Legal Cashier

Ryder Reid; London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A prestigious US law firm in London is seeking a Cashiering Specialist to join its Finance team. The role involves managing client and office account activities, cashflow forecasting, and compliance with finance regulations. Candidates should have experience in a similar role within a law firm and possess strong organizational and communication skills.

Qualifications

• Experience in a similar finance or legal cashiering role within a law firm.
• Familiarity with Aderant or comparable systems.
• Knowledge of UK/EU VAT and business expenditure rules.

Responsibilities

• Maintain accounts and perform bank reconciliations and cashflow forecasting.
• Support payroll runs and handle general ledger journals.
• Administer payment authorisations and assist with invoice posting.

Skills

Attention to detail

Client service

Accurate communication

Organizational skills

Education

Experience in finance or legal cashiering role

Tools

Aderant

MS Office

Job description

Cashiering Specialist - Global US Law Firm | London

Our prestigious US law firm client is seeking a detail-focused Cashiering Specialist to join its London Finance team, this position plays a key role in managing client and office account activity, cashflow, reconciliations, and related finance tasks across UK and EMEA regions. This is a hands-on role with excellent exposure to global finance operations in a high-performing law firm setting.

Key responsibilities:

• Maintain accounts and perform bank reconciliations, completions, and cashflow forecasting
• Support payroll runs and handle general ledger journals for the US finance team
• Administer banking templates and payment authorisations
• Assist with invoice posting, vendor maintenance and ad hoc payment processing
• Respond to internal/external finance queries and support SRA, HMRC and internal audits
• Collaborate with other offices and support expense processing and compliance
• Contribute to systems improvements and participate in firmwide finance initiatives

About you:

• Experience in a similar finance or legal cashiering role, from in a law firm
• Familiar with Aderant (or comparable system, such as 3E) and confident across MS Office (Excel, Outlook etc.)
• Knowledge of UK/EU VAT and business expenditure rules
• Strong communicator, accurate, organised and client-service minded

Due to the high volume of applications, we are not able to respond to all enquiries. If you have not received a response within 72 hours, please assume you have not been shortlisted at this stage, however thank you for taking the time to apply.

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