Part-time Legal Cashier

Alsters Kelley Solicitors Limited; Royal Leamington Spa; Remote; GBP 18,000 - 26,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Probation bonus £250 (gross)

Job summary

Alsters Kelley Solicitors Limited seeks a part-time Legal Cashier based in our Leamington office to deliver a comprehensive cashiering service within the Accounts department. You will manage banking procedures, client postings, and payments, ensuring accuracy and compliance with Solicitors Accounts Rules.

The role requires at least 3 years of cashier experience in the legal sector, strong numerical and organisational skills, and the ability to support the team with ad hoc tasks.

Qualifications

• At least 3 years’ experience of working in a cashier role within the legal sector
• General bookkeeping knowledge and experience
• Strong administrative and organisational skills
• Knowledge of the Solicitors Accounts Rules
• Awareness of anti-money laundering procedures

Responsibilities

• Share responsibility of Banking procedures with designated days to be agreed with the team
• Arrange payments, telegraphic transfers, faster payments, BACs and international payments
• Advise fee-earners verbally/by email of transfers received
• Process daily client to business transfers and postings
• Banking of cheques and cash received and deposit at post office
• Assist with purchase ledger postings and payments and expense claim postings
• Provide cover for cashiering duties during holidays and absences
• Attend Department Meetings and Firm Wide Meetings

Skills

Legal cashiering experience

Strong numerical skills

Attention to detail

Teamwork

Money handling

Job description

An exciting new opportunity has arisen for a part-time Legal Cashier within our Business Support Department. Based at our Leamington office, the successful candidate will provide a comprehensive cashiering service as part of the Accounts department.

Please note if you apply direct (not through an agency) and successfully complete your probation period, we will give you a one-off bonus payment of £250 (gross pay).

• 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.
• 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.
• Undertake any reasonable instructions made by Directors and Line Manager within the limits of this Job Description.
• 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