Job Description:

A leading Scottish private client law firm based in central Edinburgh is looking for a Legal Cashier (Finance Assistant) reporting to the Cash room Supervisor. As a Legal Cashier, you will provide an efficient, effective, and timely Finance service within a dedicated Cash room team, ensuring compliance with the firm's procedures and the Law Society of Scotland Accounts Rules.

Essential Skills/Experience:

• Previous experience as a Legal Cashier or equivalent.
• Strong focus on excellent customer service, with a willingness to take responsibility for timely completion of work and resolution of any issues.
• A flexible, proactive, positive, "can do" attitude.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Excellent IT skills using MS Word, Excel, Outlook, and Teams.

Core Responsibilities:

• Reviewing and processing all client fund transactions on a daily basis, in line with the firm's stated procedures.
• Managing client funds held on designated accounts; opening and closing accounts as required using the online banking systems, and ensuring the correct authorisations are in place at all times for lodgements and upliftment to these accounts.
• Performing daily, weekly, and monthly bank reconciliations on all client and firm bank accounts ensuring that all unreconciled items are resolved timeously.
• Processing expense claim submissions accurately and timeously and ensuring that all claims comply with the firm's expenses policy at all times.
• Preparation and sending out of fee notes to clients.
• Working with the Cash room Supervisor, ensure that all outstanding fees are pursued for payment with a view to ensuring timeous collection.

Benefits:

• A highly competitive salary
• Wider Benefits package

Core-Asset Consulting is an equal opportunities recruiter and we welcome applications from everyone irrespective of age, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, race, colour, ethnic or national origin, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marital/civil partner status or pregnancy.

Job reference: 14474

To apply for this vacancy applicants must be eligible to work in the UK in accordance with the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006.

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