An exciting new opportunity has arisen for a part‑time Legal Cashier within our Business Support Department. Based at our Leamington office, the successful candidate will provide a comprehensive cashiering service as part of the Accounts department.
Responsibilities
- Share responsibility of the Banking procedures (with sole responsibility on particular days to be agreed with team), including monies received and payments, completions etc.
- Arrange payments, telegraphic transfers, faster payments, BACs and international payments.
- Advise fee‑earners verbally/by email of telegraphic transfers/BACs received.
- Business and client account postings.
- Run Covered Bills Report and circulate for client to business transfers.
- Process daily client to business transfers.
- Ensure all client postings are completed on the last working day of the month.
- Banking of cheques and cash received, and deposit at post office.
- Process cheques as required.
- Assist fee‑earners as required to reconcile completion statements/ledgers to electronic records.
- Calculate interest as required.
- Cancel out of date cheques as required.
- Scanning and filing as required.
- Assist with purchase ledger postings and payments as required.
- Assist with expense claim postings and payments as required.
- Assist the Accounts Manager and Accountant with ad hoc tasks that may be reasonably required.
- Provide adequate cover for cashiering duties during holidays and absences.
- Attend Department Meetings and Firm Wide Meetings.
- Undertake any reasonable instructions made by Directors and Line Manager within the limits of this Job Description.
Qualifications
- At least 3 years’ experience of working in a cashier role within the legal sector
- General bookkeeping knowledge and experience
- Strong and proven administrative and organisational skills
- Strong numerical skills
- Knowledge of the Solicitors Accounts Rules
- Awareness of anti-money laundering procedures
- Highly accurate and consistent with attention to detail
- Ability to work within agreed timescales
- Strong team working skills and ability to be flexible to meet the needs of the business
