Job Description

Experienced Legal Cashier/Accountant - Redruth Office

We are seeking a knowledgeable Legal Cashier or Accountant to join our fast-paced Redruth office. This role is ideal for candidates with a solid understanding of conveyancing transactions, probate, and the Solicitors' Accounting Rules, as well as experience in accounting and cashiering within a solicitor's office, estate agents, or similar professional firm.

Role Details:

Work Hours: 9:00 am - 5:15 pm, Monday to Friday, totalling 36.25 hours per week. Flexibility options are available, including a 4-day week or split hours over 5 days to support work-life balance (minimum 25 hours per week). Additional Hours: The role requires covering staff absences within the cashier's office, which may occasionally include paid extra hours to cover holiday periods. Salary: 26,000 to 33,500 per year (based on full-time hours 36.25 per week), based on skills and experience. Holiday Entitlement: Based on contracted hours, with additional time off included during the Christmas and New Year period.

Key Responsibilities:

Transaction & Account Management: Manage client requisitions, postings, banking for completions, daily reconciliations, and interest calculations. Ledger Oversight: Oversee client, purchase, and nominal ledgers; check probate accounts. Billing & Payments: Conduct accounting checks on bills and statements and initiate banking payments. Data Entry & Management: Use Microsoft Office, Osprey Approach, and other software platforms for data entry and file management. Cashiering Tasks: Handle basic accounting functions, client requisitions, postings, and banking software operations. Administrative Support: Assist with file management, GDPR compliance, and administrative tasks for the Practice Manager. Daily general admin, filing, copying, archiving of files and deeds, logging and retrieval of these. AML Compliance: Support internal AML procedures and CDD checks with full training provided. Daily checks and updates to the in-house ID system, including processing of checks and results using our ID partners' portal. Regulatory Compliance: Maintain compliance with Solicitors' Accounting Rules, including transaction reconciliation.

Preferred Experience:

Software Knowledge: Familiarity with Osprey Practice Management, IRIS Payroll, and Thirdfort AML software. Regulatory Understanding: Good understanding of the SRA Accountancy Rules and AML/CFT requirements.

Key Attributes:

Professional Experience: Prior experience in legal cashiering or accounting in a solicitor's office, estate agents, or similar professional environment. Organised and Calm Under Pressure: Effective time management and task prioritisation. Communication Skills: Clear, professional interaction with clients and team members. Microsoft Office Proficiency: Basic experience with Outlook, Word, and Excel. Confidentiality: Strict client confidentiality, ability to show understanding and sensitivity to high-level access information and financing

What We Offer:

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent, with flexibility options. Salary Range: 26,000 to 33,500 per year, with a yearly bonus (based on full-time hours of 36.25 per week). Exceeds minimum wage for entry-level Salary increases with experience Additional Benefits: Flexitime, paid overtime, holiday entitlement based on contracted hours, and additional time off at Christmas and New Year. 9-23 Days annual leave (23 based on full-time) Additional leave on all bank holidays Additional leave at Christmas & New Year Ad-hoc additional hours available (but not mandatory)
If you have the experience and skills for this varied role, we'd love to hear from you!

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent

Pay: 26,500.00-33,500.00 per year

Expected hours: 25 - 36.25 per week

Additional pay:

Yearly bonus
Benefits:

Casual dress Company pension Employee discount Flexitime Transport links
Schedule:

Monday to Friday No weekends
Ability to commute/relocate:

Redruth: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Experience:

Accounting: 1 year (required)
Work authorisation:

United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: In person

Reference ID: Senior Legal Cashier