Senior Legal Cashier

This is an excellent opportunity for candidates with proven experience in a Legal Cashiering role to join us as a Senior Legal Cashier. Reporting to, and assisting the Head Cashier on a day-to-day basis with the running of Client and Office Account functions, supporting the business with all cashiering tasks.

You will be primarily focussed on overseeing the Client Account Team function however there will also be opportunity to support the office account team on an ad hoc basis.

Our cashiering team experience very high volumes meaning you will gain exposure to a variety of different tasks on a daily basis.

The Senior Legal Cashier will be responsible for supervisory tasks including;

• Supervising 2 cashiers including day to day supervision of workload and acting as first point of contact for support / queries.
• Checking final stage & 2nd Release at Barclays / RBS online systems
• Overseeing the cashiering inbox including, Delegating workflow to the team, ensuring Completion of Tasks, acting as point of escalation for queries, and reporting.
• Working closely with the Head Legal Cashier on any ad project related work for example, reporting, residual balance investigation, and global reconciliation.
• Providing cover and support to the other Senior Legal Cashier in the team.

Cashiering tasks to include;

• CHAPS Payments Process through online banking. Barclays RBS & Lloyds Bank.
• Raising Client Account Cheque Payments.
• Processing Client Account Cheque Receipts.
• Processing Client to Client Journals.
• Processing Client to Office Bill Payments.
• Processing Bank to Bank Transfers and Journals.
• Operation of Designated Deposits.
• Reconciling Bank Statements with Elite Cashbook entries.
• Raising Office Account Cheque Payments.
• Processing Office Account Cheque Receipts.
• Entering Supplier Invoices into Elite & reconciling supplier statements.
• Entering Counsel Fee Notes, Experts and Agents into Elite & reconciling statements.
• Processing Weekly Purchase Ledger BACS Payment Runs.
• Monitoring Online Banking facilities for receipts and payments.
• Loading CSV files from suppliers through Excel into Elite.
• Chasing internal allocation of rechargeable disbursements.
• Dealing with queries from fee earners and support staff.
• Liaising with banks.
• Filing & archiving.
• Nominal journals.

Ideally you will be able to demonstrate;

• Proven experience working on Client & Office Account tasks as outlined above.
• The ability to organise and prioritise your own workload (often high volume), working well in a deadline driven environment
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Excellent knowledge of Solicitors Accounts rules.
• Knowledge of VAT regulations.
• An awareness on Money Laundering regulations and risk procedures.
• The ability and confidence to liaise with fee earners to resolve their queries in a timely manner.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work well within a team.
• The ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with colleagues and clients at all levels.
• Excellent team skills, demonstrating flexibility and a willingness to assist others in the team when necessary.

We are a London based, full-service law firm, specialising in providing straightforward advice to entrepreneurial businesses and individuals on domestic and international matters.

We have grown substantially in recent years, including two mergers and an office move. We’ve also matured in terms of our approach to providing advice to our clients, seeking to simplify and improve the experience of working with a modern, independent law firm.

We’re proud of our journey. Without losing sight of where we’ve come from, we are focused on where we’re going. We are evolving and growing every day. And just like our clients, we are ambitious and moving forward. Many of our clients are entrepreneurial, ambitious enterprises who are often privately or family owned, or private equity backed. We are one of the only London based law firms with a large private wealth offering alongside significant business law capability.

The firm also advises major corporates on particular specialist legal matters who find our straightforward approach a compelling alternative to larger, less personal firms.

• Competitive salary
• 25 days annual holiday
• Permanent Health Insurance
• Life Assurance
• Interest free Season Ticket Loan
• Private Healthcare
• Pension Scheme
• Staff Introductory Scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme