Head Legal Cashier

Three Bridges Recruitment LTD; Scotland; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Negotiable salary DOE

Remote working flexibility

Progressive Scottish practice

Ownership of cashiering function

Work with Partners and senior Stake

Job summary

Three Bridges Recruitment is partnering with a Scottish law firm to recruit an experienced Legal Cashier / Head Cashier. You will own the day-to-day cashiering across multiple offices and maintain strong financial controls and compliance.

Working with Partners and fee earners, you will manage client and office accounts, reconcile ledgers, and help improve processes. This hybrid role offers autonomy and opportunities to shape financial operations.

Qualifications

• Strong experience in legal cashiering or legal accounts
• Excellent knowledge of the Law Society of Scotland Accounts Rules
• Experience handling client and office accounts and reconciliations
• Confident with trial balances and month-end procedures
• Experience working independently and taking ownership of cashiering operations
• Understanding of financial controls and client account compliance
• Experience using accounting systems (Denovo or similar)
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy
• Strong organisational skills and prioritisation
• Clear communication with Partners, solicitors and fee earners

Responsibilities

• Own day-to-day legal cashiering across multiple offices
• Manage client and office account transactions and banking
• Ensure compliance with the Law Society of Scotland Accounts Rules
• Complete regular client and office bank reconciliations
• Prepare trial balances and month-end ledger reconciliations
• Maintain accurate financial records and client funds integrity
• Process electronic payments and record transactions accurately
• Collaborate with Partners and fee earners to resolve ledger queries
• Monitor client balances and support financial transaction completion
• Provide guidance to a part-time cashier
• Identify opportunities to improve financial processes and internal controls
• Support audit and compliance documentation and procedures
• Maintain consistent cashiering procedures across the office network

Skills

Legal cashiering

Law Society Accounts Rules

Client & office accounts

Trial balances & month-end

Ledger reconciliations

Financial controls

Independent work

Process improvement

Attention to detail

Communication with Partners

Tools

Denovo

Job description

Three Bridges Recruitment is delighted to be partnering with a progressive and growing Scottish law firm to recruit an experienced Legal Cashier / Head Cashier. This is an excellent opportunity to join a well-established legal practice operating across multiple offices, taking ownership of the day-to-day cashiering function and playing a key role in maintaining strong financial controls and compliance.

Working closely with Partners and fee earners, you will have the autonomy to manage the firm's legal accounts, improve processes and ensure the smooth running of financial operations across the business.

This position would suit an experienced Legal Cashier looking for greater responsibility or an established Head Cashier seeking a flexible and varied opportunity.

Why Work Here?

• Negotiable salary DOE
• Hybrid working, typically 3 days in the office and 2 days from home
• Potential for additional remote working flexibility for the right individual
• Join a progressive and expanding Scottish legal practice
• Opportunity to take ownership of the legal cashiering function
• Work closely with Partners and senior stakeholders across the business
• High level of autonomy with the opportunity to improve processes and controls

Job

The role of Legal Cashier / Head Cashier will give you the opportunity to be involved with the following:

• Taking ownership of the day-to-day legal cashiering function across multiple offices
• Managing client and office account transactions, including receipts, payments and banking
• Ensuring compliance with the Law Society of Scotland Accounts Rules
• Completing regular client and office bank reconciliations
• Preparing trial balances and month-end ledger reconciliations
• Maintaining accurate financial records and ensuring the integrity of client funds
• Processing electronic payments and ensuring transactions are accurately recorded
• Working closely with Partners, solicitors and fee earners to resolve ledger queries
• Monitoring client balances and supporting the smooth completion of financial transactions
• Providing guidance and support to a part-time cashier
• Identifying opportunities to improve financial processes, systems and internal controls
• Maintaining accurate documentation and supporting audit and compliance requirements
• Ensuring consistent cashiering procedures and best practice across the firm's office network

You

As Legal Cashier / Head Cashier you will be skilled and/or experienced in the following:

• Strong previous experience within a legal cashiering or legal accounts environment
• Excellent working knowledge of the Law Society of Scotland Accounts Rules
• Experience managing client and office accounts, reconciliations and financial transactions
• Confident preparing trial balances and completing month-end accounting procedures
• Experience working independently and taking ownership of legal cashiering operations
• Strong understanding of financial controls and client account compliance
• Experience using legal practice management or accounting systems, with Denovo or similar software advantageous
• Excellent attention to detail and a high level of accuracy
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities
• Confident communicating with Partners, solicitors and fee earners
• Proactive and solutions-focused with the ability to identify and implement process improvements
• Comfortable providing guidance and support to colleagues
• A professional, approachable and collaborative working style

At Three Bridges Recruitment, two of our values are "striving for brilliance" and "relatability". We want every applicant to receive an excellent experience and ensure that this role is right for you.