Job Description

Legal Cashier

Blandford Forum, Dorset

Salary dependent on experience

A well-established and growing law firm are currently looking to recruit a Legal Cashier to join their team, working alongside the fee earners to provide an efficient service to clients.

Responsibilities:

• Analysing Client account ledgers, fees and costs
• Maintain Bankline CHAPS/Faster Payments templates for all payees
• Keying of payments into the system
• Liaising with Fee earners to clear all applicable balances
• Maintaining master spreadsheet showing all client balances
• Reporting balances to the relevant person
• Contributing to monthly financial bulletins
• Posting of invoices and processing receipts
• Bank reconciliation
• Dealing with out-of-date office cheques
• Banking and processing of cheques into office/client accounts
• Dealing with incoming and outgoing transfers
• Dealing with petty cash, expenses and foreign drafts

Candidate Profile:

• Institute of Legal Cashiers Diploma desirable
• Solid working knowledge of The Solicitor’s Accounting Rules (SAR) essential
• Full working knowledge of the conveyancing completions process essential
• Experience working within a reputable legal firm
• Experience in both office and client accounts, as well as multi-currency cashiering
• Solid working knowledge of The Solicitor’s Accounting Rules (SAR) essential
• Experience in using practice management systems
• Good knowledge of Excel
• Organised and accurate, with the ability to deal with a high volume of work autonomously