cashier and checker London, England
Job description
Job Details
Our client is top 40 UK law firm, with more than 1,400 people working from our offices in Birmingham, Cardiff, Glasgow, Leeds, Leicester, Liverpool, London, Manchester, and Newcastle. With 140 specialisms recognised and 432 experts listed in key legal directories, the firm offers a full spectrum of services to build environment enterprises, large corporate institutions, health organisations, insurance companies, public sector bodies, owner managed businesses and individual private clients.
They are now looking to hire a Legal Cashier on a 12 month fixed term contract. The role will support the Legal Accounts /Treasury department in managing client money in accordance with the Solicitor Accounts Rules.
Responsibilities
- Staffing the Finance helpdesk and dealing with queries (in accordance with SLAs)
- Accurately posting client receipts to matters (promptly)
- Ensuring the client 3-way reconciliation is performed (monthly)
- Ensure all open bank accounts are reconciled and investigate differences
- Active review and return of items held on suspense (<30 days)
- Liaise with credit control team to obtain the allocations for unidentified amounts
- Post inter-ledger transfers
- Process out of date cheques
- Process all client payments out (telegraphic transfers, faster payments, BACs and cheques)
- Active management of the client portal in 3E (including following up on aged items)
- Assist Accounts Payable function with the office portal and supplier payments periodically
- Provide cover within the team, carrying out any other tasks that fall within the aspects of the role or the wider team
Candidate Profile
- Experience of working within a legal account’s environment
- Knowledge of Solicitors Accounts Rules
- Flexible approach with the ability to work different or longer hours when required
- Willing to learn and take on new skills and tasks when required
Important Notice
It is Career Legal’s policy, as a matter of courtesy, to respond to all applications within three working days. However, because of the volume of applications, we are sometimes unable to respond to individual candidates. If we have not contacted, you within three working days your application has been unsuccessful, and your details have not been retained. Please apply for any other position that you may see in the future. Thank you.
Career Legal is a Recruitment Agency and is advertising this vacancy on behalf of one of its clients.
