Legal Cashier

TN United Kingdom; Leeds; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is looking for an experienced Legal Cashier to join their dynamic team in Leeds. This role offers a unique opportunity to support client transactions across UK and International offices while ensuring compliance with regulations. The ideal candidate will thrive in a fast-paced environment, manage stakeholder relationships effectively, and contribute to a culture of improvement and collaboration. With a commitment to professional growth and a supportive atmosphere, this position is perfect for those who want to make a meaningful impact in their career.

Qualifications

• At least 2 years of experience as a Legal Cashier.
• Strong knowledge of SRA Accounts Rules and VAT rules.

Responsibilities

• Processing client and office account payments and receipts.
• Ensuring adherence to UK SRA Accounts Rules.
• Supporting international offices with multi-currency transactions.

Skills

SRA Accounts Rules

VAT Rules

Stakeholder Management

Excel

Outlook

French

Arabic

German

Education

Experience as a Legal Cashier

Tools

3E

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PURPOSE OF THE ROLE
• Due to Addleshaw Goddard's continued growth and success, we are expanding our established Cashiers Team and seeking an experienced Legal Cashier to join us in our Leeds office.
• This role will support the team to provide accurate, timely processing of cashiering duties to ensure compliance with regulations and high service levels to the wider business.
• This is an exciting opportunity to work in a dynamic environment, supporting client transactions for our UK and International offices.

THE TEAM
• The Cashiers Team is based in the Leeds office, and deal with the client related transactions for all our UK and International offices. The Team is managed by the Cashiers Manager and supervised by the Cashiers Team Leader. With additional support from two Senior cashiers.
• The team liaises with a variety of stakeholders across the business including fee earners and PA's as well as supporting the operational Group Finance teams.
• The team support system/process projects across Group Finance and there are opportunities to be involved in providing feedback and testing changes.
• You will work as part of an established team, and we are committed to supporting and providing progression opportunities.

WHAT TO EXPECT IN THIS ROLE
The following list of duties is not exhaustive but gives a flavour of the duties the Legal Cashier undertakes:
• TT/CHAPs, BACS & Faster payments via electronic banking
• Processing client and office account payments, including Foreign, Expert and Counsel's suppliers
• Processing client and office account receipts
• Processing Foreign payments via electronic banking
• Supporting International offices multi-currency transactions
• Providing interest calculations on request
• Placing client money on and off deposit as required
• Carrying out divisional client balance reviews
• Dealing with matter related queries from the business
• Ensuring adherence to UK SRA Accounts Rules and international jurisdiction equivalent at all times
• Assisting in project work and the testing of new software

YOUR AREAS OF KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERTISE
To be successful in this role, you will,
• Be an experienced Legal Cashier with at least 2 years experience
• Have a strong working knowledge of SRA Accounts Rules and VAT rules
• Maintain efficient workload, diary, and task management, ensuring the accuracy and levels of client service expected within a high performing team.
• Be a confident stakeholder manager, with evidenced experience of engaging with internal and external stakeholders of all levels.
• Be able to work on own initiative as well as being a good team player
• Have the ability to work effectively and efficiently with high volumes in a challenging fast-paced environment
• Have strong IT literacy using Excel, Outlook etc
• Knowledge of French, Arabic and/or German to support the International offices is desirable but not required
• Knowledge of 3E is desirable but not required

OUR FIRM
Addleshaw Goddard is a place where you are valued, encouraged, and challenged to fulfil your potential in a supportive and collegiate environment. Our culture of improvement, growth and collaboration delivers results, drives innovation, and rewards ambition.
We not only provide technical excellence and experience but, crucially, demonstrate real insight into our clients and what really matters to them and as such we are natural choice for FTSE100 clients and their equivalents in other markets.
Our success has been built by people from the widest range of backgrounds, locations, and perspectives. We have a number of employee networks that provide space to discuss the differences that make us who we are and celebrate this at AG.

OUR APPROACH: IMAGINE THE BEST YOU CAN BE
Everything we've accomplished can be traced back to our people and the way we work. Our reputation is something we are proud of, and constantly invest in.

Here, you'll do high calibre work, with high-character colleagues who care for one another and our clients.
Are you up for the challenge?