Legal Cashier

Legal Cashier - 12 Month FTC Location: Eastbourne Department: Accounts Contract: 12-Month Fixed-Term Contract We're looking for an experienced Legal Cashier to join our Accounts team on a 12-month fixed-term contract. This is an excellent opportunity for someone with strong legal cashiering experience who enjoys working in a fast-paced environment and takes pride in delivering an accurate and efficient accounting service. As a Legal Cashier, you'll play a key role in supporting the firm by ensuring financial transactions are processed accurately and in line with the SRA Accounts Rules. Working closely with fee earners and colleagues across the business, you'll be responsible for a broad range of cashiering duties and will help maintain the high standards of service our teams and clients expect. What you will be doing: Managing property completions from start to finish, including checking completion statements and slips, setting up telegraphic transfers (TTs), processing completion funds and releasing payments. Processing all aspects of billing, including reviewing invoices, posting approved bills and processing credit notes. Completing daily office and client bank reconciliations. Posting and allocating client account receipts accurately. Creating daily Faster Payment batches. Processing SDLT runs. Monitoring potential breaches and issuing reminders where action is required. Processing client-to-client transfers. Calculating and posting client interest where applicable. Taking debit and credit card payments over the phone. Processing write-offs and transaction requisitions. Reviewing files for closure, ensuring balances are cleared and interest has been accounted for. Posting Land Registry transactions. Processing incoming and outgoing cheques, including bank preparations. Producing Statements of Account for clients and fee earners. Supporting the wider Accounts team and providing cover where required. What you will need: Previous experience working as a Legal Cashier within a law firm. A good understanding of the SRA Accounts Rules. Excellent attention to detail with a high level of accuracy. Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage competing priorities. Confident communication skills and the ability to build effective relationships across the business. A proactive approach with the ability to work both independently and as part of a team. Experience using legal practice management systems would be advantageous. About you You'll be someone who enjoys working in a collaborative environment and takes ownership of your work. You'll have a methodical approach, be comfortable working to deadlines and understand the importance of maintaining confidentiality while delivering an excellent internal service. If you're an experienced Legal Cashier looking for your next opportunity with a supportive team, we'd love to hear from you. Benefits, Agile Working and Additional information We embrace agile working and offer a blended approach to where and how we work. We appreciate that people have different needs and preferences and we’re keen to be flexible, after all, we value what you do, not where you do it. We have the following hubs across the UK: Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh, Leeds, Leicester, Lincoln, London, Manchester, Milton Keynes, Nottingham, Sheffield, Stratford upon Avon and in the South East; Brighton, Chichester, Crawley, East Grinstead, Eastbourne, Lewes, Seaford, Storrington, Southampton & Tunbridge Wells. Additional information Want to find more about our amazing benefits ? ------------------------------------------------------------------- Please be aware, for some vacancies, where we receive high numbers of applications we may need to bring the close date forward. Due to the nature of the work undertaken, confirmation of employment will be subject to a variety of checks which will be carried out once an offer of employment is accepted. Details of the checks can be found here . Equal opportunities Ampa Group is a committed equal opportunities employer. We seek to attract, develop and retain talented people from a diverse range of backgrounds and cultures. We value and respect individuality and encourage a culture within our business where people can be themselves and be valued for their strengths and experiences. Everyone who either applies to or works for the firm is treated equally, regardless of their gender, age, ethnic origin, nationality, marital status, sexual orientation or religious beliefs.