Legal Cashier

KennedyPearce are hiring a Legal Cashier on a permanent basis for a Legal firm based in the heart of London. This role will be hybrid working with occasional days in the office required. The Legal Cashier assists the department with all aspects of accounts administration, including all elements of legal cashiering.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

• Producing bespoke matter balance reports for Real Estates and Projects fee earners to discuss at meetings
• Residual Balance administration and general financial assistance for the Real Estates and Projects Department
• Arranging regular (at least every 6 weeks) meetings each week with all fee earners in the Real Estates and Projects Department to review their matter balances in red & amber with a view to actioning tasks to bring their matter balances into the green;
• Providing a monthly report to the EP's & FSEP's in Real Estates and Projects of the previous months meetings
• Archiving matters with zero balances for Real Estates and Projects Department by providing zero matter balance reports;
• Reporting out to other departments monthly on their Residual Balances and zero matter balances and actioning replies
• Reconciliation of client matters for both office and client ledgers;
• Office and client account banking and processing;
• Process client and office account payments by BACS/CHAPS;
• Updating P4W with Residual Balances notes

The idea candidate will have:

• 12 months experience within a legal accounts team
• Experience of residual balance reconciliation