At a Glance
- Tasks: Manage legal accounts, ensuring compliance and supporting financial operations.
- Company: Respected legal practice with a supportive and flexible work culture.
- Benefits: Flexible hours, enhanced holidays, health cover, and career progression opportunities.
- Other info: Dynamic environment with social events and employee recognition initiatives.
- Why this job: Join a team that values your skills and offers real career growth.
- Qualifications: Experience in legal cashiering and strong understanding of Solicitors Accounts Rules.
The predicted salary is between 27000 - 33000 £ per year.
Our client, a well-established and highly regarded legal practice, is seeking an experienced
Legal Cashier to join their Finance team.
This is an excellent opportunity for a finance professional with legal accounts experience to join a supportive organisation that offers long-term career development, flexible working arrangements and an outstanding benefits package.
The Opportunity
Working within the Finance Department and reporting to the Head of Finance, you will play a key role in ensuring compliance with Solicitors Accounts Rules and supporting the efficient running of the firm's financial operations.
You will be responsible for a broad range of legal cashiering duties, helping to safeguard both the business and its clients while maintaining the highest standards of accuracy and compliance.
Key Responsibilities
- Processing and approving CHAPS and BACS payments
- Completing bank reconciliations
- Managing client and office account transfers
- Processing bills, credit notes and write-offs
- Handling daily banking of cash and cheques
- Processing card transactions and stamp duty payments
- Maintaining direct debit and standing order records
- Reconciling petty cash and credit card statements
- Processing expense claims and assisting with month-end activities
- Managing unclaimed monies ledgers
- Responding to internal and external finance queries
- Supporting compliance with Solicitors Accounts Rules, VAT regulations and anti-money laundering requirements
- Identifying opportunities to improve finance processes and procedures
About You
To be successful in this role, you will have
- Previous experience working as a Legal Cashier or within legal accounts
- A strong understanding of Solicitors Accounts Rules
- At least one year's experience within the legal accounting sector
- Strong Excel and Microsoft Office skills
- Experience using legal practice management and accounting systems
- Excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities
- Strong communication skills and a professional approach
- High levels of accuracy and attention to detail
- The ability to work independently and as part of a wider team
Benefits
Our client offers an excellent benefits package, including
- Flexible working arrangements
- Enhanced holiday entitlement with service
- Company sick pay
- Pension scheme
- BUPA discounted health cover
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Christmas shutdown and discretionary Christmas Eve leave
- Training and career progression opportunities
- Discounted legal services
- Life cover and income protection (subject to qualifying service)
- Professional fees paid
- Staff referral bonus
- Free annual flu jabs
- Social events and employee recognition initiatives
If you have legal cashiering experience and are looking to join a respected legal practice that values its employees and offers genuine career progression, we'd love to hear from you.
Apply today or contact us for a confidential discussion about this opportunity.
Locations
Legal Cashier in Newport, Wales employer: Brook Street
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