Finance Assistant

Job Title: Finance Assistant
Location: Sharston, M22 4SN
Salary: £26,722.54 per annum
Job type: Full time, Permanent
About Us:
Established in 2000, Express Solicitors is an award‑winning, no win no fee law firm specialising exclusively in personal injury claims. Headquartered in Manchester, we support clients nationwide across all areas of personal injury, including employers’ liability, serious injury, clinical negligence, occupiers’ and public liability, road traffic accidents and industrial disease.
We are ranked 64th in The Lawyer UK Top 200, out of more than 10,000 law firms nationwide, and after achieving a 20% year‑on‑year growth, Express Solicitors are the largest personal injury claimant firm in the UK.
Our commitment to outstanding client care is reflected in our Trustpilot rating of 4.8 (Excellent), placing us among the highest‑rated firms in the sector.
Ontime Reports Ltd are a specialist provider of business and legal support services to Express Solicitors. Our highly skilled team obtain medical records, expert reports and arrange treatments, investigations and surgeries for our personal injury and clinical negligence clients. Our specialist team make a real difference to injured peoples’ lives, through our passion for client care.
About the Role:
We currently have an exciting opportunity for a Finance Assistant to join our friendly team. You will play a key role in liaising with legal professionals, medical experts, and suppliers to coordinate and process invoice payments efficiently and accurately.
Responsibilities:
- Managing supplier invoices and payment processes
- Liaising with legal professionals, medical experts, and treatment providers
- Conducting supplier reconciliations and resolving discrepancies
- Analysing and manipulating data using Excel
- Importing and maintaining financial data accurately within internal systems
- Raising and processing invoices where required
- Ensuring invoices are correctly authorised and compliant before payment
- Handling invoice queries and resolving disputes professionally
- Maintaining accurate records and batch logs
- Supporting the wider accounts payable and finance processes
Person Specification:
We are looking for candidates who can demonstrate:
* Strong Excel skills, including experience with:
* VLOOKUPs
* Pivot Tables
* Power Query
* Data analysis and manipulation
* Experience carrying out supplier reconciliations and managing high volumes of transactions
* Understanding of the Accounts Payable process cycle from start to finish
* Experience checking supplier invoices for:
* Quantity and pricing accuracy
* VAT compliance
* Credit terms
* Authorisation
* Dates and reference numbers
* Excellent attention to detail when inputting financial data
* Experience importing data into computer systems
* Understanding of pro-forma invoices
* Confidence in approving invoices for payment following appropriate checks
* Experience raising sales invoices would be advantageous
* Highly organised with excellent attention to detail
* Able to work effectively in a busy, fast-paced environment
* Confident communicating with suppliers and professional contacts
* Proactive and able to manage their own workload independently
* A strong problem-solver with excellent numerical skills
* A team player with a positive and professional attitude
* Committed to delivering excellent customer service
Salary & Hours:
Salary of £26,722.54
Working hours are 8:00am to 4:30pm Monday-Thursday and 8:00am to 4pm Friday.
Benefits:
- Hybrid working – 3/2 hybrid working pattern after probation.
- 23 days of holiday - Rising to 26 days, plus bank/public holidays.
- Extra Holidays - 3 holiday buy backs and an extra day for your birthday after service length requirement.
- Looking After Your Health - Private medical insurance available after 2 years’ service, annual flu jab and Employee Assistance Programme.
- Looking After Your Well-being - 24/7 onsite Gym, Netball/Football team, 10km Manchester team and more.
- Work Life / Balance - Active social committee with generous departmental and firm-wide social budget.
Recruitment Process:
Interviews will be conducted by MS Teams and will include scenario-based questioning.
Our employees are our most important asset, we rate skill and ability above all else and our recruitment policy encourages applications from all.
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Candidates with the relevant experience or job titles of; Accounts Assistant, Accounts Assistant, Finance Clerk, Accounts Clerk, Finance Officer Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable Assistant, Billing Assistant, Payroll Assistant, Finance Support Officer, Finance Coordinator, Accounts Support Assistant, Finance Operations Assistant, may also be considered for this role