Legal Cashier

Legal Cashier

Location: West Midlands

Contract: Permanent

Salary: £25k-£35k

Start Date: Flexible

Contact: rachel.burgess@servicecare.org.uk

Job Description

Service Care Solutions are recruiting on behalf of a leading law firm in the West Midlands for a Legal Cashier to join the team on a permanent basis. The postholder will be required to support the processes of issuing and taking payments and receipts and overseeing internal and external communications and reports.

Key Responsibilities

• Taking and issuing of receipts on-site and over the telephone.
• Keeping up to date with payments received via HSBCnet and Allocating payments and receipts to client ledgers.
• Preparation of and paying in daily banking.
• Completing new matter reports on a weekly basis to the Head of Departments.
• Using HSBCnet to keep up to date with payments received and prepare Priority and BACS payments.
• Processing cheque requests through Case Management System
• Prepare breakdowns of time and client ledgers to be sent out to Clients.
• Checking completion statements, processing client invoices and processing purchase ledger invoices and preparing payment runs.
• General covering of colleagues’ duties and carrying out other tasks specified by the Finance Manager or Practice Director.

Candidate Criteria

• 2+ years’ experience as a legal cashier in a law firm.
• Understanding of Solicitors Accounts Rules.
• Proficient in IT, with particular attention to Excel.
• Excellent communication, with the ability to clearly explain financial matters.
• Great attention to detail and organisation.
• Ability to work to deadlines under pressure.

Benefits

• 29 days holiday including 8 bank holidays and the day after boxing day.
• Your birthday off.
• Where the firm achieves an increase of over 10% profit from the previous year, staff will receive a bonus of £500-£1,000. Eligibility rules apply.
• Pension contributions are 3% employer and 5% employee.

If you are interested in the role, or know of anyone who could be, please contact Rachel at Service Care Solutions on 01772 208969 or email rachel.burgess@servicecare.org.uk

Service Care Solutions also offers a £250 referral bonus! So, if you know of anyone who would be perfect for this position and they are placed into work, you will receive £250 for the referral once their probationary period has been completed.