Administrator - Lender Finance

Lightfoots Solicitors has been at the heart of the community in Thame for 170 years. With six offices across Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire, Lightfoots is proud of its unrivalled reputation of excellence for all of our services. The post holder will support our busy Lender Finance / Bridging Team and provide administrative support to fee earners and paralegals as more particularly described below. Key Responsibilities

• Answering and fielding client calls
• Dealing with daily incoming post
• Copying and scanning as needed
• Providing quotes to clients via phone and e-mail
• Opening new files and liaising with clients for initial requirements
• Companies house registering charges on company borrowers
• Dealing with Land Registry applications and requisitions
• Sending out completed registrations
• Basic accounts reconciliation
• Archiving matters What We're Looking For
• Excellent client care and customer service skills are required
• Previous administrative support experience required
• Proficiency in MS Word and Excel
• Professional attitude
• Solid written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to be proactive when needed
• Ability to thrive in an extremely fast-paced working environment This is a full-time permanent position in one of our Thame offices, Monday to Friday, 9am – 5.30pm. Why work for Lightfoots Solicitors? Our staff are our greatest asset and we work hard to provide a culture where you can thrive and enjoy a fantastic career. We provide a range of benefits to support you in and outside of the workplace. Firstly, you will enjoy enhanced annual leave in addition to bank holidays, an enhanced pension scheme, alongside a competitive salary. For your health BUPA Private Medical Insurance (after a qualifying period), Healthcare cash plan for your everyday healthcare expenses for you and your dependents, access to a 24/7 GP service, Employee Assessment Programme, company sick pay, free flu vaccinations, and more. For your wellbeing Discounted gym memberships, fruit in all offices, paid volunteer days, Wellbeing and awareness events across the year. Your wellbeing and mental health is our highest priority at Lightfoots, which is why we have 9 qualified Mental Health First Aiders across the firm to provide confidential support. For you and your family We provide an option to use your own sickness entitlement if a dependent is unwell and needs your care. We also provide enhanced Maternity, Adoption and Paternity leave alongside many more family friendly policies. Generous discounts on legal services. For your career We offer Significant learning and development opportunities alongside a structured appraisal process, networking opportunities and access to 100s of webinars and training activities. For your belonging We have an active Social committee, Charity Committee, Wellbeing Committee and an ESG committee. We actively encourage new joiners to take an active part in a committee if it is an area of interest. We have firm organised events throughout the year including quarterly socials, breakfast briefings, book club and lots more……. If you think this role is perfect for you (or nearly perfect, we would still like to hear from you) please apply or if you would simply like to find out more you can contact our recruitment team. Recruitment decisions are made on fair and objective criteria. The personal information we have collected from you will be shared with Cifas who will use it to prevent fraud, other unlawful or dishonest conduct, Confidential malpractice, and other seriously improper conduct. If any of these are detected you could be refused certain services or employment. Your personal information will also be used to verify your identity. Further details of how your information will be used by us and Cifas, and your data protection rights, can be found by Fair Processing Notices for Cifas' Databases | Cifas