Finance, Law & Business Graduate Role

Express Solicitors; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 27,000; Full time

Job description

Starting 6th May 2025

About You

• Are you a Finance, Law, Economics or Business Graduate?
• Would you like to try something new and take your career in a new direction?
• Analytical with a methodical attention to detail?

Then our Costs Litigation Assistant role is the new finance job for you!

Don’t worry you don’t need to have experience in law. We believe that your finance experience will give you a great foundation to build on and we will provide full training.

About The Role
We are seeking a highly motivated and detail-oriented individual to join our legal team as a Costs Litigation Assistant. You will get involved in:

• Preparation of costs schedules for trial
• Counting and drafting breakdowns of costs at case conclusion, to assist with recovery of costs from between the parties to litigation and to assist with calculating client charges
• Liaising with service providers to our clients such as barristers to ascertain final fees and fee estimates
• Preparation of risk assessments
• Making telephone calls to progress cases in terms of costs negotiations and payments on account of cost
• Assisting with the preparation of cost budgets
• Reviewing the work done for the client and preparing chronologies and descriptions of the steps taken

We offer a Salary of £27,000 per annum, as well as a monthly commission of £200 if targets are achieved.

What are we looking for?

• A degree such as English, History, Law or other similar degree.
• GCSE Maths & English at C grade or above.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• The ability to produce work that is highly accurate with excellent attention to detail.
• The ability to assess and analyse both numerical and written information.
• Be highly motivated, with the ability to work under pressure.
• The ability to work under your own initiative.
• Have a working knowledge of IT systems like Microsoft Office packages.

About Us
Established in 2000, Express Solicitors is an award-winning law firm that deals with personal injury and clinical negligence claims. Based in Manchester, we serve clients nationwide and are currently ranked 70 out of more than 10,000 law firms. We have a 5-star rating on Trustpilot from over 6,500 reviews, which coming from our clients means a lot to us. We are proud of the work we do helping injured people, and this is the core of our business.

We set you up to succeed
We provide full training on all aspects of the role. You will learn how to use our cost drafting software: Cost Master, and our case management system: Proclaim. You will learn how to review a client file of papers accurately in order to bill all the client’s legal work and disbursements.

Training will be given in new starter groups and one to one at your desk (both in person and over MS Teams). You will have a work Buddy and work closely with your Line Manager.

We are committed to providing our employees with the guidance and resources they need to succeed in their roles and advance their careers.

We deliver on progression
This role has great career opportunities as successful cost litigation assistants can progress, in time, to train to become:

• Cost Draftsperson – specialising in technical bill drafting work
• Trainee Cost Lawyer with the recognised qualification from the Association of Cost Lawyers
• Cost Litigation Executives, handling a case load.

We work hard and play hard
Law has always been seen as a challenging profession. Express Solicitors expect you to work hard for our clients. But we also love to have fun, with regular department socials, yearly Christmas parties (paid for by the business) and every other year a Summer social at the CEO's house paid for by James, himself.

We also have lots of other regular activities, with weekly football and netball games, a running club and a board game night.

Benefits
Hybrid Working - 4/1 hybrid working pattern after probation.
23 Days Holiday- Rising to 26 days, plus bank/public holidays.
Extra Holidays - 3 holiday buy backs and an extra day for your birthday after service length requirement.
Looking After Your Health - Private medical insurance available after 2 years’ service, annual flu jab and Employee Assistance Programme.
Looking After Your Well-being - 24/7 onsite Gym, Netball/Football team, 10km Manchester team and more.
Work Life / Balance - Active social committee with generous departmental and firm-wide social budget.

Recruitment Process
Interviews will be conducted by Telephone & MS Teams and will include scenario-based questioning.

Our employees are our most important asset, we rate skill and ability above all else and our recruitment policy encourages applications from all.