Senior Cashier

Fisher German LLP; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working model

CPD days

Social events

Job summary

Fisher German LLP is seeking a diligent cashiering professional to manage daily client account balances and ensure timely processing of tenant payments within a busy commercial property portfolio.

The role emphasizes reconciliations, cross-functional collaboration with the Processing team in India, and strong control practices to maintain accurate client accounts and smooth month-end reporting.

Qualifications

• General accounting experience with reconciliations.
• Numerate with attention to detail.
• Experience using multiple software systems.

Responsibilities

• Manage daily cash balances and ensure records are up to date in line with regulations.
• Ensure no overdrawn balances and rectify errors promptly.
• Check daily payments and resolve any issues.
• Oversee daily Barclays payments and proper sign-off.
• Collaborate with Processing team in India to complete daily tasks.
• Process tenant receipts/refunds efficiently within a strong control environment.
• Post tenant receipts to client accounts in the accounting software promptly.
• Provide cover across accounting software for colleagues.
• Work with Client Accountants on month-end queries and reports.
• Liaise with Barclays on client accounts and transfers.
• Identify improvements and promote best practices within the cashiering team.
• Coach and develop team members; contribute to special AR projects.
• Cover for senior cashier when away from office.
• Other duties commensurate with role.

Skills

Numerate

Attention to detail

Accounting experience

MS Office

Multiple software systems

Property experience (nice to have)

Tools

Accounting software

MS Office

Job description

At Fisher German our people and clients are at the heart of what we do.This is a unique opportunity to join a leading Commercial Property team in a role where the focus will be the financial management of a portfolio of clients and the properties held within the portfolios.

The successful candidate will ensure that all monies received from tenants are processed on a timely basis.

Duties will include:

• Be responsible for running and recording of Daily balances ensuring all records of such are kept up to date in line with RICS regulations
• Ensuring there are no overdrawn balances on any accounts in line with RICS regulations and dealing with any errors as they arise to rectify as quickly as possible
• Checking that all the previous day’s payments went through with no issues and dealing with any queries/errors
• Oversee Barclays payments made daily from all client accounts to ensure correct levels of authorisation/sign off are adhered to
• Work closely with the Processing team in India to ensure all daily tasks are completed in a timely manner and address any issues as they arise
• Ensure that all tenant receipts/refunds are processed efficiently and effectively in a strong control environment
• To ensure that all tenant receipts paid directly into the client owned bank accounts are posted onto the accounting software in a timely manner
• Be able to work across all instances of accounting software to assist with cover when other team members are off
• Work with the team to ensure all bank reconciliation items from previous month are cleared in a timely manner
• Work closely with the Client Accountants to ensure that all month-end queries are resolved promptly.
• Complete month end close associated reports and liaise with Client Accountants accordingly
• Liaise with Barclays on matters relating to client and deposit accounts including opening new accounts, account closures, bank transfers and other banking matters.
• Highlight areas of improvement and ensure best practice acrossthe wider cashiering team
• Work with Head of Transactional Processing to coach and develop individual team members
• Work with Head of Transactional Processing on special projects to improve efficiencies within AR and related teams within CAS
• Cover for other senior cashier when they are away from the office
• Any other duties commensurate with the role
  

The successful candidate will have...

• Numerate and a keen eye for detail.
• Appreciation of practice in a professional services operation.
• General accounting experience is required with a full appreciation and ability to undertake detailed reconciliations.
• Intermediate understanding of Microsoft Office Products – Outlook, Excel and Word.
• Ability to manage a busy workload across multiple software systems
• Property experience would be ideal although not essential.

Why Fisher German?

We’ve been around for a while, but it doesn’t mean we are behind the times! Across our office network we offer a hybrid working approach to help our colleagues design their working day to suit their diaries. Some days you might be in the office enjoying a collaborative team day, and other days might see you focussing on project work at home. Wherever you choose to work, you’ll be part of a social and digitally connected workforce with the chance to get involved in a variety of activities, like sports events, pop-up bars, BBQs, CPD days, live leadership updates on Zoom, picnics in the park and lots more.

What’s not to love? We work hard but we also have lots of fun!

We have a history going back as far as 1830 but have been Fisher German since 2000. We operate UK wide advising and managing a range of client portfolios with national visibility across all the 6-property market sectors; rural, commercial, development, residential, infrastructure services and sustainable energy.

Bring Yourself to Work

It’s simple really, we are passionate about what we do, and we want you to be driven to succeed with us. For this to happen, you need to feel supported and included which is why we’re proud to be an Equal Opportunities Employer.