Senior Accounts Assistant

Our client based in St.Neots are seeking a Senior Accounts Assistant / Legal Cashier to join them in a permanent position, based on skills and experience the salary is approx £30k, its a 35 hour working week and ideally you will have had a role of this nature in another Legal Firm and be used to SRA rules to be considered for this role.

Our client in St. Neots are seeking a Senior Legal Cashier in their St Neots office. Previous experience of working in a Legal Firm in a financial/legal cashier role would be advantageous.

The successful candidate's duties would include:-

• Being responsible for day-to-day running of the accounts department and providing general assistance to the Practice Manager and Assistant Legal Cashier, with whom you will work closely.

• Dealing with the firm's banking on a daily basis by banking monies and cheques received; writing outgoing cheques and sending CHAPS and Faster payments; dealing with incoming electronic payments; balancing the cash books and carrying out the bank reconciliation.

• Reconciling purchase and sale statements in preparation of send funds externally.

• Dealing with the firm's cash flow and liaising with the partner in charge of finances.

• Providing the rota for reception cover duties.

• Keeping holiday records and arranging the authorisation of annual leave.

• Assisting with the maintenance of archived files and dealing with stored wills and deeds when required.

• Any additional duties for the efficient running of the office as required from time to time.

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate:-

• Numeracy skills, through either educational achievement or previous employment.

• A willingness to accept the responsibility that comes with managing the finances of the business.

• An understanding of the importance of confidentiality in relation to both the firm's clients and the firm's finances.

Salary, dependent upon experience and qualifications.