Finance Apprentice (Harbottle & Lewis LLP)

Short Description

This exciting opportunity will give someone the potential to develop a career in legal finance within a dynamic finance team in a full-service law firm. As an Apprentice you will become a valued member of our Finance Team, learning and performing a range of tasks and processes. You will gain hands-on experience in many aspects of legal finance whilst also studying towards a professional finance qualification. The role requires someone who will fully commit to the 20% off-the-job training provided by our chosen training provider alongside your normal day-to-day role.

Full Description

Full time. 35 hours per week. Monday to Friday 9.30am - 5.30pm. 1 hour for lunch.

Duties include

• Posting of daily cash received into the firm’s account for payment of invoices
• Liaising on a daily bases with the Revenue Control team for receipts received that are unallocated
• Posting of Land Registry, Court fees, Search Acumen and Companies house online portal invoices
• Monitoring and coding Revenue Control inbox
• Checking eBilling portals and preparing reports for Revenue Controller & Partners
• eBilling accruals
• Uploading eBills to various portals by LEDEs format or manually
• Monitoring and liaising with Lawyers to correct errored and temporary time
• Preparing debt packs to include excel report, opening new matters, drafting LBA
• Monitoring Debt Collection receipts
• Filing and administering remittance advices
• Updating new starter rates and maintaining spreadsheet
• Preparing daily cash update
• Preparing Cash forecast document
• Completing Vendor forms
• Annual leave cover for Revenue Controllers

Dealing with simple queries

Future Prospects

Whilst the role is a 24 month fixed term contract, if there is a suitable vacant position when the apprenticeship training concludes and the candidate has completed all of their required training, they will be considered as a potential candidate for the role. This is of course dependent on the needs of the business.

Training Provided

BPP apprenticeship training programmes are delivered virtually by our fully qualified and industry-experienced training team. Using their expert knowledge, we’ve purposefully built our programmes around the real-world use of modern technology, so that the skills we create can be directly applied in the workplace. Throughout the apprenticeship learners receive coaching, help and guidance from a dedicated team who are there to ensure they get the most from their work experience.

Skills Required

• Strong communication skills, both written and oral, and the ability to form good working relationships.
• Ability to seek guidance and escalate issues where necessary.
• Strong comprehension skills, the ability to comprehend instructions both written and verbal and to accurately undertake tasks in accordance with those instructions.
• Good organisational skills to enable independent workload management, completing tasks in line with set deadlines. Adaptable to change.
• Strong IT skills to include knowledge of Microsoft Office – Word, Excel & Outlook.

Personal Qualities

• A team player who will proactively contribute to a friendly and supportive work environment.
• Pro-active, helpful and willing, with a “can do” attitude.
• Adaptable with excellent attention to detail.
• Courteous and efficient.
• Someone who is curious to learn and develop.
• Professional and conscientious, taking a pride in doing the job well.

Qualifications Required

5 GCSEs grade 4 - 9 (A* - C) or equivalent, to include English and Maths.

Closing Date:26/06/2026

Start Date:01/09/2026

Interview Date:09/06/2026