• About Us

Stone King is an ambitious and friendly firm specialising in the Business & Social Enterprise, Charity, Education, Faith and Private Client sectors. Our collaborative culture and core values are intertwined with our ethos of doing the right thing by our clients, communities, and our people. Our passion for the sectors we work in and the purpose-driven work we do with our clients has resulted in SK being recognised as national leaders in our specialist fields across the country.

The Opportunity

We are looking for someone to join us on a permanent basis as an Internal Auditor to join our Risk and Compliance team here at Stone King in our Bath office.

Reasons to Apply

This is an opportunity to gain invaluable experience across our highly regarded Risk and Compliance Team and Firm, developing key skills and experience.

Key Responsibilities

General duties include, but are not limited to:

• Ensure compliance is met in the file review process across all fee-earners of the firm
• Carry out audits on multiple file areas
• Ensure client’s instructions are followed with the SRA ethics being upheld throughout the process
• Matter compliance – following a full audit process of file closure, time recording, billing, undertakings and clean file management

Requirements

Essential

• Legal Knowledge
• Legal experience, either an ex-solicitor or fee-earner equivalent who has transferable knowledge
• Knowledge of matters and client communication
• Knowledge in complaints/negligence
• Experience of time recording and billing
• Experience of SRA Code and Firm’s compliance requirements
• Organisation skills
• Lone working skills and time management
• Experience in audit

Desirable

• Experience in a similar role is desirable, although not essential.

Stone King are signatories of the Mindful Business Charter as part of our commitment to mental health and wellbeing. We want to support all of our people in achieving a healthy work/ life balance and would be happy to speak with prospective candidates about flexible working arrangements.

As part of our commitment to DE&I, we want our recruitment practices to be as inclusive as possible, which means we will make reasonable adjustments to help you perform to your best, so please let us know if you need us to make any reasonable adjustments during the application or interview process. Our recruitment team are on hand to discuss any reasonable adjustments with candidates and can provide full job details and applications in alternative formats if required. You can contact our recruitment team via email at Recruitment@stoneking.co.uk or 01225 326770.

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Profit Share Scheme
• Cycle to work scheme.
• Employee Benefit Platform
• Profit Share Scheme
• Private Medical Insurance
• Life assurance (4 x salary)
• Pension scheme
• 28 days holiday (in addition to statutory UK holidays)
• Additional day allocated for CSR activities per annum.

Closing date: 1 April 2025

Adverts normally close at midday on the closing date, however vacancies may close early if sufficient applications have been received. Therefore we would encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible.

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