Description
Salary: £30K-£32K (To be pro rata in line with agreed hours upon offer)
Working Hours: We are open to being flexible with hours, this includes start times and finish times. We would be looking to offer 20-25 hours per week for this role.
Start Dates: ASAP
Recruitment Process: 20-minute virtual screening call with the recruitment team, 1 hour in person interview at our Head Office in Derby
About us
At Right Legal Group, we’re not just a law firm - we’re on a mission to change how people think about Wills, Probate, and Estate Planning.
We are a modern, people first legal services company on a mission to make the law simple, human, and accessible. We help families protect what matters most through clear conversations, genuine care, and a service that puts people at the heart of everything. This is all encompassed within our purpose of 'Keeping Families Together'.
At RLG, your voice matters, your growth is supported, and your personality is your biggest asset. We celebrate wins, back each other, and create a workplace where ambition thrives and teamwork comes naturally.
The Role
We are seeking a driven and proactive Senior Legal Cashier, to join our Finance Team in Derby. The Senior Legal Cashier will carry out all functions typical of a Legal Cashier, maintaining accuracy in financial operations.
Some of the duties will include:
- Process client and office receipts and payments in accordance with the SRA Accounts Rules in addition to internal policies
- Assisting with the management of the client balances, ensuring correct allocation and the prompt return of residual monies
- Setting up and authorising payments using the firms’ banking platforms.
- Co-ordinating the checks of out-of-date cheques regularly, stopping and re-issuing where required.
- Monitoring suspense account and clearing down as quickly as possible.
- Taking ownership of the client account bank reconciliations.
- Assisting with month end processes.
- Process bills, credit notes, write-offs and ledger adjustments as authorised.
- Assisting with training of new members of the cashiering team.
- Dealing with interest calculations and other ad-hoc tasks as and when required.
- Covering the specific responsibilities carried out by the individual legal cashiers during periods of holiday or absence to ensure all areas of work are kept up to date.
- Undertake any other reasonable duties to support the Finance Team, as required.
What are we looking for?
- Minimum of 5 years’ experience as a Legal Cashier within a Law firm
- Strong knowledge of SRA Accounts Rules and wider knowledge of legal accounting systems
- Calm under pressure, team player, flexible and adaptable to changing demands in workload
- Motivated, pro-active and highly organised, with good attention to detail
Why Join Us?
- Annual career planning support,giving employees the opportunity annually to submit a Personal Business Plan, where you can share your ambitions (professionally, financially and personally) with the directors, and we work with them to achieve those goals.
- Professional Development Qualificationwhere our people have the opportunity annually to apply for a qualification to be funded by the business.
- Health Benefitsthrough Westfield Health, we provide access to physical and mental health support, including 24/7 well-being resources and those healthy extras we all deserve
- We offer 22 days' holiday (plus bank holidays),Increasing to 25 days after 2 years continuous service with us
- Team Celebrations and Events,from fun socials to company get-togethers, there's always something happening at RLG to bring us together.
- Pension Contributionsthrough our provider, NEST
Join us and be part of something meaningful.
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