Senior Legal Cashier
- Employer
- Clayton Legal
- Location
- England, West Yorkshire, Bradford
- Salary
- £25000 - £30000 per annum
- Closing date
- 26 Mar 2018
- Reference
- CMS031601'2002
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- Practice area
- Banking and finance
- Contract type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- PQE
- 7 years+
- Position
- Legal finance & costs
- Sector
- Private practice
Job Details
A fantastic opportunity is available in central Bradford for an experienced Senior Legal Cashier.
Role:
To manage the busy daily operations of the cashier's teams and work as part of those teams to ensure that all finance tasks are performed accurately ensuring compliance with all regulatory bodies and office procedure guides. Where necessary identifying and implementing improvements.
Responsibilities:
- Check & Produce Bills
- Print out cheques
- Client to office transfers
- Posting HMLR and HMCTS disbursements.
- Taking credit card payments & posting website card payments received
- Banking of cheques and posting electronic receipts paid directly into our bank accounts.
- Postings to ledgers: receipts in and payments out, write offs etc
- Prepare & send electronic payments (BACS, CHAPS, Fastpay, Foreign) for online banking
- Daily 'Client' and 'Office' Bank Reconciliations
- Administer 'designated deposit' client bank accounts
- Administer 'undesignated deposit' client bank account
- The administration of Purchase Ledger, posting invoices/credit notes, payment runs
- The administration of Counsel Fees
- The preparation of the daily and weekly reports
- Cancelling and re-issuing out of date & lost cheques
- The setting up of Direct Debits and Standing Orders from our Office Bank Account
- The posting of all Direct Debits and the control of the Standing Journals
- The administration of all cheques returned from the Bank unpaid
- Petty cash and expense claim forms
- Interest calculations payable to client on their balances
- Working with teams to ensure client balance are returned promptly and not retained unnecessarily.
- Payment of referral fees
- Daily scanning and filing, the department has no paper filing and all paperwork is scanned and filed.
The client is looking for an enthusiastic and intelligent individual who has extensive experience as a Legal Cashier and supervising a team. Strong SRA account knowledge, being computer literate and the ability to communicate clearly whilst working as part of a team are desirable.
This is a full time role with a negotiable salary between £25,000 and £30,000 per annum based on experience. Reporting in to the Finance director, the position has 6 direct reports so management skills are essential.
For more details and to apply for this role please forward your CV to Scarlett Willis at Clayton Legal using the links below. Clayton Legal recruits for law firms and In House departments across the UK. Based in the North West, our pedigree and service levels give those looking to move in the legal market and law firms looking to recruit a refreshingly different recruitment experience.
Company
With long-established, and trusted relationships across a client base that includes Legal 500, Top 200, Regional and Boutique law firms, our team are passionate about driving service excellence across the business and impacting the careers, and lives, of legal talent across the country.
What we specialise in
We cover the length and breadth of the UK from Lancashire to London, Hampshire to Hull, and we recruit at all levels including; Partners, Solicitors, Paralegals, Legal Support Staff including Legal Cashiers, Legal IT, Marketing and Business Development and general administration.
We place legal professionals across the full spectrum of practice areas and specialisms, including:
- Property – Residential, Commercial, Real Estate
- Litigation, Civil and Commercial Litigation and Dispute Resolution
- Corporate & Commercial
- Employment
- Personal Injury Including all areas of Negligence
- Private Client including Trusts, Wills & Probate
- Family
- Compliance and Regulatory
- Banking
- Cost Lawyers
- Practice Management/Legal Cashiers
Our regional teams ensure that firms are guaranteed local and regional focus whilst having access to a national talent pool of opportunities. Our teams are focused in:-
- The North West
- Yorkshire /Humberside and Scotland
- The West and East Midlands
- London and the Home Counties
- The South West
Why Clayton Legal?
- We’re genuinely experts in our field servicing the length and breadth of the UK, our knowledge of the local, regional and national legal market is unparalleled.
- We give the personal touch – our Consultants are personable, yet committed – you can rest assured you’re dealing with a person throughout the process and not just a name at the end of a line.
- We are often instructed on unique opportunities in the market that you won’t find on job boards.
- We add value where we know it’s needed – with general career advice, top tips and resources through every step of the journey.
- Expert career advice guiding you through every step of the journey to secure your next career move including expert advice on salary, interview capability, offer management through our regular contact.
- We provide regular market information including salary data and bespoke reports.
We take our role in the placing of legal professionals into their dream jobs extremely seriously, understanding implicitly the importance of listening to requirements, working in their best interest at all times, and giving them the tools and resources, they need at every step of the journey – for a successful outcome for all parties.
So, if you’re an ambitious candidate looking to make your next move, we’re here to help. Visit our website www.clayton-legal.co.uk or email us at enquiries@clayton-legal.co.uk
- Website
- https://www.clayton-legal.co.uk/
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