Senior Legal Cashier

I am delighted to be partnered with an exceptional boutique London law firm in their search for a Senior Legal cashier to join their team. Reporting into an experienced CFO this is an excellent opportunity for an experienced cashier to join a great team.

Day duties of the role:

• Primary Contact for Bankers: Serve as the main point of contact for day-to-day cashiering matters with our bankers, ensuring smooth and efficient communication.
• Oversee Cashiering Function: Manage the overall cashiering function, including the prompt handling of requests in the cashier's inbox to maintain operational efficiency.
• Bank Reconciliations: Prepare daily and monthly reconciliations for both client and office bank accounts, ensuring accuracy and compliance with financial regulations.
• Residual Client Balances: Manage residual client balances, ensuring they are accurately tracked and appropriately handled.
• Financial Sanctions Platform: Oversee the Financial Sanctions platform, ensuring all transactions comply with relevant sanctions and regulations.
• SRA Accounts Rules Breaches Register: Maintain the SRA Accounts Rules breaches register, ensuring all breaches are documented and addressed in a timely manner.
• Accounts Payable Liaison: Liaise with the Accounts Payable function, providing support and cover as needed to ensure seamless financial operations.
• Support to CFO: Provide comprehensive support to the Chief Financial Officer on all cashiering matters, contributing to strategic financial planning and decision-making.
• Debtor Management and Credit Control: Oversee the management of debtors and take responsibility for credit control processes, ensuring timely collection of outstanding payments.
• Conflict Checks and New Matters: Conduct conflict checks and open new matters as required, ensuring compliance with legal and regulatory requirements

The right candidate will need:

• Team Collaboration: Ability to work well within a team environment, even with limited supervision.
• Legal Cashiering Expertise: Demonstrated strong experience in legal cashiering, with up-to-date knowledge of the Solicitors' Accounts Rules.
• Attention to Detail: Meticulous attention to detail, ensuring accuracy in all tasks.
• Numeracy and Communication Skills: Excellent numeracy skills, coupled with strong communication abilities.
• Time Management: Proven ability to manage time effectively and meet deadlines.
• Pressure Handling: Ability to work efficiently under pressure, maintaining high performance standards.
• Aderant Expert Experience: Experience with Aderant Expert is beneficial, though not essential.

If you meet the requirements of this role and are currently looking for a new role in Legal Finance, please apply or reach out to archie.humphreys@ambition.co.uk

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