Legal and Finance Administration Officer Location: London Contract: Temporary (3-months initial) Rate: £27.00 per hour umbrella // £24.29 per hour PAYE Inclusive // £21.67 per hour PAYE exclusive Start Date: ASAP *Hybrid Working* Contact: (url removed) Job Description Service Care Solutions are currently recruiting on behalf of a Local Authority in London for a Legal and Finance Administration Officer to join the team on a temporary basis. The postholder will assist the Business Support Officer and Principal Lawyer Constitution, Governance and Finance for Legal Services in the provision of a comprehensive professional finance service that fulfils corporate and operational requirements. Main Responsibilities Lead with all aspects of financial reports, journals, statement and external audit requests. Lead on the collation and reporting on income and expenditure, including spend on barristers and experts, including external solicitors. Train and oversee new members of staff as part of their onboarding. Assist in Revenue and Capital salary forecast outturns for Legal Services. Deal with payment of all invoices and associated financial records of transactions and resolve variances. Lead on and resolve, queries from third parties, Chambers, Solicitors, Experts and all other Legal Suppliers. Deal with financial control and reconciliation of accounts from Oracle. Assist with half year, year end accruals and month end, quarter end financial reports. Provide expertise in respect of Oracle systems, IKEN and court bundling system to all fee earners.Candidate Criteria Part-Qualified Accountant or AAT Qualified with relevant experience Significant experience of working in local government legal and finance sector or similar relevant experience. Experience of providing financial reports for the service Detailed experience of independently using financial functions such as GL, salary statement reconciliation or similar systems Great communication skills with the ability to work well on own initiative as well as part of a teamIf you are interested in the role, or know of anyone who may be, please contact Greg at Service Care Solutions on (phone number removed) or email (url removed) Service Care Solutions also offers a £250 referral bonus! So, if you know of anyone who would be perfect for this position and they are placed into work, you will receive £250 for the referral once their probationary period has been completed