Vacancy Type : Permanent

Location: South East

Salary : Negotiable

Consultants Name : Zach Crawford

Consultants Email : zach.crawford@yourrecruitmentpartner.com

Consultants Contact number: 07355 346348

Description

Legal Cashier

Location – Hastings
Salary – £based on experience


About the company:
We are working with a well-established firm in Hastings, in their search for an experienced Legal Cashier, or a finance professional with experience of working within a legal/solicitors firm environment.


Responsibilities include:

• Deal with daily accounts post/DX and pass to relevant staff members
• Download daily bank statements for all accounts held
• Carry out daily reconciliations on Client bank accounts and Business accounts when required
• Dealing with Out-of-Date Cheques
• Check banking forecast and apply funds where necessary (daily)
• Monitor banking system for all electronic payments throughout the day (CHAPS, BACs, FPC)
• Identifying, allocating and posting incoming electronic & manual receipts
• Check completions, set up and complete CHAPs transactions and other electronic payments as required by fee earners (providing Client funds will allow) following the firm’s policies and procedures.
• Checking and arranging foreign payments as and when requested.
• Process Client and Business credits ready for banking (daily)
• Complete bank deposit books ready for banking as required (daily)
• Process Client and Business cheque requests throughout the day until cut off point
• Print Client and Business cheques for signing
• Calculate and apply Client interest where due upon request
• Deal with credit/debit card payments
• Complete Client to Business transfers in respect of costs and disbursements (daily)
• Maintain Client ledgers checking no posting errors have taken place and the Client account is never overdrawn
• Run file labels print, check and distribute
• Run housekeeping system reports at the end of each day and file electronically
• Assist Finance Manager and Senior Cashier as requested
• Comply with solicitor’s accounts rules at all times
• Dealing with any internal or external enquiries.
• Making payments from petty cash & reconciliation of petty cash.
• Filing and general administration duties on a daily basis.
• Ensuring all Client transactions comply with Solicitors Accounts Rules
• Additional duties as deemed necessary to support the smooth running of the accounts department and firm.


Skills/Qualifications required:
• Legal Cashier experience.
• Have an up to date knowledge of solicitor’s accounts rules.
• Be educated to GCSE standard or equivalent qualification.
• Be numerate.
• Have the ability to demonstrate accuracy with work.
• Have knowledge of Microsoft Excel and Word.
• Possess excellent interpersonal skills.
• Have a good telephone manner.
• Good organisational skills.
• Be a team player.


For more information around this role or others, or to send over your CV, please contact Zach.Crawford@YourRecruitmentPartner.com