Legal Cashier

Headstar; Bradford; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary up to £33k

Holiday allowance

Life assurance

Health cash plan

Private medical (after 2 years)

Maternity/Paternity benefits

Job summary

Headstar is recruiting a Legal Cashier to manage day-to-day financial transactions in a busy law firm. You will handle bank reconciliations, client and office account receipts, CHAPS payments and client-to-office transfers, while supporting billing and the purchase ledger.

You will ensure compliance with the Solicitors Accounts Rules and work closely with fee earners to resolve queries. The role requires accurate, organised individuals who can work as part of a team and take pride in doing

Qualifications

• Previous experience in a legal cashiering role.
• Up-to-date understanding of the Solicitors Accounts Rules.
• Confidence using Excel and online banking systems.
• Accurate, organised and comfortable working as part of a team.

Responsibilities

• Handle day-to-day financial transactions in a busy law firm.
• Perform bank reconciliations and manage client and office account receipts.
• Process CHAPS payments and client-to-office transfers.
• Support billing, purchase ledger and disbursements; respond to fee-earner queries.

Skills

Legal cashiering experience

Excel

Online banking systems

Team player

Tools

Excel

Job description

Not every Legal Cashier wants to spend their working life buried in spreadsheets, fixing other people's mistakes and wondering why nobody understands the Solicitors Accounts Rules. Some just want to work somewhere that takes its accounts function seriously.

The job itself is fairly straightforward:

You’ll be dealing with the day-to-day financial transactions you’d expect in a busy law firm. Bank reconciliations, client and office account receipts, CHAPS payments, client-to-office transfers, billing, purchase ledger, disbursements and the occasional query from a fee earner who needs something sorting yesterday.

You’ll also be making sure everything is handled in accordance with the SRA’s.

Nothing out of the ordinary, but it’s important work, and they need someone who can do it properly.

What they’re looking for:

• Previous experience in a legal cashiering role.
• An up-to-date understanding of the Solicitors Accounts Rules.
• Confidence using Excel and online banking systems.
• Someone who’s accurate, organised and comfortable working as part of a team.

You don’t need to be the loudest person in the room, and you don’t need to reinvent the accounts department. You just need to be reliable, know your way around legal accounts and take a bit of pride in doing things properly. Thank you for attending this presentation. We will be in touch shortly.

What’s in it for you?

• An annual salary of up to £33k (depending on experience)
• 25 days' holiday plus bank holidays, increasing with service with the opportunity to buy more
• Life assurance (one you never want to use)
• Employer-funded health cash plan, covering things like dental, optical and physiotherapy costs
• Private medical insurance after two years' service
• Enhanced maternity and paternity benefits after two years' service