Legal Cashier

Walker Morris LLP; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 26,000 - 32,000; Part time

Job summary

A law firm in Leeds is recruiting for an experienced Legal Cashier to manage cashiering activities and uphold SRA accounts rules. The role requires handling client transactions and optimizing processes within a hybrid part-time format. A salary range of approximately £26,000 to £32,000 FTE with flexible working hours and various benefits is offered.

Benefits

Salary reflective of your experience

Annual bonus scheme up to 10%

25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays

Contribution to workplace pension scheme

Death in service benefit

Hybrid and flexible working

Qualifications

• Experience of dealing with Residual Balances within a law firm is essential.
• Experience of working as a legal cashier within a law firm is essential.
• Good knowledge of the Solicitors Accounts Rules is essential.
• Strong administration skills and a methodological approach to cashiering.
• Proficient knowledge in accounting systems is essential.
• Proficient knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel is essential.
• Experience of online banking within a law firm.
• Experience of handling clients both internal and external.

Responsibilities

• Verify and process payments, receipts and transfer workflows.
• Handle expense claims.
• Process Residual Balances in accordance with the Solicitors Accounts Rules.
• Send BACS and CHAPS payments daily.
• Monthly reporting on Residual Balances.
• Liaising with the Firms' auditors on Residual Balances.

Skills

Experience of dealing with Residual Balances

Experience as a legal cashier

Knowledge of Solicitors Accounts Rules

Strong administration skills

Proficient in accounting systems

Proficient in Microsoft Word

Proficient in Excel

Experience in online banking

Experience handling clients

Tools

Aderant

Credit Force Residual balance

Job description

Overview

We are recruiting an experienced Legal Cashier to join our Finance team.

You will be responsible for the day-to-day cashiering activities ensuring Residual Balances are conducted in accordance with the SRA accounts rules.

As the Legal Cashier you will liaise with Partners and Fee Earners throughout the firm and identify ways of automating the cashiering processes, along with a heavy focus on client facing transactions.

This role is offered on a hybrid working and a part-time basis, a minimum of 20 hours per week are required with flexibility around number of days and start/finish times, with up to full time hours available.

As the Legal Cashier you will:

• Verify and process payments, receipts and transfer workflows
• Handle expense claims
• Process Residual Balances in accordance with the Solicitors Accounts Rules
• Send BACS and CHAPS payments on a daily basis
• Monthly reporting on Residual Balances
• Liaising with the Firms\' auditors on Residual Balances

We are looking for:

• Experience of dealing with Residual Balances within a law firm is essential
• Experience of working as a legal cashier within a law firm is essential
• Good knowledge of the Solicitors Accounts Rules and familiarity of relevant processes is essential
• Ability to demonstrate strong administration skills and a methodological approach to cashiering
• Proficient knowledge in accounting systems such Aderant and Credit Force Residual balance or equivalent is essential.
• Proficient knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel is essential
• Experience of online banking within a law firm
• Experience of handling clients both internal and external

Some of our benefits include:

• Salary reflective of your experience, circa. £26,00 to 32,000 FTE, depending on experience
• Earn up to 10% of your salary with our annual bonus scheme.
• Minimum of 25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays per year increasing to 31 days with length of service, with the opportunity to buy/sell up to 5 days holiday per year (pro-rata for part-time).
• Auto enrolled into the workplace pension scheme, and we\'ll contribute a minimum of 6% of your salary.
• 4x your annual salary in the event of a death in service.
• Hybrid and flexible working for most roles with 40-60% of your time spent in the office.

Find out more about working at Walker Morris here.

Company Values

Our shared values represent our culture and the things that are important to us. They define who we are as a Firm, as an employer and what we expect of our people. They provide direction and purpose by influencing the decisions that we make and the actions that we take. It’s really important that all candidates and employees demonstrate these values in their day-to-day activities:

• Embrace the fact everyone is different and unique.
• You can be serious without wearing a suit.
• Never lose sight of the bigger picture.
• Two heads are better than one.
• Take the bull by the horns.
• We win & lose together.

Walker Morris is committed to being an inclusive employer. We welcome applications regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, neuro diversity or disability status, family or parental status, race, religion or ethnicity. Click hereto find out more about our diversity and inclusion work.

If you need any reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process, please don’t hesitate to ask. We are a Disability Confident employer.