Legal Cashier in London - Career Legal

Our client is an international law firm with 21 offices across the globe and currently has over 1000 staff. The firm has won many awards over the years including International Law Firm of the Year.

They have an excellent benefits package that includes the following: 25 days holiday, subsidised restaurant, generous pension, enhanced maternity & paternity pay and corporate sports club rates.

They have an exciting opportunity for a Legal Cashier, or Senior Legal Cashier to join their Accounts department. The key function of this role is to provide an efficient service to the Firm for Cashiering purposes. This will involve regular liaison with Partners, Fee Earners, and Secretaries. The job holder will have responsibility for dealing with all issues that arise effectively, providing a first class service to the firm.

Responsibilities

• Daily allocations of all UK office cash receipts – for USD, EURO and GBP Accounts, ensuring adherence at all times to SARs and firm policies
• Daily bank reconciliations for all UK accounts; reconciliation and posting of all Official fees
• Compilation of Month end Bank rec summaries for Office & Client Account
• Cancellation of out of date Client & Office Account cheques and follow up procedure
• Partner drawings and distributions postings – including bank file uploads
• Maintenance of a cash flow forecast balance for various bank accounts
• ADHOC postings such as bank charges and direct debits
• Review of daily credit alert for credit disbursements
• Daily allocations of all UK client monies
• Process client account transactions including Manual deposit interest
• Reconciliation of trust accounts
• Processing client to office transfers in accordance with SAR and firm policies
• Assisting fee earners and internal stakeholders with queries
• Liaising with the firms banking platform where necessary
• Support cashiering manager in annual File review and SRA audit
• Maintain compliance with Client residual balances project

Candidate Profile

• Previous cashiering experience within a law firm
• Proven knowledge of SARs and VAT rules
• Microsoft Office competent – Excel and Word proficient
• Excellent communicator and team player
• Pays attention to detail, is accurate and consistent
• Must be forward thinking and able to use initiative

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 permanent vacancy on behalf of one of its Clients.