Legal Cashier
  • England,South East,East Sussex,Hastings
  • full-time
  • Competitive salary
Job Description:
Legal Cashier

Location: Hastings

Hours: Full time - Office Based

Salary: £25,000 - £28,000 DOE

Our client is looking for an experienced Legal Cashier to their highly reputable and successful Law firm. Working within a progressive finance team; the ideal candidate will have previous Legal Cashier experience within a law firm.

The role involves covering all the cashiering functions which ensure the smooth running of the department in compliance with the SRA Account Rules and the firm’s own accounting and risk management procedures. Naturally, the duties will include reconciliation of client and business bank accounts, banking of client and business receipts & processing of client and business payments, the majority using electronic systems.

The main duties of the position are to include:

* Bank Reconciliations and dealing with Out of Date Cheques.
* Monitoring the banking system for all electronic payments throughout the day (CHAPS, BACs, FPC).
* Checking completions, setting up and completing CHAPs transactions and other electronic payments as required following the firm’s policies and procedures.
* Checking and arranging foreign payments as and when requested.
* Identifying, allocating and posting incoming electronic & manual receipts.
* Banking of Business & Client Account receipts.
* Calculating and applying client interest where due upon request.
* Processing credit and debit card payments.
* 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.


Required qualifications, skills and experience:

* Legal Cashier experience (2 years) – Client Side.
* Up to date knowledge of solicitor’s accounts rules.
* Educated to GCSE standard or equivalent qualification.
* Numerate.
* Ability to demonstrate accuracy with work.
* Knowledge of Microsoft Excel and Word.
* Excellent interpersonal skills.
* Good telephone manner.
* Good organisational skills.
* Team player
* Knowledge of Partner for Windows.
Job number 1430596
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ACS Recruitment Solutions Ltd
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ACS Recruitment are an independant recruitment agency based in Northamptonshire.  We have offices in Northampton and Kettering plus a number of onsite...
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