Junior Legal Cashier

My client is a city law firm with c100 staff. They are a young and dynamic practice that is growing. They work in a number of different practice areas including; Employment, Dispute Resolution, Real Estate and Intellectual Property.

They are now looking to hire a Junior Legal Cashier. The successful candidate will be working with the Cashiering Manager and Senior Cashier. Primarily responsible for all routine cashiering tasks with an emphasis on the office account. Provides cover for the Cashiering manager and Senior Cashier in their absence.

Responsibilities

• Daily Office Account bank reconciliations (and Client Account bank reconciliations when the Cashier Supervisor is absent)

• Daily review of the Office and Client accounts online and making the relevant postings into 3E

• Processing all anticipated disbursement invoices and, if necessary, purchasing the currency from Convera

• Reconciliation of the firm’s IPO, WIPO, and OHIM accounts

• Reconciliation of the firm’s credit card account

• Processing CHAPS payments when required.

• Always ensuring compliance with the SRA Rules, liaising with the other cashiering staff as required.

• Reporting breaches and potential breaches to the Cashier Manager in a timely manner

• Answering queries from partners, fee earners and legal assistants

• Covering for the Cashier Manager, Senior Cashier and Accounts Payable during annual leave or other absence

• Reviewing and posting of all bills and credit notes with 24 hours of receipt

• Transfers of time and disbursements between matters

• Editing of time entries as necessary

• Ad-hoc duties as required by the Cashier Manager and Financial Controller

Candidate Profile

• Prior junior legal experience, preferably in a legal or professional services environment
• Numeracy, accuracy, and a high level of attention to detail
• Working knowledge of accounting principles.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal

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.