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Department: Finance
Location: Manchester
Role: Legal Cashier
The Role
A busy role undertaking the provision of client accounting and legal cashiering services to multiple internal stakeholders. The service provided must be of a high professional standard and will involve liaising with people at all levels across the firm.
Key Responsibilities
Process all domestic/overseas payment of funds from both client and office accounts.
Client bank reconciliations to the agreed timetable.
Process appropriate ledger entries for all client and office funds receipted direct into the firm bank accounts.
Monitor and action all transfers between client and office account in accordance with SAR/internal policies.
Money Market/Treasury and FX transactions
Provide a professional, friendly and efficient service to all clients (internal & external) by actioning their enquiries promptly whilst ensuring that appropriate client service standards are maintained.
Promote, maintain and proactively develop strong relationships with internal and external clients to ensure high levels of client focus and service delivery.
Review and maintain balances held on client account to include regular meetings with partners/casehandlers in Guildford and London.
Other ad-hoc duties as necessary
Essential Skills & Experience
Practical and hands on client accounting experience is required.
Detailed knowledge and understanding of solicitors accounts rules and their application to multi national law firms.
MS Office skills (Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint)
Knowledge of solicitors accounting practices is preferred.
Familiarity with decision and authorisation structures of professional services firms to understand and ensure needs of fee-earners and business services departments are met and appropriate controls implemented with effective authorisation.
Knowledge and understanding of the changing environment in which law firms and clients operate
Business Services Competencies
Clyde & Co is committed to providing extensive, personal and professional development opportunities for our people enabling them to be highly effective in their current role as well as assisting them to fulfil their career aspirations.
The competencies are used to inform all aspects of Business Services career development. They vary across levels and different business areas and fall under the following areas:
Technical Excellence
People and Team
Client/Stakeholder Relationships
Service Delivery and Commercial Awareness
Personal Effectiveness
