As a Paralegal at Squire Patton Boggs, you'll be joining our busy
Finance team in central Leeds on a 12-month fixed term contract. We're
looking for an experienced law graduate or Paralegal who will enjoy
working in a truly collaborative environment. You'll be rewarded with
an attractive package, plus excellent wider benefits.
Our Firm
Squire Patton Boggs is one of the world's strongest integrated law
firms, committed to providing insight at the point where law, business
and government meet. We deliver commercially focused business
solutions by combining our legal, lobbying and political capabilities
and invaluable connections on the ground to a diverse mix of clients,
from long-established leading corporations to emerging businesses,
start-up visionaries and sovereign nations.
With over 1,500 lawyers spanning more than 40 offices across four
continents, the firm is renowned for its local connections and global
influence, delivering comprehensive legal services across North
America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia Pacific, and Latin America. In
the UK, we have offices in Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds and London.
The firm is committed to promoting an inclusive and supportive
working environment. Embedded by local champions in each of our UK
offices, our well-regarded family and carer, wellbeing and DEI
programmes provide a variety of flexible working options to support
individuals' life journeys, helping our people pursue their personal
and professional goals.
Our Team
Our Finance team in Leeds is a large team made of up the Financial
Service Centre, Credit Control, Management Accounts and the Financial
Planning and Analysis team. The wider team provide centralised support
for all of the UK offices and take pride in providing a world class
service to the firm's internal and external clients.
Our Opportunity
Based in Leeds and reporting to the Director of Global Billing
Operations and the Compliance Officer for Legal Practice, you will be
responsible for investigating residual trust balances on client
accounts. By providing a forensic function you will maintain a
centralised database and ensure balances are returned to clients
promptly and that they are kept informed, providing a world class
service to the firm's internal and external clients.
You will work with Partners and other fee earners to agree progress
reports and maintain momentum in investigations. The role will require
the preparation and distribution of regular reports to Partners as
well as attendance at monthly meeting with the Director of Global
Billing Operations and Compliance Office for Legal Practice to review progress.
You will be confident in building relationships with the wider
Finance team and you will work closely with the Cashiering team on
payment and transfer instructions. You will also upskill other members
of the Finance team in order to improve processes in the future.
This role requires a detail orientated professional with knowledge of
the legal industry and the confidence to proactively make
recommendations on existing processes and structures.
You
To be considered for this position you must have excellent
organisational skills and the ability to work with detailed
information whilst keeping sight of the bigger picture. You will have
the drive to focus on a number of interrelated tasks whilst meeting
all deadlines.
You must have excellent communication skills and be able to interact
with colleagues of all levels within the Firm, as well as externally.
You will be able to handle sensitive matters confidentially and
professionally. Travel to other UK offices will be required.
You will preferably be a law graduate or have completed your CILEx
Level 3 qualification or equivalent. Experience in a Real Estate
Paralegal role and knowledge of SRA Accounts Rules would be an
advantage but not essential.
You will have a good working knowledge in Microsoft Excel. Ideally
with experience of case management systems (e.g. Elite Enterprise) and
a document management system (e.g. iManage), you will be able to adapt
to new systems with ease.
What you need to know
If you are interested in finding out more about this role, please
visit our Careers website at www.squirepattonboggs.com/en/careers in
the first instance. We are unable to process applications sent
directly by email. Please complete an online application. We will be
reviewing applications and interviewing on an ongoing basis. No agency
CVs accepted at this time.
We are an inclusive employer and aim to ensure our workforce is
representative of our diverse society. We welcome applications
regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity and expression,
age, neuro diversity or disability status, family or parental
status, race, religion or ethnicity. We will make reasonable
adjustments and adaptions to our recruitment process to ensure it is
inclusive for anyone who wishes to apply. We may collect relevant
data for monitoring as part of our candidate registration process.
