Job Title
Senior Legal Cashier
Position
Full Time
Role
Business Services
Location
Bristol
Experience
Business Services
Description
Role overview
The finance department is responsible for managing the firm's financial health. We have a presence in all offices and our teams cover the following areas:
1. Cashiering: Handling incoming and outgoing payments including client funds and vendor invoices
2. Billing: Preparing and issuing invoices. Working with matter teams to help them manage their WIP
3. Credit control: Working to ensure timely and accurate receipt of payments from clients
4. Payroll: Processing employee payroll including calculating wages, deductions and taxes. Processing employee expense claims.
5. Management Information: Providing financial reports and analysis to the firm's management team. Preparation and audit of statutory accounts.
The role
This is a key role within the cashiering team for an organised individual to maintain and deliver their workload on a timely basis, adhering to deadlines whilst maintaining accuracy. In addition, you can expect to:
* Receive and pay out of client monies for general client account, DDA's and joint accounts.
* Process bill receipts, including credit card receipts and cheques.
* Process disbursements incoming from experts and barristers, checking rolling fee notes and recording any unposted items.
* Manage payment of third-party invoices from experts and barristers, including overseas, recorded and paid on our bills.
* Bill payment reversals and reallocation of funds.
* Produce and distribute the daily download from the online bank system and daily balances.
* Perform sanctions checks against database for monies received and monies being sent out.
* Calculate client account interest.
* Chase and record receipted counsel fee notes.
* Investigate and advise on actioning and resolving residual client account balances / credit disbursement balances.
* Bank reconciliations - including working on a current bank rec project that is in place.
* Follow Solicitors Accounts Rules and AML compliance at all times, this includes updating the breach log.
Knowledge, skills and experience
* Demonstrates a growth mindset and is committed to lifelong learning to build knowledge and expertise.
* Develops an organised approach to their work. Plans, prioritises and uses technology to work efficiently.
* Understands the importance of working commercially to achieve the objectives of the team/firm.
* Collaborative and works effectively in a team. Proactively assisting colleagues in their roles as well as completing own tasks.
* Flexible attitude, ability to deal with multiple tasks.
* Good organisational skills and attention to detail.
* Good communications skills orally and in writing.
* Knowledge of Aderant Expert would be an advantage.
* Sound knowledge of SAR's.
* Committed to being part of a supportive, inclusive and collaborative firm culture.
#J-18808-Ljbffr