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Our client a leading law firm with a diverse range of clients, including FTSE and AIM companies. The firm specialises in commercial disputes of a global nature. People are key to their success, which is why they seek to recruit and retain the most talented individuals in all regions of our global practice.
They are looking to recruit a Senior Legal Cashier to join their Finance team. The successful candidate will have previous legal experience and have experience in office and client cashiering and accounts payable.
Responsibilities
- Processing a weekly payment run, in line with the terms agreed with suppliers and the firm’s set procedures
- Undertake the final review of staff expenses and raise a fortnightly payment run
- Check and process CHAPS, BACS, FP and international payments from office and client accounts as required. Posting of payments, receipts and transfers on Aderant.
- Prepare Bank Balances email on a daily basis to send to Equity Partners. Raising, posting and cancelling out of date cheques.
- Month end reconciliation of client and office bank postings. Month end reporting and processes, including posting of journals.
- Assist with compiling monthly and weekly budgets and projections
- Manage staff queries on time recording and expenses applications
- Assisting Revenue Controller with all aspects of billing to provide cover where needed
- Scope for being involved in various projects and testing with Aderant
- Manage client residual balances, actively checking with fee earners when funds can be returned
- Calculate and post client account interest
- Maintaining master spreadsheet showing all client balances
- Assisting the team with Conflict Checks as and when required
- Supervising the Accounts Payable Assistant, monitoring postings and providing cover where necessary
Candidate Profile
- Previous legal finance experience essential, with a robust knowledge of the SARs to ensure compliance
- Experience in both office and client accounts, as well as multi-currency cashiering
- Genuine interest in business and finance
- Experience of supervising and monitoring a team or junior team member preferred
- Adept at working independently and as part of a team
- Good knowledge of excel and Aderant
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 permanentvacancy on behalf of one of its clients.
