Junior Legal Cashier in London

Fox Williams offers a unique opportunity to advance your career in a personable, progressive, and entrepreneurial environment. Our people and culture are important to us and central to everything we do. We continually strive to create and maintain a friendly and supportive environment for our staff. You will quickly get to know everyone from the Senior Partner to the most junior staff. Whilst we are recognised for our strong culture and investing in our people, we are equally well known for our high-profile matters, quality of our work and solving our clients' most complex legal issues.

Fox Williams is committed to creating a more diverse workforce which better reflects the demographics of society and the broad range of clients for whom we work. We collaborate with our recruitment agents to seek a broad talent pool for all our roles. We are passionate about working in an inclusive environment and successful candidates will be required to uphold this.

Job Requirements

Working with the Cashier Manager and Cashier. Primarily responsible for routine cashiering tasks with an emphasis on the office account. Provides cover for the Cashier Manager and Senior Cashier in their absence.

Cashiering:

• Daily Client Account bank reconciliations (and Office Account bank reconciliations if cover is required)
• Daily review of the Office account online and making the relevant postings into 3E
• Processing all anticipated disbursement invoices and, if necessary, purchasing the currency from Convera
• Reconciliation of the firm's IPO, WIPO, and OHIM accounts
• Reconciliation of the firm's credit card account
• Processing CHAPS payments when required.
• Always ensuring compliance with the SRA Rules, liaising with the other cashiering staff as required. Reporting breaches and potential breaches to the Cashier Manager in a timely manner
• Answering queries from partners, fee earners and legal assistants
• Covering for the Cashier Manager, Cashier and Accounts Payable during annual leave or other absence
• Reviewing and posting of all bills and credit notes with 24 hours of receipt

Other Tasks:

• Transfers of time and disbursements between matters
• Editing of time entries as necessary
• Ad-hoc duties as required by the Cashier Manager and Financial Controller

Personal skills and attributes

Managing Yourself:

• Self-motivated and able to organise own work with only limited supervision.
• Copes effectively in demanding circumstances.
• Good time management, adopting a flexible approach to work and a willingness to work overtime when the needs of clients or the firm so dictate.
• Demonstrates persistence and commitment to completing tasks and objectives.
• Pays attention to detail and quality of work.
• Demonstrates a commitment to improving working practices and supports company plans and policies.

Working with People:

• Ability to build and maintain working relationships with others and is seen as 'approachable'.
• Operates effectively as part of a team, including providing cover in times of team absences.
• Willing to offer help to all colleagues to ensure company success.
• Demonstrates sound judgement and good decision making when dealing with problems, including looking for solutions to new problems.
• Knows when to seek guidance or further input from others before acting.

Communication Skills:

• Able to express oneself both orally and in writing in a clear and constructive way.
• Willing to ask questions, listen to others' views and accept advice.
• Willing to contribute ideas and seek improvements.
• Good internal and external client- handling skills, both by telephone and face-to-face.

Experience Required:

• Prior junior legal experience, preferably in a legal or professional services environment
• Numeracy, accuracy, and a high level of attention to detail
• Working knowledge of accounting principles.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal

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