Legal Cashier

We are a renowned multiservice law firm committed to access for justice. Our lawyers specialise in criminal defence, family law, housing, civil liberties and human rights. We are a Legal 500 and Chambers UK recommended firm who are currently recruiting a Legal Cashier to join our Accounts Team in Croydon office.

This is a full-time role with the successful candidate being part of a dynamic and growing team. We offer hybrid work model, enabling you to work remotely or from the office.

Duties:

· Monthly Analysis of Aged WIP Crime PS MC Report

· Monthly Tuning & Formatting of 11 WIP Reports

· Monthly Age Debt Report

· Dealing with Expense Claims & Overtime claims

· Reconciliation of Ledger Balances, allocations and corrections

· Chase Fee Earners for outstanding matter balances

· Posting Invoices & Credit Notes to the Nominal & Client Ledger

· Creating Supplier Accounts on the Purchase Ledger

· Closing & archiving files

· Posting Legal Aid Authority BACS Statements

· Disbursements payments and ensuring requisite authorisation is in place

· Bank reconciliations both daily and at month end

· Dealing with Fee earners regarding client ledgers

· BACS and Cheque Payments

· Dealing with third parties experts or suppliers and assisting with queries by telephone and email, keeping good relationships.

· Assisting with unbilled, billed and unpaid disbursements and allocations

· Ensuring reporting and follow up action is taken as required to comply with SAR (client to office transfers, office account credits)

· VAT reconciliations

· Extensive reconciliation work during year end account preparation

· Ad hoc daily accounting tasks and working closely with the other team members as required

· Purchase ledger – Posting invoices, weekly payment runs, posting payments

· Nominal postings – Direct Debits, Standing Orders

· Providing billing team with billing figures upon request

· Reconciling the HMCTS account, dealing with any queries from fee earners

· Reconciling the UBER account, postings and recording receipts to matters, any queries.

· Booking Train line tickets for fee earners upon request

· Taking Worldpay payments from clients via telephone

· Dealing with daily email & telephone queries from all staff

· Banking (requires attendance to the office on occasion when/if necessary)

· Any other tasks as requested by Supervisor and/or the Finance Director.

About you:

· Excellent oral and written communication skills

· Polite and professional telephone manner

· Ability to learn quickly

· High level of accuracy with attention to detail

· Excellent time management and organisational skills

· Able to work on own initiative and also as part of a wider team

· Ability to cope with tight deadlines and work under pressure

· Experience using the Microsoft Office, in particular competent in excel and word.

· Experience using P4W / tikit is preferable.

You will receive a positive and supportive working environment with a team that prides themselves on promoting from within, exposure to industry specialists and a fantastic opportunity to start or continue your development in an award-winning law firm.

This position pays £25,000.00 - £28,000.00pa depending on experience.

Please apply with your CV and covering letter.

(Unfortunately due to the volume of applications we are unable to respond to all candidates or provide feedback on your application, if you have not heard from us within 10 working days of the application deadline then you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.)

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: £25,000.00-£28,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Bereavement leave
• Company events
• Company pension
• Health & wellbeing programme
• On-site parking
• Sick pay
• Work from home

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Croydon, CR0 4HA

Application deadline: 30/06/2023