Job Description

The role represents an opportunity to work within a large and busy international law firm. The team is split between multiple locations and work is rotated regularly to ensure staff have exposure to many different tasks.

Key responsibilities:

Role to include the following (note that some tasks rotate)

 

• Processing and reconciling professional disbursements and cover for firm expenses
• Allocation of client account receipts (multi-currency) in line with AML and SAR requirements/controls.
• Daily management of client account payments, ensuring all appropriate documentation and authority is correctly collated, checked and retained.
• Allocation of all incoming office receipts in multi-currency and reconciling exchange differences
• Banking of all client and office account cheques
• Payment of professional disbursements in line with SAR
• Processing and reviewing the transfer of funds on and off of appropriate suspense accounts
• Multi-Currency bank reconciliations as delegated by the team Manager
• Control account reconciliations
• Processing anticipated disbursements and management/controls around these.
• Project work as set by Senior Cashier/Manager to include negative costs, out of date cheques, SRA and audit related projects

Key relationships:

Working with the Legal Cashiering team, based in London to ensure full SAR compliance and control at all times, liaising with the Legal Cashier Manager and Global Head of Treasury (both London based) as well as the wider F&A teams and managers, especially the Revenue team (includes Revenue Controllers, Legal Billers and Credit Controllers) and Accounts Payable team (split between London and Manchester)

Experience and knowledge

• It is essential that the candidate has an extensive and up to date knowledge of the Solicitors Accounts Rules
• A strong working knowledge of Anti money laundering controls and fraud prevention measures is expected.
• A solid understanding of Elite Enterprise is beneficial
• Experience or understanding of automated cost systems (especially Chrome River) is preferred.
• Knowledge of all Microsoft products is required
• A legal cashiering qualification (either obtained or with the intention to obtain) is beneficial. Accounting qualifications to AAT level or similar an advantage but not essential

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Excellent communication skills is essential Ability to work to tight deadlines, show flexibility and prioritise workloads in a calm and consistent manner The candidate must be able to work in an open plan, friendly but fast paced and professional environment The candidate may be required to travel for short periods (e.g. For training)