Legal Cashier

**Legal Cashier**

**Herne Bay**

**Monday - Friday 9am-5pm**

**Salary £24K**

**Full time permanent - Office based but would consider hybrid for the right person**

An incredible opportunity has arisen for a Legal Cashier to join and incredible team in (location).

**Key Responsibilities for a Legal Cashier**:

- Responsible for completing the entire range of processing, for clients, the office, and nominal transactions
- Assist with property transactions, checking of completion statements
- Inspection of back-up documents and ensuring that all internal procedures have been followed;
- Assist with maintaining Bankline CHAPS/Faster Payments templates for all payees, adding, and removing as required
- To take card payments over the telephone and produce receipts
- Help Credit Control with daily Cashiers’ report to ensure all transfers are made within the 14-day limit;
- Answer to queries from fee earners and secretaries; offering support and training when needed
- Generate cheques and sort for sending to correct branches
- Annual archiving of accounts records and update of manual record
- Support the processing petty cash reconciliations for all branches.
- Support the handling of purchase ledger postings
- Assist the Cashiers Manager and Financial Manager with month/year end queries when asked
- Communicate with fee earners on overdue bills, fulfilling agreed actions and ensuring that accurate records are maintained
- Support with credit control where required;
- General task to be carried out such tasks as required to support the Accounts Department, including filing, photocopying, and other general office duties.

Key Requirements:

- Relevant and latest accounts experience gained from within the legal industry
- Experience processing and reviewing conveyancing completion statement
- Institute of Legal Cashiers Diploma
- Good all-round education
- Familiarity with practice management systems
- Good knowledge on the conveyancing process
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Good Team working skills
- Has a proactive attitude
- Ability to balance priorities to meet demanding deadlines
- Perform well especially when under pressure
- Clean and presentable in appearance