Senior Cashier

Withers 

Job title: Senior Cashier

Reports to: Head Cashier

Location: London

What are we looking for?

We are looking for a proactive, confident and enthusiastic legal Cashier to join our busy accounts team. Reporting to the Head Cashier, you will have the ability to act as both client and office cashier and prioritise a voluminous and pressurised workload, whilst maintaining accuracy, attention to detail and compliance with the SRA Accounts Rules. The cashiering team experience very high volumes and the ideal candidate will therefore work on a variety of different tasks on a daily basis. Detailed knowledge of, and experience working with, the SRA Accounts Rules is essential, whilst experience with Elite Enterprise and/or Elite 3E is desirable. The ideal candidate must be comfortable with integrated, multi-currency Practice Management Systems (PMS) and also have good experience of Microsoft Office tools, especially Excel and Word.

This role would suit a strong communicator with high levels of interpersonal skills.  You will be organised, personable and professional.

Areas of focus and responsibilities

• Processing client and office payments – CHAPS, BACS and international payments via the firm's online banking portals C Hoare & Co (client account) and HSBC.net (office account). Making the corresponding postings to the current PMS – 3E.
• Identifying and processing electronic receipts into the client and office accounts in multiple currencies - ensuring prompt and accurate allocation, including identification of receipts of client monies into the office account in accordance with the SRA rules.
• Promptly sending communication to the relevant fee earners of monies received. Following up and resolving any queries quickly.
• Daily and monthly client and office account bank reconciliations.
• Allocating Direct Debits and ad hoc office payments to 3E.
• Investigating and promptly clearing any entries temporarily posted to the suspense ledgers.
• Weekly banking of cheques into the client and office accounts.
• Assist with calculating quarterly and closing interest for client account balances
• Reconcile UK IPO and WIPO accounts
• Ensuring postings relating to treasury instruments are recorded accurately and promptly e.g. SWAPS.
• Liaising with bank in relation to opening/closing fixed term deposit accounts. 

This list of duties and responsibilities is not exhaustive. It is intended to describe the general content of, and requirements for the performance of this job, and as such, the role may also include the undertaking of additional tasks as required.

Skills and attributes

• Good communicator, both verbally and in writing, with high levels of interpersonal skill.
• Exceptional knowledge of, and experience with, the SRA accounts rules.
• Organised and accurate - paying attention to detail.
• Knowledge and experience of Excel and Word.
• Accounting (AAT) or ILFM qualification desirable.
• Use initiative and be self sufficient
• Can deal with a high volume of work and work well under pressure.
• Confident and comfortable dealing with senior finance staff and fee earners in a timely way, inspiring confidence in your ability.
• A positive, committed and ‘can-do’ attitude.
• A good team player with the ability to be flexible and willing to help others when necessary.
• Ability to supervise and guide the other cashiers.

The Essentials

• 9.30am to 5.30pm but flexibility is a must
• Hybrid working policy with a minimum of 2 days per week worked in the office
• 12 week probation period
• 4 week notice period
• Flexible benefits package including pension, private medical, season ticket loan, subsidised gym memberships, lifestyle discount scheme, on site café.

About Withers

A law firm focused on people, performance, and collaboration.

For the past 125 years, we have supported some of the world’s most remarkable people and organizations at defining moments in their lives.

As the global private client firm, we are trusted advisors to families, founders, fiduciaries and businesses – and more than this, to governments, charities and financial institutions. We structure, grow and preserve capital. We protect reputations and relationships, ideas and innovations. We secure our clients’ legacies across generations. We are united in our commitment to integrity, quality and collaboration. We have a culture of high performance and deliver excellent service consistently across the firm. We provide tailored solutions built on trust and partner with our clients to achieve their goals.

Many of our clients are shaping the future, and creating solutions to tackle many of the world’s problems. It makes for a fascinating and challenging practice. Our role is to get to know each individual client, find out where they want to be, and help them to get there – whether they are building a business, buying a home or protecting and defending their interests. To meet their unique needs we are exceptionally collaborative, working together across teams and time zones. And we are agile – focusing on strategy rather than rigid ideas and traditional hierarchy.

We are delighted that we have been awarded Mansfield Certification Plus in relation to our recruitment and leadership progression efforts in the US and UK. This certification is an encouraging milestone as we continue to champion diversity within our organization and in the wider legal sector.

Join us to be part of a team that is always looking to the future. Where initiative, big ideas and bold moves are always encouraged. Where you can truly be yourself.

Information for Recruitment Agencies

Withers endeavours to recruit and fill vacancies directly. However, when we do need to engage with agencies, Withers operates a preferred supplier list and will not be accepting unsolicited applications from non-PSL agencies for this role.

Equal Opportunities Employment Statement 

It is the policy of Withers to provide equal opportunities for all employees in relation to recruitment, training and promotion.  Decisions in these areas will be made only by reference to the requirements of the job and shall not be influenced by any consideration of ethnic origin, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation or disability.