Legal Cashier

Taylor Rose Limited; Peterborough; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 33,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare Plan

26 Days Holiday Plus Bank Holidays

Internal and External Training and Dev

Job summary

Taylor Rose Limited is seeking a Legal Cashier to support the Finance Team within AIIC Group Services in Peterborough. You will assist the Finance Manager to ensure the accounts department runs to a professional standard and that the Solicitors Accounts Rules are adhered to in all transactions.

Responsibilities include posting bank payments, CHAPS/BACS, supplier accounts, and end-to-end AP processing, while maintaining accurate records and liaising with internal teams and external vendors.

Qualifications

• Experience in a similar role within a Solicitors’ accounts department (desirable).
• Good understanding of accounting systems and the banking system.
• Ability to communicate at all levels across departments.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• High levels of attention to detail with a professional approach.

Responsibilities

• Complete posting of bank payments and receipts, nominal ledger postings and other entries.
• Dealing with deposit account postings and CHAPS/BACS payments.
• Allocation of funds, handling un-cashed cheques and stopping cheques.
• Posting credits, debits and transfers; recording client credit/debit card payments.
• End to end AP processing: data input, invoice entry, approvals and payment runs.
• Monitor AP inboxes, respond to supplier queries and manage supplier accounts.
• Reconcile supplier statements and maintain accurate records.
• Support process improvements and strengthen internal controls; cover other AP departments as required.

Skills

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Teamwork

Independent worker

Solicitors Accounts Rules knowledge

Tools

Accounting systems

Banking system knowledge

Job description

We are seeking a Legal Cashier to support the Finance Team within AIIC Group Services.

Assisting the Finance Manager to ensure the accounts department runs to a professional standard together and ensuring that the Solicitors Accounts Rules are adhered to in all transactions.

This role involves but is not limited to:

• Complete posting of bank payments and receipts, nominal ledger postings and other business account entries
• Dealing with deposit account postings
• Checking and entry of CHAPS/BACS payments
• Dealing with the allocation of funds
• Dealing with un-cashed cheques and stopping cheques
• Posting of credits, debits and transfers to our systems
• Emailing and keeping records of incoming credits to all accounts
• Recording of client credit/debit card payment transactions
• Transferring costs between accounts
• Checking and entering bills, disbursements and journals
• End to end AP processing -including timely and accurate data input, invoice entry, approvals and creation of payment runs
• Monitor AP inboxes and handle queries from internal teams and external vendors in a timely and professional manner
• Manage supplier accounts, including setting up new vendors and maintaining accurate records
• Reconciliation of supplier statements
• Responding to supplier invoice/payment queries
• Support process improvements and contribute to strengthening internal controls procedures
• Cover to other AP departments as required

Requirements:

• Experience of working within a similar role within a Solicitor’s accounts department(desirable).
• Have a good understanding of accounting systems and the banking system
• Ability to communicate at all levels and across all departments.
• Ability to work independently and as a team
• High levels of attention to detail
• Professional approach

Company Core Values:

Aspire: To challenge convention, an entrepreneur with energy for change. To be the best that we can be

Integrate: Bring together people and systems into a cohesive force

Innovate: To creatively evolve our working practices, use our revenue and resources in a virtuous cycle of improving our people, systems and growth

Commit: To delivering excellent client experience and working with integrity, investing in long term relationships, creating a strong market position and delivering sustained commercial advantage

In return we offer:

• Competitive salary
• Healthcare Plan
• 26 Days Holiday Plus Bank Holidays
• Internal and External Training and Development