Legal Accounts Cashier

Manchester City – Office Based

Contract type: Permanent, full time

Working week: 5 days per week (Monday-Friday 9am-5pm)

Salary: £28,000 – £32,000

My client is an established law firm located in fresh, modern offices in Manchester city centre. A genuine equal opportunities employer and actively working towards establishing a diverse working community representative of Manchester and its surrounding areas. 

What we have to offer:

• Day off for your birthday plus a gift
• Free access to wellbeing and mental health support through Health Assured’s Employee Assistance Programme
• Company social events all paid for (sometimes including overnight stays)
• Your child’s first day of school off work
• Dress down Friday every week
• 1-2-1 development and training
• No bank holiday working
• Employee of the Month Scheme
• Long service bonus
• Extra holidays given for 100% attendance.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Reporting to the Finance Manager, you would be assisting them in a variety of ways with managing the finances of the law firm. This includes, but is not limited to:

• Monitoring the bank accounts and reconciling any payments in correctly and accurately, reconciling what is our profit, what is owed out to suppliers/partners/clients.
• Making payments out to Clients and Suppliers in a timely manner
• Raising Sales Invoices on our CRM (Xero) and sending out to Partner Firm
• Monthly Client Account Reconciliation
• Identifying and implementing opportunities for improvement across finance processes
• Managing client and office account bank reconciliations on Xero
• Monitoring the Ledger on our CRM system (Proclaim) daily, keeping it up to date and accurate
• Monitoring all billing team mailboxes
• Working closely with both internal and external stakeholders to resolve queries relating to sales invoices, payments and a variety of requests which can arise.

What skills & experience are needed:

• A sound understanding of SRA rules
• Experience of using Proclaim, Microsoft Office and Xero would be beneficial but not essential
• Attention to detail, problem solving skills, and sound written and verbal communication skills essential to this role.
• An ability to work on one’s own initiative and to organise and prioritise own workload.
• An ability to process and record all financial transactions in accordance with the Solicitors Accounts Rules (SARS) and Company internal procedures
• Be proficient with MS Excel
• Be able to maintain high standards of work when under pressure and within deadlines
• Create and maintain effective professional relationships with referrers negotiating confidently when required
• Keep up to date with all legislation and regulatory changes pertinent to the role.