Reporting To: Head of Financial Operations
Purpose: This is a pivotal position within the finance department, responsible for leading a large team, delivering day-to-day client financial operations, whilst ensuring compliance with Solicitors Accounts Rules.
You will act as the key point of contact for all legal cashiering matters, while also supporting wider finance activities and process improvements.
The role requires a proactive and detail-oriented individual who can manage multiple priorities, maintain high levels of accuracy, and build effective relationships across the business.
Legal Cashiering
- Oversee all aspects of legal cashiering in line with Solicitors Accounts Rules
- Manage client and office account transactions, ensuring full compliance
- Handle conveyancing transactions, including completions, SDLT payments, and client fund movements
- Perform complex daily and monthly client and office bank reconciliations, investigating any discrepancies in a timely basis
- Maintenance of the Breach Log
Systems & Process Improvement
- Identify opportunities to improve processes, controls, and efficiencies within the finance function
- Support system upgrades, implementations, or transitions where required
- Act as SME in all systems matters that impact the Legal Cashiering facility
Stakeholder Management
- Act as a key finance contact for fee earners and senior stakeholders
- Liaise with external auditors, accountants, and regulatory bodies as needed
Leadership
- Lead a large Cashier Team, developing a high performing function, aligning to company growth strategy
- Understand and develop training plans for all team members
- Support wider finance leadership objectives
Requirements
- Understanding of SRA regulations and regulatory environment (preferred)
- Hold a relevant financial qualification (or be qualified by depth of experience)
- Ability to plan and prioritise, produce high quality work while handling multiple projects
- High levels of accuracy and attention to detail
- Experience working within a billing and credit control environment
- Resilience and ability to challenge appropriately
- Strong finance reconciliation skills
- Good working knowledge of Microsoft packages, with strong Excel skills
- Ability to work under own initiative
- Ability to multi-task and meet deadlines
Interim Group Legal Cashier Manager in Peterborough employer: Taylor Rose
Taylor Rose is an exceptional employer that empowers its consultants with the freedom to manage their own clients and work hours, all while offering an impressive earning potential of up to 75% of billing. With a supportive work culture and access to extensive business development resources, employees can thrive in their careers while enjoying the flexibility of remote work. This unique opportunity allows for significant personal and professional growth within a top-tier law firm environment.
