Finance and Operations Manager

NWLLC is a community-based legal practice and a registered charity. We comprise the Brent Community Law Centre and Camden Community Law Centre.

NWLLC now works across northwest London supporting residents to understand and enforce their legal rights.  In doing so, we address the root causes of social injustice – poverty, family breakdown, unemployment and exploitation.

NWLLC provides full legal casework, representation and advice in the following areas of social welfare law – Housing, Immigration & Asylum and Welfare Rights. In 2024-25 we assisted over 3500 people. We represent clients in all courts and tribunals.

We provide outreach advice services in Brent and Camden including Camden Safety Net.

We also provide the housing duty solicitor schemes at Central London Country Court giving emergency representation in possession hearings for rent and owned homes and at the warrant stage for evictions.

To oversee and manage all financial and accounts record keeping and maintain all operations and compliance to ensure the smooth running of a legal practice.

Key Tasks

 Finance

1.     Maintain our Quickbooks accounts system/ Clio Case Management System

2.     Process payment requests, staff and volunteers expenses and invoices

3.     Identify and follow up debtors

4.     Monthly reconciliation and bookkeeping of all cards and accounts 

5.     Assist with preparation of monthly management, year-end accounts and audit process

6.     Work with the Director for the takeover of the calculation and reporting of the taxes owed by the law centre

7.     Work with the Director to take over the administration of the NWLLC payroll and pension

8.     Responsible for liaison with external accountants and auditors

Legal Practice and Billing

1.     Preparing information and submitting for all monthly reports to the Legal Aid Agency, including CWA (Legal Help) and Court Duty submissions

2.     Work with the Director to take over the preparation of work in progress reports

3.     Work with the Director to prepare and disseminate monthly billing reports

4.     Work with the Supervising solicitor and the SMT to identify cases to push through the billing process.