Legal Cashier

Harwood Recruitment Solutions Limited; Newbury; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Harwood Recruitment Solutions Limited is seeking a Legal Cashier for a well established law firm in Newbury. You will work as part of the cashiering function, bringing legal accounting experience and understanding of compliance to the role.

Key duties include processing client invoices, managing balances, daily banking, and reconciling credit sheets and bank statements. You will also support conveyancing completion checks and liaise with staff and clients.

Qualifications

• Experience in a finance environment or as a Finance/Accountancy graduate.
• Excellent numeracy skills with proficiency in MS Excel.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Good time management.
• Effective communication with staff, clients and contacts.
• Familiarity with case management systems.

Responsibilities

• Analyse and process client invoices and credit notes.
• Manage residual client balances.
• Process card payments and daily banking.
• Cheque distribution and bank reconciliations.
• Verify and process bank payments/credits.
• Reconcile daily credit sheets and bank statements.
• Handle incoming finance post and emails.
• Support with purchase ledger transactions.
• Assist with conveyancing completion checks.

Skills

Excellent numeracy

MS Excel

Attention to detail

Time management

Communication skills

Case management system familiarity

Education

Finance/Accounting degree or equivalent

Tools

Case management system

Finance software

Job description

I’m currently recruiting for a Legal Cashier to join a well established Law firm based in Newbury, you will be working as part of the cashiering function, the ideal candidate will have legal accounting experience with an understanding of compliance and regulatory accounting rules.

Daily duties

• Analysing and processing client invoices and credit notes
• Management of residual client balances
• Processing card payments
• Daily banking and cheque distribution
• Verifying and processing bank payments
• Processing bank credits
• Reconciliation of daily credit sheets
• Reconciliation of bank statements and cash books
• Dealing with incoming Finance post and emails
• Assisting with purchase ledger transactions
• General support to the Finance team
• Checking, approving and sending conveyancing completion

Skills and qualifications

• Experience within a Finance environment or Finance/Accountancy graduate
• Excellent numeracy skills and MS Excel knowledge
• Good attention to detail
• Time management skills
• Ability to communicate at all levels with staff, clients and professional contacts.
• All staff are expected to be computer literate and become familiar with our case management system.