New Vacancy: Legal Cashier

Part time – 9am – 3pm Monday – Friday

Nelson, Lancashire

Salary dpendent on experience

A well-established and growing law firm are currently looking to recruit a Legal Cashier to join their team, working alongside the fee earners to provide an efficient service to clients.

Responsibilities:

• Analysing client account ledgers, fees and costs
• Maintain CHAPS/Faster Payments templates for all payees
• Keying of payments into the bank
• Notifying staff of payments received on a daily basis
• Liaising with fee earners to clear all applicable balances
• Ensuring all client balances are monitored and dealt with in atimely manner
• Reporting balances to the relevant person
• Posting of invoices, receipts, payments and transfers on our casemanagement system
• Bank reconciliation
• Dealing with out-of-date cheques
• Banking and processing of cheques into office/client accounts
• Checking completion statements for conveyancing fee earners precompletion
• Dealing with incoming and outgoing transfers
• Arranging client to office account transfers when necessary
• Reporting on aged debtors and ensuring that these are kept to aminimum and chased up where necessary
• Reporting on matter balances on a weekly basis
• Keeping knowledge up to date of the Solicitors Accounts Rules

Experience Required:

• Solid working knowledge of The Solicitor’s Accounting Rules (SAR)
• Experience working within a legal firm
• Experience in both office and client accounts
• Experience in using case management systems
• Good knowledge of Excel
• Organised and accurate, with the ability to deal with a high volumeof work
• Attentionto detail

To apply, please send your CV including a covering letter to sophie@farnworthrose.co.uk