Legal Services Agency (LSA) are seeking an experienced Finance Assistant to join our Finance team.
LSA is one of Scotland’s largest Law Centres. Through its solicitors and other staff, operating as Brown & Co. Legal LLP, LSA has a 30-year legacy of serving individuals, families and communities across Scotland, addressing unmet legal need and the effects of poverty, disadvantage and discrimination. LSA’s legal service has developed pioneering legal remedies through test cases and campaigns on issues such as dampness, housing repair and evictions, Criminal Injuries Compensation, mental health law and asylum and immigration law. LSA also delivers a wide range of seminars and training programmes and publications on legal themes.
We provide high-quality legal advice, assistance and representation in areas of housing law, preventing homelessness, mental health, discrimination, welfare benefits and social security, community care, criminal injuries compensation and employment law.
The work is rewarding, and the expertise of the Service is highly regarded and nationally recognised. The post offers scope to develop your skills through LSA’s in-house training seminars.
About you
You will have experience in undertaking day to day responsibilities in maintaining accurate financial records and undertaking bank reconciliations to audit standards. Working with the Finance Manager, you will have experience of assisting in preparing financial reports and budgeting. You will be able to assist in communicating with the wider team to progress and resolve matters falling in the remit of the Finance Department. You will be a team player and will be flexible in taking on a variety of tasks.