Senior Finance Officer

Senior Finance Officer

Johannesburg

Role Overview

Here at Pinsent Masons we bring together the best people to get the job done. We're naturally curious, constantly learning, listening, and growing. We'll truly value your ideas. You'll be joining an award-winning, hardworking and commercially minded team, where you'll have the opportunity to work with leading experts and form meaningful relationships, while making a difference. You'll get the opportunity to be involved in varied and challenging work. Working in an open and supportive environment, to deliver outstanding results. 

Our people are our success, and we work as one team. 

We are recruiting a Senior Finance Officer  to support  the Finance Operations Manager in running of the Finance function for our South African business, assisting the central team with key elements of this role including control of the purchase ledger, cashiering and compliance, staff expenses, billing and credit control.  

Our standard working hours are 8:30am - 5pm

Candidate Overview

We are looking for candidates who ideally hold the following skills and experience: 

Liaison with the firm's bankers in relation to bank account maintenance (new accounts, closed accounts) and transaction processing.

Review of client account balances on a regular basis to ensure compliance with Law society rules.

Management of designated deposit accounts, joint accounts and of controlled trusts

Ensuring compliance with Law Society regulations

Liaise with auditors to plan for quarterly tax/VAT returns and annual audit.

Preparing and filing any Vat return and BIK returns

Induction for new staff members

Supporting the tax teams with any local tax filings

Correct allocation of expenses to budget holders

Input of all invoices with particular attention being given to narratives (for analysis and reporting purposes)

Ensure prompt payment of disbursements in accordance with the Solicitors Accounts Rules

Maintenance of all static data (supplier addresses, payment terms, etc.)

Reconciliation of supplier statements

Processing of payment schedules

Dealing with Travel Accounts, checking and authorising supplier invoices, uploading theses to the purchase ledger system and arranging payment

Processing of payment schedules weekly and arranging BACS to suppliers or staff for invoices and expenses which are due for payment, making sure that ledgers reconcile.

Support the credit control team with managing overdue debts.

Dealing with Partner, Lawyer and Client queries.

Ensuring queries raised by Clients are dealt with promptly and efficiently.

Meeting deadlines and monthly cash targets

Ensure the Firm's billing and credit note procedure is strictly adhered to and that all necessary authorities are obtained;

Ensure all recorded time is captured at time of billing;

Lawyer liaison on Aderant and CD queries;

Ensure compliance with Solicitors Accounts Rules (SAR) and with VAT regulations in relation to output tax

What happens next? 

Once your application has been submitted and reviewed, our Recruitment team will share the outcome with you by email. 

We typically hold two interview stages per vacancy providing the opportunity to meet two members of the hiring team at each stage. The first stage is typically conducted virtually and the second stage typically in person at the office in which the role would be based. However, we strive to remain flexible depending on the requirements of the role or the candidate. 

Our strength lies in our differences.

We are a Disability Confident and top Stonewall employer, a Valuable 500 member, a signatory of the Race at Work Charter and a proud partner of Neurodiversity in Law. We encourage and value different ideas and styles of thinking. It's with different perspectives that we'll find solutions to our clients' most complex challenges. It's how we'll deliver outstanding results today, and tomorrow. We want everybody attending an interview to be comfortable and able to fully demonstrate their experience and talents. 

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