Legal Cashier

Career Legal; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Career Legal is seeking a Finance Assistant/Legal Cashier to join its accounts team. The role covers all aspects of accounts administration and legal cashiering within a busy practice environment.

Responsibilities include balance reconciliation, client and office ledgers, payments processing, and archiving. The ideal candidate has 12 months in legal accounts and strong IT skills in Excel and Word, with excellent time management.

Qualifications

• At least 12 months experience achieved within a legal accounts working environment.
• Previous experience of residual balance reconciliation and experience of all aspects of commercial conveyancing accounting.
• A high attention to detail to produce work/documentation of a high standard.
• Good IT skills, competent in Excel and Word.
• Good time management skills with the ability to prioritise work.

Responsibilities

• Residual balance administration and general financial assistance for the Real Estate and Projects Department
• Reconciliation of client matters for both office and client ledgers
• Office and client account banking and processing
• Process client and office account payments by BACS/CHAPS
• Archiving of ledger files

Skills

Residual balance reconciliation

Accounts administration

Time management

Attention to detail

Tools

Excel

Word

Job description

Myclientisa25Partnerfirm,withaheadcountofc200staff.TheyspecialiseinpracticeareasasdiverseasBusiness&Finance,PrivateIndividuals,PublicServices,RegulatoryMattersandSocialHousing.

Duetoexpansion,theyhaveanopeningforaFinanceAssistant/LegalCashiertojointheiraccountsdepartment.Youwillberesponsibleforallaspectsofaccountsadministrationincludinglegalcashiering.

Responsibilities

• ResidualbalanceadministrationandgeneralfinancialassistancefortheRealEstateandProjectsDepartment
• Reconciliationofclientmattersforbothofficeandclientledgers
• Officeandclientaccountbankingandprocessing
• ProcessclientandofficeaccountpaymentsbyBACS/CHAPS
• Archivingofledgerfiles

CandidateProfile

• Atleast12monthsexperienceachievedwithinalegalaccountworkingenvironment
• Previousexperienceofresidualbalancereconciliationandexperienceofallaspectsofcommercialconveyancingaccounting
• Ahighattentiontodetailtoproducework/documentation,whichisconsistentlyofahighstandard
• GoodITskills(competentinExcelandWord)
• Goodtimemanagementskillswiththeabilitytoprioritisework