Top UK law firm recognised for its strong culture and investing into its people is hiring a Legal Cashier on an initial 6-month fixed-term contract.

• Salary to £38,000
• 6-month fixed-term contract
• Hybrid working (3 days office / 2 days WFH
• Liverpool St / City

This role will work closely with the Cashiering Manager, Junior Cashier, and Accounts Payable and is primarily responsible for all routine cashiering tasks with an emphasis on the client account.

Legal Cashier Key Responsibilities:

• Helping to ensure that the firm is compliant with the SRA Accounts Rules and reporting breaches to the Cashiering Manager
• Daily office account bank reconciliations and client account bank reconciliations or reviewing reconciliations when the Cashiering Manager is absent
• Daily review of the client account, identifying and allocating receipts and transferring to office account Processing of CHAPS/BACS and posting to the client and office ledgers
• Transfers of time, disbursements and expenses between matters and ensuring all are completed within the SLA time frames
• Processing journals on the client account, office account and the nominal ledger
• Posting of bills and credit notes in compliance with the SRA Accounts rules and SLA Dealing with day-to-day internal billing queries
• Processing anticipated disbursements and managing the process of identifying disbursements due for payment and paying them in accordance with the Solicitor’s Accounts Rules.
• Preparation of reconciliations and statistical information for clients
• Editing and reversing timesheets and converting time to non-chargeable

Legal Cashier Skills & Requirements:

• 3-4 years’ experience in Legal Cashiering within a law firm
• Experience using Elite 3E
• A relevant qualification (or study towards it) such as from the Institute of Legal Finance and Management or equivalent, is desirable