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Legal Cashier / Accounts Assistant
Job Posted: 7 minutes ago
Salary: £ Competitive
Job Type: Permanent
Location: CF11, Grangetown Community, Cardiff
Expire in: a month
Job Description
Job Title: Legal Cashier / Accounts Assistant
Reporting to: Finance Manager
Based at: 9 Cathedral Road, Cardiff
Hours: 37.5 hpw Monday – Friday, 9am – 5.30pm with 1 hour for lunch
Salary: TBC
Benefits:
* 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, ALB
* Posting and paying client disbursements onto ALB
* Managing 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 Outlook
Good 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 Rules
Working knowledge of ALB
Person 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 end
A completer-finisher
Willing to ‘muck in’ as required
Understands the commercial nature of the business, and therefore the need for professionalismBefore You Apply
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