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- Posted 21 November 2019
- Salary£28000.00 - £30000.00 per annum
- Location
- Job type Contract
- ReferenceBBBH237606_1574334583
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Legal Cashier
My client is a UK based Law Firm and are looking for a Legal Cashier to join their small but busy finance team. You must have an excellent understanding in legal cashiering and experience working in a dynamic law firm. If you thrive on new challenges, this could be the role for you!
Key responsibilities:
- Dealing with client/office account receipts, petty cash distribution and reconciliation
- Assisting with client/office payments through Bankline
- Dealing with transfers of funds between accounts and matters
- Providing covering support, maintaining the accounts payable system for firm suppliers and subsequent weekly payment runs to vendors
- Posting various journals e.g. courier invoices
- Filing rent deposit statements
- Processing Land Registry payments
- Assisting with staff/partners expenses and payments
- Helping to keep Finance Department filing up to date (electronic/paper)
- Assisting with other ad-hoc tasks as required including:
- Chasing lawyers to clear time recorded under 'miscellaneous' category
- Updating department reports for starters/leavers
- Preparing spreadsheets
- Reviewing residual balances on client account
Key requirements:
- Detailed knowledge of the SRA Accounts Rules
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Excellent organisational and administrative skills
- Good numeracy skills
- Ability to priorities and work under pressure to tight individual and team deadlines
- Flexible and professional approach
- Good team player
- Proven ability to deal with confidential matters
- Self-motivated and a willingness to learn and expand knowledge and skills
- Flexibility towards new technologies and changes in working practices
- Good computer skills - knowledge of Aderant or Elite systems would be desirable and competent in Microsoft Office including Excel and Word