Ensures all work is undertaken in the correct priority order
9. Follows team processes and procedures when undertaking tasks
10. Any ad-hoc secretarial admin
Skills Required:
11. Extensive relevant experience as a Legal Secretary
12. Have a strong working knowledge of iManage and Bighand or similar tools
13. IT literate with high level of proficiency in Microsoft Office suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook), Lync - Skype for Business and Microsoft Teams
14. Detailed and strong working knowledge of and high level of proficiency in Elite billing
15. Exemplary document management and filing
16. Excellent telephone manner
17. Excellent organisation and prioritisation skills
18. Applies knowledge and judgement to solve problems and make decisions
19. Experience of delegating to, and training, junior team members
The firm are offering 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, a hybrid working arrangement to suit the candidate and a range of competitive benefits. If you are an experienced Legal Secretary, based in or near Birmingham, please get in touch for confidential consideration