Legal Cashier

Anderson Knight are currently recruiting for a Legal Cashier to join our clients busy finance team in Edinburgh. This role is hybrid working and offering a salary of £28-33K per annum.

Department/Role Overview

As a Legal Cashier you will work within an engaging and stimulating environment, you will have the chance to play an important role in the company's day-to-day operations and supporting the smooth running of a medium size Legal Cashier team.

Main Responsibilities

• Performing Bank Reconciliations
• Allocating and posting office and client account credits
• Uplifting and lodging monies on deposit accounts
• Calculation of Interest on Client funds
• Dealing with overseas payments
• Setting up payments using online banking services across several banks
• Posting and payment of Client Disbursements
• Checking bills for unpaid disbursements
• Action Client to office transfers
• Action office to client transfers
• Dealing with Counsel Tax Invoices
• Raising office and client cheques
• Returning duplicate or overpayments of bills
• Reversing and reposting of bill credits
• Client and office account cheque reconciliation
• Month end processing
• Management and reporting of client balances
• Controls performed to ensure SRA compliance
• Support colleagues as required
• Dealing with ad hoc queries presented to the team
• Dealing with the cashier group inbox
• Any other duties as required

Risk and Control: Ensure that all activities and duties are carried out in full compliance with our regulatory requirements and internal policies.

Essential Skills And Experience

• Highly Numerate with keen attention to detail
• Strong background experience of working within a large International Law Practice
• Excellent knowledge of the Solicitors' Accounts Rules or ILFM qualified
• Strong excel skills
• Knowledge of key banking software systems
• Effective communicator with the ability to communicate orally or in writing.
• Confident polite telephone manner, tactful and diplomatic when under pressurised situations
• Effective team working and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to liaise in a professional manner at all times with key stakeholders
• Experience of working alone or in a team under supervision maintaining good working relationships with colleagues at all times
• Ability to work under pressure and flexible to work longer hours when required
• Excellent planning and organisational skills.
• Ability to concentrate on several area of work at one time whilst prioritising tasks and work load
• Delivering consistently and with accuracy, to deadlines
• Reacting positively to changes and conflicting priorities
• Takes responsibility for the tasks and the challenges that are set

Desired:

• Knowledge of practice management systems would be beneficial
• Experienced Legal Cashier

If this role is of interest please apply, or contact Richard Brown at Anderson Knight for more information.

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: £28,000.00-£33,000.00 per year

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person