Cashiering Assistant

The firm

DMH Stallard is an award winning South East law, Legal 100 firm with offices in London, Brighton, Gatwick, Guilford, Horsham and Hassocks. DMH Stallard has grown rapidly since it was established in 1970, and has a headcount of approx 380. Our firm provides a comprehensive range of commercial, dispute resolution and litigation, employment, cyber security and cyber-crime, corporate, intellectual property, real estate and technology, media and telecoms advice to both businesses and individuals. Our clients, our people and our professional networks are the keys to our success.

The department

Our Accounts Team manage all accounting and financial functions of the firm in compliance with the Solicitors' Accounts Rules.

Job overview

Together with any other Cashiering Assistants undertaking the more junior responsibilities and duties of the firm’s cashiering team, for example by dealing with the more straight forward payments and queries.

Cashiering team responsibilities and duties

Responsibility for managing all client money coming in and going out of the firm:

* Operation of the CHAPS desk for time critical UK transactions and all overseas transactions.

* Operation of the non urgent systems for non-time critical UK transactions.

* Dealing with incoming electronic receipts.

* Depositing any cheques receipts and drawing any cheque payments.

* Assisting other Accounts Teams with general postings and tasks.

* Assisting with the investigation and resolution of reconciling items on the bank reconciliations.

* Maintenance of required records where the firm operates a client’s own account.

* Calculation and application of any client interest.

* Ensuring compliance with the SRA Accounts Rules

* Minimisation of the risk of financial losses to the firm, including through fraud.

* Efficient and effective co-ordination with the other accounts teams.

* Assistance with development of the firm’s financial systems.

* Assistance with any mergers undertaken by the firm.

* Any other tasks as reasonably required by the Finance Director, Head of Financial Systems or Cashiering Manager.

Knowledge, skills and experience

* High level of accuracy and numeracy.

* Well organised with good time management and able to work under pressure to deadlines.

* Pro-active approach to problems solving.

* Good IT skills, including basic level Excel skills

* Ability to build good working relationships.

* Ideally studying towards Institute of Legal Finance & Management lower-level qualification.

Benefits:

* 25 days holiday (of which 3.5 are taken during the Christmas period), plus Birthday holiday, plus Bank Holidays.

* Life Assurance

* Private Healthcare

* Employee Assistance Programme

* Sodexo Discounts

* Pension Scheme

* Interest free season ticket loans

* Cycle to work scheme

* Discounts on Legal work