Job Description

The role of the (Central) Legal Cashier in Finance Operations is to provide a high-quality service to internal clients on the full range of Finance matters. The key aspect of the role is to deliver effective, compliant delivery of all financial transactions relating to their team, in line with the Solicitors Accounts Rules (SARs.)
Our cashiering function operates in a unique 3 team structure with the central team at its core and the outward focused cashiering teams handling the day-to-day ledger management.
The day-to-day duties and responsibilities of a Legal Cashier (Central) is to ensure that the group (inc fee earners and matter partners) remain compliant with Solicitors Accounts Rules (SAR) and that is achieved by ensuring that all financial related matters are conducted accurately and timely ("without delay").
What you will be doing:

• Bank Reconciliations: Performing daily and monthly bank reconciliations, ensuring all discrepancies are promptly investigated and resolved.
• Incoming Payment Postings: Process accurate and timely posting of incoming payments, ensuring all transactions are recorded in compliance with internal policies and Solicitors Accounts Rules, that legal teams are promptly notified of ledger transactions relevant to their matters. And posting client to office transfer where applicable.
• Unrecognised Fund Allocation: Work proactively on the daily investigation and allocation of unrecognised funds receipts, ensuring each transaction is promptly investigated and allocated to the appropriate matter, liaise confidently with the legal teams on each investigation to optimise prompt resolution of unallocated funds.
• Multi-matter disbursements: Processing and allocation of multi-matter disbursement invoices to the correct matter ledgers, ensuring high levels of accuracy, optimising billing opportunities for recovery of disbursements across the business.
• Cheques; Processing incoming and outgoing cheques on a rota basis (must be willing to travel to Birmingham office regularly.)
• Compliance: Ensure all financial activities comply with Solicitors Accounts Rules and internal policies.
• Stakeholder Relationships: Be an SME within your designated team, building and maintaining strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, providing excellent customer service and support to both internal BusOps and the wider legal teams.
• Collaboration: Undertaking projects and any other tasks as directed by the Central Team Leader, including supporting the brand teams at busy periods, signposting queries in relation to specific brands to the relevant team, resolving issues and general queries to ensure high level of customer service.
• Systemisation: Provide recommendations on systemisation opportunities around internal processes to improve efficiencies in line with SARs

What you will need:
Essential:

• Proven experience in a similar role within a law firm
• Strong knowledge of the Solicitors Accounts Rules

Desirable:

• Experience of working with Aderant
• Proficiency in financial software and Microsoft Office Suite
• Strong Analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

Personal Attributes:

• Detail-oriented with a high level of accuracy
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
• Proactive and self-motivated
• Strong ethical standards and integrity

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, Leicester, Lincoln, London, Milton Keynes, Nottingham, Solihull, Stratford upon Avon, Sheffield and in the South; Crawley, East Grinstead, Lewes, Brighton, Eastbourne, Seaford, Peacehaven, Storrington, Chichester & Southampton as well as our Scotland office located in Edinburgh.
Additional information
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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.

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