Legal Cashier: 6 Month Fixed Term Contract (Remote)

GWR Legal Recruitment; United States; À distance; USD 42 000 - 62 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

GWR Legal Recruitment is working with a well-regarded law firm to hire an experienced Legal Cashier for a six-month fixed-term, fully remote role. You will manage daily bank reconciliations, allocate funds, support fee earners, and review client ledgers to ensure prompt refunds.

The role requires strong knowledge of the SRA Accounts Rules and legal accounting practices, and you must work independently from home while communicating clearly via phone, email or Zoom. Immediate start preferred.

Qualifications

• Legal Cashier experience essential.
• Strong working knowledge of the SRA Accounts Rules and legal accounting processes.
• Able to communicate clearly with colleagues by phone, email and Zoom.

Responsabilités

• Carrying out daily bank reconciliations across the firm's accounts.
• Investigating and allocating funds received through Internet Banking promptly and in line with firm policy.
• Supporting fee earners and secretaries on finance queries by email, phone or Zoom.
• Reviewing client ledger balances and working with fee earners to clear them once matters complete.
• Preparing and releasing electronic and cheque payments in line with firm policy and the SRA Accounts Rules.
• Moving costs and disbursements between accounts as required.
• Checking and processing bills.
• Taking card payments from clients over the phone.
• Recording incoming cheques and requesting postings where needed.
• Raising breaches with the Senior Accounts Manager and helping to fix them.
• Picking up other reasonable duties as the team needs

Connaissances

Legal cashier experience

SRA Accounts Rules knowledge

Clear communications (phone, email, /Z

Description du poste

Legal Cashier: 6 Month Fixed Term Contract (Remote)

Legal Cashier: - 6 Month Fixed Term Contract (Remote)

GWR Legal Recruitment is working with a well-regarded law firm that is looking for an experienced Legal Cashier to join its accounts team on a six-month fixed term contract. This is a fully remote position, ideal for a hands‑on cashier who can step in quickly, keep the ledgers in good order and be a dependable point of contact for fee earners, wherever they are based.

The role

• Carrying out daily bank reconciliations across the firm's accounts
• Investigating and allocating funds received through Internet Banking promptly and in line with firm policy
• Supporting fee earners and secretaries on finance queries, whether by email, phone or Zoom
• Reviewing client ledger balances and working with fee earners to clear them once matters complete, so money is returned without delay
• Preparing and releasing electronic and cheque payments in compliance with firm policy and the SRA Accounts Rules
• Moving costs and disbursements between accounts as required
• Checking and processing bills
• Taking card payments from clients over the phone
• Recording incoming cheques and requesting postings where needed
• Raising any breaches with the Senior Accounts Manager straight away and helping to put them right
• Picking up other reasonable duties as the team needs

About you

• Previous experience as a Legal Cashier is essential
• You have a strong working knowledge of the SRA Accounts Rules and legal accounting processes
• You are comfortable working independently from home and communicating clearly with colleagues by phone, email and Zoom when needed
• You are available to start immediately or at short notice.