Legal Cashier - #1794887

Job Title: Legal Cashier Reporting to: Finance ManagerBased at: 9 Cathedral Road, CardiffHours: 37.5 hpw Monday – Friday, 9am – 5.30pm with 1 hour for lunch

Salary: CompetitiveBenefits:25 days holiday per annum, plus statutory and bank holidays

Private medical insurance (option to add family members at own cost)3% pension contribution

Death in service cover

Company sick pay of up to 4 weeks per year

Purpose of Role:The primary function of this role is to support the Finance Manager in the day-to-day financial operations of the firm, processing accounts transactions and assisting with month-end and year-end procedures.Key Tasks:Daily:Preparing / typing client invoices as directed by fee earners

Monitoring bank accounts for monies in and assigning them to appropriate clients and matters

Processing CHAPS / BACS transfer requests, ensuring appropriate sign off has been obtained

Posting supplier invoices and processing payments onto the practice management system, ALBPosting and paying client disbursements onto ALBManaging client and office bank accounts, transferring money between them as appropriate

Banking cheques

Preparing reports as required

Monitoring client balances

Liaising with suppliers as required

Weekly:Processing expenses claims

Managing and reconciling petty cash Chasing aged debt

Liaising with fee earners re billing and aged debt

Chasing up un-cashed cheques

Monthly:Assisting with month end processes

Conducting bank reconciliations mid-month and at month end

Keeping all central registers up to date as required by auditors

Annually:Assisting in year-end preparation and audit, reconciliation and reporting

Dealing with year-end queries

Technical Ability:Essential:Experience of working in a professional office environment Strong working knowledge of Excel, Word and OutlookGood working knowledge of a practice management database Experience of managing sales and purchase ledger

Experience of conducting bank reconciliations

Experience of credit control

Desirable:Working knowledge of Solicitors Accounts RulesWorking knowledge of ALBPerson Specification:Essential:Consistently works to a high level of accuracy

Able to prioritise work to ensure that daily, weekly and monthly deadlines are met

Able to use own initiative

Excellent customer service skills Highly organised and able to work under pressure, particularly at month endA completer-finisher

Willing to ‘muck in’ as required Understands the commercial nature of the business, and therefore the need for professionalism