An excellent and exciting opportunity has arisen for a Solicitor/Fee Earner to join our highly reputable and well-established private client team in Chichester.
We are looking for someone confident and proactive to work within the Department running their own existing caseload.
This will include:
Wills.
Lasting Powers of Attorney.
Administration of Estates.
Probate.
The ideal candidate will:
Have proven experience running their own private client caseload.
Have excellent time management and client care skills.
Be meticulous, with first-class document production skills.
Be self-motivated.
Have excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate at all levels.
We are offering a competitive salary to the successful candidate, commensurate with experience and ability.
This is a full time role working 9 am to 5.15pm Monday to Friday at our Chichester Office
The Finance and Administration Department are looking to recruit a legal cashier or finance assistant to join their team in Chichester.
You will be expected to assist with all aspects of the cashiering function.
The role will be extremely varied, and training will be provided as required.
Main responsibilities:
To ensure all financial transactions are correctly posted in accordance with the SRA Accounts Rules and the FCA rules for authorised professional firms.
Office/Nominal Account
To ensure office money is properly identified and correctly allocated to the office or nominal ledger.
To prepare all office cheques (i.e., office and nominal ledger), ensuring that requests for funds are appropriately authorised and anticipated disbursements converted as appropriate.
To post disbursement invoices to the clients’ ledgers daily.
To process all supplier invoices; ensuring that the nominal coding is correct, the invoice is properly approved for payment and payment is made in accordance with supplier terms. To reconcile supplier invoices with statements and resolve any queries arising.
To process and pay staff expenses claims.
To input petty cash payments onto the system monthly and raise the requisite cheques to maintain the float in each office.
To analyse credit card expenditure and process accordingly.
Client Account
To process or release CHAPS payments (telegraphic transfers), foreign payments and BACS payments with associated authentication procedures and in accordance with the firm’s procedures.
To assist in ensuring all incoming funds are properly identified and allocated to client ledgers, including credit card receipts.
To prepare client cheques, ensuring that requests for funds are appropriately authorised.
To process client related disbursements and recoverable expenses and generate payments as required.
To assist with processing bills, ensuring time recorded, disbursements and recoverable expenses are correctly allocated and VAT correctly calculated.
To archive client ledgers in accordance with fee earner instructions, ensuring either that all balances are clear or that partner approval has been obtained for write offs (if required).
To carry out daily transaction processing and support other team members as necessary to ensure there are no back logs and processing is reliable and complete.
Required skills and experience.
Previous experience working in an accounts department desirable.
High attention to detail and accuracy
Able to prioritise work and cope well in periods of high volume.
Confident and articulate
IT literate, with good Excel and Word skills
The ideal candidate will be numerate, pro-active, and enthusiastic, who is personable and professional in their approach to work.
We are offering a competitive salary to the successful candidate, commensurate with experience and ability.
This is a full-time office-based role working 9am to 5.15 Monday to Friday at our Chichester office.
An excellent and exciting opportunity has arisen for a Legal Secretary to join our highly reputable and well-established private client team in Chichester.
The ideal candidate will provide secretarial and administrative support to their principal enabling them to operate at optimum efficiency whilst providing a high-quality legal service to our clients.
We are looking for someone confident and proactive to work within the department.
The ideal client must have proven work experience in all aspects of Private Client Law including :
Wills.
Lasting Powers of Attorneys.
Administration of Estates.
Probate..
You will be expected to use a high degree of self-management and initiative, complying with all relevant professional and regulatory obligations.
Key duties will include:
Diary management and scheduling appointments
Onboarding new clients and carrying out relevant checks
Opening/closing and archiving files
Audio typing and dictation
Producing documents including wills and LPA’s
General secretarial and administration duties
Answering the telephone
Liaising with clients and third parties
Financial matters such as requesting monies, preparing estate accounts, and completing posting slips for making payments.
The ideal candidate will :
Have a good academic record.
Have excellent typing skills.
Have previous experience within the legal profession.
Be computer Literate.
We are offering a competitive salary to the successful candidate, commensurate with experience and ability.
This is a full-time office-based role working 9 am to 5.15pm Monday to Friday at our Chichester Office
An excellent and exciting opportunity has arisen for a Tax Executive to join our firm.
Role Overview
This is a senior appointment with extensive tax work, including the preparation of tax returns and associated compliance.
The role will include client contact and may extend beyond the main responsibilities listed below.
Main detailed responsibilities
Trust and Estate tax returns and personal tax returns, including related tax calculations using the firm’s software (IRIS). All related correspondence with clients, HM Revenue & Customs and third parties as required. Monitoring and working to related deadlines.
Preparing Trust accounts.
Monitoring deadlines on Trusts and Estates such as ten yearly charges and beneficial entitlements.
Dealing with the day-to-day administration on clients.
Inheritance Tax returns for Trusts and Estates.
Ad hoc advisory work, such as advising on Trust distributions.
Assisting in the training and mentoring of junior members of staff.
To carry out other tasks as and when required by the LLP.
Required qualifications, skills and experience
A suitable professional qualification – e.g. STEP, ATT, CTA (part qualified)
Significant experience (2 years+) of working in a private client or trust department in a client facing role
Ability to work accurately, prioritise work and adhere to critical deadlines
Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate at all levels
Proactive and ambitious, with a willingness to challenge in the best interest of the client
IT literate, with experience of using case management and tax software (ideally IRIS)
The role is full time 9am to 5.15pm Monday to Friday and will be working at one of our Chichester Offices.
Part time hours will be considered.
We are offering a competitive salary to the successful candidate, commensurate with experience and ability.
For general enquiries or to discuss more specific needs in personal or commercial law please get in touch with a friendly member of our team today.
Client Testimonials
Alice was amazing from start to finish, gave me accurate and sound advice. She always kept my expectations to a realistic level, and I would recommend her to anyone in a similar position to me, a credit to George Ide solicitors. I always felt I was dealing with a friend not just a solicitor.
I want to take this opportunity to thank you all at George Ide so much, for all the help and support you have given to the family down the years and in particular of course whilst acting for us as professional executor. This is an emotional period for all families I’m sure. It has been no different for us. You have handled everything with consummate professionalism throughout and especially so in our more fractious moments.
I don’t have enough words to describe how helpful, professional and supportive you have been, at a very stressful time for me. I feel really lucky to have had you as my solicitor. Your service was superb; it just could not have been better.
I would just like to thank you for all your hard work in settling my father’s case and in coming to an agreeable settlement with the insurers. Thank you for being so patient with us, and taking time to explain things in layman’s terms. You have led us through this process with ease and my father is very happy to have reached a conclusion in this matter . All your efforts are very much appreciated. Wishing you all the best.
For the sale and purchase of our properties we found the service we received throughout the conveyance to be exemplary. A clear, efficient and professional service from Nicholas Smith and his team.
I would look no further for any future property conveyance and as a result of this experience with George Ide I will consider them, first and foremost, for future legal matters.
I have worked with George Ide’s residential tenancy team for over 15 years. The team are always the quickest, most efficient and competent at everything they do. I am extremely satisfied and would have no hesitation in recommending them.
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