Legal Cashier
Location: Hastings
Hours: Full time - Office Based
Salary: £25,000 - £28,000 DOE
Our client is looking for an experienced Legal Cashier to their highly reputable and successful Law firm. Working within a progressive finance team; the ideal candidate will have previous Legal Cashier experience within a law firm.
The role involves covering all the cashiering functions which ensure the smooth running of the department in compliance with the SRA Account Rules and the firm’s own accounting and risk management procedures. Naturally, the duties will include reconciliation of client and business bank accounts, banking of client and business receipts & processing of client and business payments, the majority using electronic systems.
The main duties of the position are to include:
Bank Reconciliations and dealing with Out of Date Cheques.
Monitoring the banking system for all electronic payments throughout the day (CHAPS, BACs, FPC).
Checking completions, setting up and completing CHAPs transactions and other electronic payments as required following the firm’s policies and procedures.
Checking and arranging foreign payments as and when requested.
Identifying, allocating and posting incoming electronic & manual receipts.
Banking of Business & Client Account receipts.
Calculating and applying client interest where due upon request.
Processing credit and debit card payments.
Dealing with any internal or external enq...