Legal Cashier

We are pleased to be supporting a growing legal practice with their recruitment of an experienced Legal Cashier.

In this role you will be reporting to the Finance & Compliance Manager and working closely with fee earners to process finance transactions and ensure the smooth running of the department.

• £30,000 dependent upon experience
• Working hours Monday to Friday 9am–5pm (1 hour lunch) 35 hour working week
• Office based role
• On-site parking
• 20 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Discount voucher scheme

Duties and responsibilities:

• Processing Bills and associated schedules
• Dealing with all day-to-day ledger postings to client and office accounts
• Reconciling bank, petty cash and general ledgers and control accounts
• Producing monthly reports to all fee earners
• Processing purchase ledger invoices and payments
• Processing payments and transfers daily via an online banking system
• Working with fee earners to ensure matter balances are kept accurate and up to date
• Assisting with month end and year-end reports
• General administration and housekeeping of files and ledgers
• Supporting audits
• Ensuring compliance with the Solicitors’ Accounts Rules

Skills and experience required:

• Minimum of 2 years’ previous Legal Cashier experience within a legal practice
• Attention to detail is key to being successful within this role
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
• Ability to work effectively on own initiative
• Good understanding of SRA accounts rules and regulations
• Good working Microsoft Office (Excel / Word) and experience of legal software (Redbrick / Insight)