Finance Assistant - Cashier in Edinburgh

We’re looking for an organised and detail-focused individual to join our finance team in our Edinburgh office. This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys working in a fast-paced professional environment and wants to play a key role in supporting the financial operations of a busy legal practice.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Posting incoming funds to the appropriate accounts and keeping all receipt records up to date.
• Setting up a range of electronic payments — including BACS, CHAPS, Faster Payments and international transactions — and carrying out the required compliance checks before release.
• Processing payments, transfers, bill settlements, disbursements and adjustments through our financial system, as well as managing bulk uploads throughout the day.
• Looking after the set-up, maintenance and closure of designated client accounts and ensuring all movements are recorded correctly.
• Reviewing cheque requests, ensuring they meet internal approval requirements, and issuing them within agreed timescales.
• Investigating items highlighted by daily bank reconciliations, resolving unmatched entries, cancelling out-of-date cheques and returning any surplus funds in line with firm procedures.
• Working closely with fee earners, partners and other colleagues to support financial aspects of client matters.
• Preparing and submitting cash and cheque lodgements.
• Running monthly interest calculations and carrying out ad-hoc interest requests where needed.
• Ensuring all documentation is filed electronically and available for audit or regulatory checks.
• Assisting with the firm’s annual audit by preparing required records.
• Participating in team meetings, sharing ideas for process improvements and helping keep procedures accurate and up to date.
• Supporting general cashroom tasks as required.

These tasks are shared across the team on a rotational basis, and full training will be provided.

What We’re Looking For

• Experience working in a legal cashiering or high-volume finance support role would be advantageous.
• An understanding of the Law Society of Scotland or SRA accounting rules is desirable.
• Strong attention to detail, accuracy and a proactive approach to work.
• Awareness of AML and VAT requirements would be helpful.
• A team player who can also work confidently on their own when needed.
• Clear and professional communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Comfortable working in a hybrid environment and adapting to changing working practices.
• Strong organisational skills and the ability to meet tight deadlines in a busy environment.
• Familiarity with Aderant is beneficial but not essential.
• Confident using Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel and Outlook).
• Someone reliable, flexible and motivated, with a positive approach and willingness to support the wider finance team.