Legal Cashier
Pertemps Glasgow Perms
Location: Edinburgh
Salary: £30-32,000 + Benefits
Job Type: Full-time, Permanent
Recruiter: Pertemps
Pertemps is recruiting on behalf of a well-established legal firm for an experienced Legal Cashier to join its finance team.
This is an excellent opportunity for a detail-oriented finance professional with legal cashiering or professional services accounting experience to play a key role in maintaining accurate financial records and supporting day-to-day cashiering operations within a busy and collaborative environment.
The Role
Working as part of a specialist cashiering team, you will be responsible for processing a wide range of financial transactions, ensuring compliance with internal controls and regulatory requirements, and providing support to colleagues across the business.
Key Responsibilities
- Allocate and process incoming bank receipts across client and office accounts.
- Review, prepare and set up electronic payments, including CHAPS, BACS, Faster Payments and international transfers.
- Ensure all required anti-money laundering and compliance checks have been completed prior to payment processing.
- Process payments, receipts, transfers, bill payments and other financial transactions through the firm's financial management system.
- Manage designated client bank accounts, including account openings, closures and ongoing transactional activity.
- Review cheque requests, ensuring appropriate authorisation and timely processing.
- Investigate and resolve outstanding reconciliation items, unmatched transactions and aged cheques.
- Support fee earners, senior stakeholders and colleagues with client and business-related financial transactions.
- Prepare and submit regular banking activities, including cheque and cash deposits.
- Calculate and process client account interest requirements.
- Maintain accurate electronic records and supporting documentation for audit and compliance purposes.
- Assist with annual audit activities and information requests.
- Participate in team meetings and contribute to the ongoing improvement of cashiering processes and procedures.
- Provide support with additional finance and departmental tasks as required.
About You
To be successful in this role, you will ideally have:
- Previous experience in a Legal Cashier, Accounts Assistant or similar finance role.
- Strong understanding of banking processes, payment systems and financial transactions.
- Excellent attention to detail and high levels of accuracy.
- Experience working with financial management or accounting systems.
- Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
- Good communication skills and the ability to build effective working relationships across a business.
- A proactive approach to problem-solving and continuous improvement.
- Knowledge of legal accounting rules and regulatory requirements would be advantageous.
What's on Offer
- Competitive salary and benefits package.
- Opportunity to join a respected and established organisation.
- Supportive team environment.
- Ongoing training and professional development opportunities.
- Varied and interesting role with exposure to a broad range of financial processes.
To apply or find out more, please apply or contact Richard Brown at Pertemps today.
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