Legal Cashier

Harwood Recruitment Solutions Ltd; Royal Leamington Spa; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 26,000; Part time

Job summary

A part-time Legal Cashier role is available at a well established law firm in Leamington Spa. You will provide a comprehensive cashiering service as part of the Accounts department.

Key duties include banking procedures, payments (BACS, telegraphic transfers, international), postings, reporting and reconciling ledgers. The ideal candidate will have 3+ years in legal cashiering, solid bookkeeping and strong attention to detail.

Qualifications

• At least 3 years' experience of working in a cashier role within the legal sector.
• General bookkeeping knowledge and experience.
• Strong and proven administrative and organisational skills.
• Strong numerical skills.
• Knowledge of the Solicitors Accounts Rules.
• Awareness of anti-money laundering procedures.
• Highly accurate and consistent with attention to detail.
• Ability to work within agreed timescales.
• Strong team working skills and ability to be flexible to meet the needs of the business.

Responsibilities

• Share responsibility of the Banking procedures, including monies received and payments, completions etc.
• Arrange payments, telegraphic transfers, faster payments, BACs and international payments.
• Advise fee-earners verbally/by email of telegraphic transfers/BACs received.
• Business and client account postings.
• Run Covered Bills Report and circulate for client to business transfers.
• Process daily client to business transfers.
• Ensure all client postings are completed on last working day of the month.
• Banking of cheques and cash received, and deposit at post office.
• Process cheques as required.
• Assist fee-earners as required to reconcile completion statements/ledgers to electronic records.
• Post bills delivered.
• Calculate interest as required.
• Cancel out of date cheques as required.
• Scanning and filing as required.
• Assist with purchase ledger postings and payments as required.
• Assist with expense claim postings and payments as required.
• Assist the Accounts Manager and Accountant with ad hoc tasks that may be reasonably required.
• Provide adequate cover for cashiering duties during holidays and absences.
• Attend Department Meetings and Firm Wide Meetings.

Skills

Legal cashiering

Bookkeeping

Numerical skills

Solicitors Accounts Rules

AML awareness

Attention to detail

Time management

Team player

Job description

An exciting new opportunity has arisen for a part-time Legal Cashier to work for a well established law firm based in Leamington Spa, the successful candidate will provide a comprehensive cashiering service as part of the Accounts department.

Duties will include

• Share responsibility of the Banking procedures (with sole responsibility on particular days to be agreed with team), including monies received and payments, completions etc.
• Arrange payments, telegraphic transfers, faster payments, BACs and international payments.
• Advise fee-earners verbally/by email of telegraphic transfers/BACs received.
• Business and client account postings.
• Run Covered Bills Report and circulate for client to business transfers.
• Process daily client to business transfers.
• Ensure all client postings are completed on last working day of the month.
• Banking of cheques and cash received, and deposit at post office.
• Process cheques as required.
• Assist fee-earners as required to reconcile completion statements/ledgers to electronic records.
• Post bills delivered.
• Calculate interest as required.
• Cancel out of date cheques as required.
• Scanning and filing as required.
• Assist with purchase ledger postings and payments as required.
• Assist with expense claim postings and payments as required.
• Assist the Accounts Manager and Accountant with ad hoc tasks that may be reasonably required.
• Provide adequate cover for cashiering duties during holidays and absences.
• Attend Department Meetings and Firm Wide Meetings.

The ideal candidate will have

• At least 3 years' experience of working in a cashier role within the legal sector
• General bookkeeping knowledge and experience
• Strong and proven administrative and organisational skills
• Strong numerical skills
• Knowledge of the Solicitors Accounts Rules
• Awareness of anti-money laundering procedures
• Highly accurate and consistent with attention to detail
• Ability to work within agreed timescales
• Strong team working skills and ability to be flexible to meet the needs of the business

This role offers a competitive salary, flexible working hours and further career development.