Receptionist / Administrator

Job Title: Receptionist / Administrator

Location: Central London

Salary: £35,000

A leading City law firm are looking for a receptionist or administrator to take on a very varied role assisting the Practice Manager in the running of their London office and cover front of house. This is a fantastic opportunity for an administrator or receptionist who is eager learn all the business aspects involved with the running of a law firm.

The role will include administrative relating to finance, compliance and operational support. A selection of duties include:

• Liaising with suppliers and managing relationships with both current and potential suppliers
• Meeting and greeting clients. 
• Answering the phones. 
• Responsible for Anti Money Laundering processes
• Client onboarding and due diligence
• Assist the accounts team with billing and other basic finance matters
• Coordinating the onboarding of new starters to the business
• Managing GDPR protocols
• Data entry
• Handling 1st line basic IT enquiries
• Meeting and greeting clients and performing front of house duties
• Providing general administrative support to all fee earners
• Ordering supplies and equipment
• Logging and recording invoices and bills for the London office

It is essential that you have a strong background as an administrator or receptionist from another corporate / professional services environment. This is an ideal opportunity to enhance your business administration experience and will ideally suit someone looking to grow further into a non-fee earning support/operations role within law.

You must be a proactive, efficient worker, able to prioritise tasks and meet deadlines as well as have exceptional communication and relationship building skills. Strong  IT skills and a very positive attitude with the drive and initiative to learn and in time take ownership of all administrative issues is are also essential. Excellent benefits and a fantastic opportunity for a candidate looking to achieve a career in office management.

McKinlay Law endeavour to contact all successful candidates within 24 hours. However, due to the volume of applications that we receive, we are not able to respond to every candidate individually. If you have not heard from us within 24 hours your application has been unsuccessful and we have not retained your details.