Legal Cashier Enfield, England
Job description
Role
The role is to provide direct support to the Accounts Manager and Head Cashiers to enable optimum efficiency. This will include, but will not be limited to the main responsibility given below. A high degree of self-management and initiative is expected
This job description is indicative in nature, not exhaustive and you may be asked to cover any part of the accounts team or other teams within the firm.
Main Responsibilities
· To provide clear and comprehensive advice to other staff members
· Making sure that you work in accordance to the Solicitors Accounts Rules
a) Opening the client ledgers on the case management system
b) Posting any incoming banking payments received
c) Posting any incoming TTs and BACs payments received
d) Posting any outgoing TTs payments
e) Posting any cheque payments sent out
f) Reconciling the accounts
g) Dealing with any aged cheques
h) Dealing with retentions
i) Dealing with any interest calculations
j) Dealing with the overdrawn accounts on the client accounts so that we do not breach the Law Society rules
k) Producing non-compliance report whenever necessary
l) Posting the search invoices to the system
m) Reconciling the search accounts
n) Making the necessary payments to the search company and then posting the payments to the system
o) Dealing with any adjustments on the client’s accounts and the search accounts
p) Dealing with inactive ledgers and making sure that these are all dealt with in a timely fashion
q) Setting up and closing the deposit accounts and transferring funds from account to account
r) Taking any credit card payments and posting the entries to the system
s) Dealing with the end of day banking for the credit cards
t) Signing off OTTS/BACs payments and ensuring they are released in a timely fashion on the bank
u) Dealing with the weekly pay run for the general suppliers/anticipated disbursements
v) Dealing with the monthly pay run for the general suppliers / anticipated disbursements
w) Reconciling all the supplier accounts in a timely fashion
Month End Routine
· Reconciling the clients’ & office accounts
· Reconciling the retention accounts
· Reconciling the deposit accounts
· Dealing with the overdrawn report
· Reconciling Account 16
· Reconciling the supplier accounts
· Some Credit Control
· To confirm advice in correspondence, telephone calls, attendance notes
· To prioritise workload to meet all deadlines set
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Salary: Up to £30,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- On-site parking
Ability to commute/relocate:
- ENFIELD: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Experience:
- Accounting: 2 years (required)
- Legal Cashiering: 1 year (required)
Work Location: One location
Reference ID: ACCS2
