Client Intake Assistant (Perm)

which sits within our Finance department on a permanent, full-time basis. This role is based in our Bristol office which is located in the heart of the city, a stone’s throw from Bristol Temple Meads although at present, a lot will be remote working.

What does a Client Intake Assistant do? I hear you ask… well for every client our lawyers work with, a number of essential checks - such as conflict searches and anti-money laundering need to be performed, you will be part of the friendly, hardworking team that carry out this essential background work.

Ideally our Client Intake Assistantwill:

• Have experience in a similar New Business Intake or Client Intake role in the legal sector and/or in professional services.
• Have an understanding of anti-money laundering, client due diligence and know your client requirements.
• Have a general understanding of how to deal with conflicts of interest during the New Business Intake/Client Intake process.
• Enjoy communicating with people at all levels and your colleagues in the wider finance team. You can expect to become a ’go to’ person for enquiries and will always be ready to respond in an efficient and professional manner.
• A good working knowledge of MS Office applications (Outlook especially) is essential.

Another part of this team’s responsibility is to ensure all client information is processed in a professional and timely manner, with quality of data maintained at the highest standard.

We work in a fast-paced environment so you will need to keep up; adaptability and resilience are key to success in this role. Our Client Intake Team work very hard but in return we offer support and a fantastic environment to work in, including an onsite café/coffee shop, and a cake trolley delivered straight to your desk!

Our six core values - Ambition, Collaboration, Commitment, Fairness, Quality and Respect - are at the heart of everything we do and help to shape our unique culture. As well as high quality work and exciting development opportunities, we offer our people a professional, friendly and sociable working environment with a real sense of community.

A full overview of all the benefits of working at Burges Salmon can be found on the ’working at Burges Salmon’ section of our careers page.

We are delighted to have been awarded both ’UK Law Firm of the Year’ and ’Energy & Infrastructure Team of the Year’ at the Legal Week British Legal Awards and ’Highly Commended’ in the CSR Innovation - Multi-Firm Projects at the Legal Innovation Awards in 2020. We were also named as ’Company of the Year - Female Leadership’ (Large, Institutional) at Citywealth’s Powerwomen Awards 2020 and shortlisted for ’Law Firm of the Year - Transactional’ HealthInvestor Awards 2020.

It’s important to us that our organisation represents the diverse community in which we operate and we encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and identities. As a Disability Confident employer we will provide a fully accessible recruitment process and offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the job. We’re committed to finding the right person for this role and are open to discussing flexible working, full time or part time working patterns.

For more information please see the job description attached below, any questions regarding the role or the interview process please contact Jess Denton (Resourcing Business Partner) on (0117) 307 6984 or email jess.denton@burges-salmon.com

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