Legal Cashier - #1769477

Department : Finance

Location : Manchester

Role : Legal Cashier

The Role

A busy role undertaking the provision of client accounting and legal cashiering services to multiple internal stakeholders. The service provided must be of a high professional standard and will involve liaising with people at all levels across the firm.

Key Responsibilities

• Process all domestic/overseas payment of funds from both client and office accounts.
• Client bank reconciliations to the agreed timetable.
• Process appropriate ledger entries for all client and office funds receipted direct into the firm bank accounts.
• Monitor and action all transfers between client and office account in accordance with SAR/internal policies.
• Money Market/Treasury and FX transactions
• Provide a professional, friendly and efficient service to all clients (internal & external) by actioning their enquiries promptly whilst ensuring that appropriate client service standards are maintained.
• Promote, maintain and proactively develop strong relationships with internal and external clients to ensure high levels of client focus and service delivery.
• Review and maintain balances held on client account to include regular meetings with partners/casehandlers in Guildford and London.
• Other ad-hoc duties as necessary
  
  

Essential Skills & Experience

• Practical and hands on client accounting experience is required.
• Detailed knowledge and understanding of solicitors accounts rules and their application to multi national law firms.
• MS Office skills (Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint)
• Knowledge of solicitors' accounting practices is preferred.
• Familiarity with decision and authorisation structures of professional services firms to understand and ensure needs of fee-earners and business services departments are met and appropriate controls implemented with effective authorisation.
• Knowledge and understanding of the changing environment in which law firms and clients operate
  
  

When you work at Clyde & Co, you join a team of 490 partners, 2,400 lawyers, 3,200 legal professionals and 5,500 people in nearly 70 offices and associated offices worldwide. Our values are the principles that guide the decisions we make, unite us in our endeavours and strengthen our delivery, for both our clients and our firm. We work as one, excel with clients, celebrate difference and act boldly. We are committed to operating in a responsible way by progressing towards a diverse and inclusive workforce that reflects the communities and clients it serves. We are devoted to providing an environment in which everyone can realise their potential, using its legal and professional skills to support its communities. We do this through pro bono work, volunteering and charitable partnerships, and minimising the impact it has on the environment, including through our commitment to the SBTi Net-Zero standard and the setting of ambitious emissions reduction targets.

We offer a range of tailored benefits and support, including healthcare, retirement planning and wellbeing initiatives.

Clyde & Co is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. Our core values encourage us to support fairness, celebrate diversity and prohibit all forms of discrimination in the workplace to allow everyone to excel at work. Therefore, we welcome and encourage all applications from suitably qualified individuals, regardless of background or identity.

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