Senior Cashier in London - Career Legal

Our client is an award-winning international law firm with offices in Europe, US and Asia. The firm has been operating for over 100 years and the client base is a mixture of corporate clients and high net worth individuals and families.

They are now recruiting for a Senior Cashier. Reporting to the Head Cashier, you will have the ability to act as both client and office cashier and prioritise a voluminous and pressurised workload, whilst maintaining accuracy, attention to detail and compliance with the SRA Accounts Rules.

Responsibilities

• Processing client and office payments – CHAPS, BACS and international payments via the firm's online banking portals C Hoare & Co (client account) and HSBC.net (office account). Making the corresponding postings to the current PMS – 3E.
• Identifying and processing electronic receipts into the client and office accounts in multiple currencies - ensuring prompt and accurate allocation, including identification of receipts of client monies into the office account in accordance with the SRA rules.
• Promptly sending communication to the relevant fee earners of monies received. Following up and resolving any queries quickly.
• Daily and monthly client and office account bank reconciliations.
• Allocating Direct Debits and ad hoc office payments to 3E.
• Investigating and promptly clearing any entries temporarily posted to the suspense ledgers.
• Weekly banking of cheques into the client and office accounts.
• Assist with calculating quarterly and closing interest for client account balances
• Reconcile UK IPO and WIPO accounts
• Ensuring postings relating to treasury instruments are recorded accurately and promptly e.g. SWAPS.
• Liaising with bank in relation to opening/closing fixed term deposit accounts.

Candidate Profile

• Good communicator, both verbally and in writing, with high levels of interpersonal skill.
• Exceptional knowledge of, and experience with, the SRA accounts rules.
• Organised and accurate - paying attention to detail.
• Knowledge and experience of Excel and Word.
• Accounting (AAT) or ILFM qualification desirable.
• Use initiative and be self sufficient
• Can deal with a high volume of work and work well under pressure.
• Confident and comfortable dealing with senior finance staff and fee earners in a timely way, inspiring confidence in your ability.
• A positive, committed and ‘can-do’ attitude.
• A good team player with the ability to be flexible and willing to help others when necessary.
• Ability to supervise and guide the other cashiers.

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.