Office and Client Account Cashier (parttime)
Fieldfisher Belgium, Belgium
Job Description
Description.
Fieldfisher is a European law firm built around people. People are vital to our success. Our clients choose us for our expertise, our understanding, and our insight. We believe in nurturing truly talented and diverse individuals who strike a balance between excellence and human qualities. We serve an international client base through a network of over 1,700 lawyers in twelve countries working across 26 offices.
Wherever we work, whether it is at home, in our offices or elsewhere, in whatever country, our core values of responsibility, integrity, teamwork and respect remain consistent and underpin everything that we do. At Fieldfisher, we pride ourselves in working together collaboratively and innovatively to deliver legal excellence to meet the needs of our clients
Fieldfisher in Brussels has more than 65 qualified lawyers advising on a wide range of topics, including finance, corporate and Mamp;A, energy, tax, commercial law, competition law, dispute resolution, privacy and data protection, intellectual property, employment and benefits and EU regulatory matters. We work on high-profile matters and clients expects us to embrace new ways of thinking and deliver legal solutions that help them thrive. We are committed to think ahead with our clients and guide them through the most complex legal and commercial challenges. The high level of specialisation of the firm's lawyers as well as our multidisciplinary approach form the backbone of the advice we provide to our clients. Our approach to both transactional assistance, legal advice and litigation is guided by the need to reconcile legal thinking with the operational and commercial realities of the client and the sector in which it operates.
We pride ourselves on our Fieldfisher community. We are a caring, sharing bunch with huge numbers involved in Corporate Responsibility. We promote inclusiveness and diversity, encourage innovation and endorse collegiality every step of the way. Our commitment to building a more sustainable and equitable future for our clients, people and communities is at the heart of Fieldfisher’s strategy.
We encourage everyone to bring their real selves to work, so there’s a place for every background, journey, passion and interests at our firm.
Our Finance Support Team.
We are a very dynamic, human amp; caring team composed of 4 persons dedicated to the billing amp; collection and 3 people working on the accounting, expenses, and banking aspects of the Finance work.
Who we are looking for.
To sustain the growth in the Brussels Office and to better serve our lawyers, we are looking for a part time Office amp; Client Account Assistant with one to five years of experience who wants to join our Support Team.
Requirements
Responsibilities
- Manage all the transactions of all our Office Bank Accounts on a daily basis into our accounting system.
- Manage all the transactions of all our Client Money Bank Accounts on a daily basis into our accounting system.
- Manage all Office and Bank Reconciliations
- Manage all Client Money Evidences such as Payment to Client and Receipt to Client
- Manage all the payments in and out in order to make sure all our banks are reconciled.
- Liaise with our Senior Accounting amp; Benefit Officer as well as our Head of Billing, Credit amp; Collection for all open bank items into our Accounting System.
- File management responsibilities: Make sure all bank transactions into our accounting system are well filed.
- Work closely with our Senior Accounting amp; Benefit Officer and Head of Finance amp; Benefits.
- Work collaboratively with the Support Finance Team and Team Assistants to provide a responsive and professional support to our fee earners.
- Build strong relationships with the Support Finance Team, Team Assistants and Lawyers to optimise the accounting bank processes.
- Any additional ad hoc tasks required by the Finance Support Team: Reports, Transformation Projects related to banks, ..
Requirements
- You hold a degree in accounting or management.
- You have between 1-5 years of experience working as an office / client account cashier in a service firm, preferably in a law firm.
- You are fluent in French or Dutch, and are fluent in English (Oral amp; Written)
- You are meticulous but flexible, can work autonomously and aim to resolve issues within a solutions oriented mind.
- You are proactive, rigorous, a good communicator and good team player who has a sense of initiative that business life requires.
- You are stress resistant.
- You are IT system oriented and like suggesting ideas to improve any processes.
- You master Microsoft Excel, Word amp; Power Point.
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