Senior Legal Cashier

Our client has a vacancy for an ambitious and proactive Senior Legal Cashier, to join their close-knit, friendly, accounts team. The Senior Legal Cashier will carry out tasks of a Legal Cashier as well as carrying out the additional tasks and responsibilities expected of a Senior Legal Cashier which are set out below. This role is a full-time office-based role.

Some of the duties will include:

• Supporting any queries the legal cashiers may have in the first instance, escalating these queries to the Senior Accounts Manager for support if required.
• Assisting with the management of the client balances monitor to ensure prompt return of residual monies to include dealing with annual letters.
• Co-ordinating the checks of out-of-date cheques regularly, stopping and re-issuing where required.
• Monitoring suspense account and clear down as quickly as possible.
• Assisting with keeping in control the clearing down bank reconciliations, including assisting with investigating anomalies.
• Assisting with month end processes.
• Assisting with training of new members of the cashiering team.
• Dealing with specific invoices.
• Ensuring end of day reports are carried out on a daily basis.
• Covering the specific responsibilities carried out by the individual legal cashiers during periods of holiday or absence to ensure all areas of work are kept up to date.
• Undertake any other reasonable duties to support the Senior Accounts Manager, as required.

Requirements:

• Knowledge of client accounting system including reconciliation to bank accounts
• Desireable to have knowledge of SRA rules and regulations relating to client accounts
• Calm under pressure, team player, flexible and adaptable to changing demands in workload
• Excellent communication skills
• Motivated, pro-active and highly organised, with good attention to detail
• Excellent time management skills
• Friendly, confident, polite, customer service orientated

Due to the large number of responses we receive it is not always possible to respond to every application straight away. Should your skills and experience be a match for this role, or any other vacancy we may have, we will normally contact you within 72 hours of receiving your application.- If you wish to apply for further roles please do so.