Legal Cashier - Leeds - #1777837
Squire Patton Boggs
Date: 10 hours ago
City: Leeds
Contract type: Full time
Work schedule: Full day
Description
Are you looking for a new Legal Cashier role? Do you have previous cashier experience in a legal environment? Then this role could be for you! We're looking for a Legal Cashier to join our busy Finance team in central Leeds.
You will have a strong knowledge of SRA Accounts Rules and an outline working knowledge of VAT. Previous experience in a law firm is highly advantageous and strong communication and organisation skills are a must.
You'll be rewarded with an attractive package, plus excellent wider benefits.
Our Firm
Squire Patton Boggs is one of the world's strongest integrated law firms, committed to providing insight at the point where law, business and government meet. We deliver commercially focused business solutions to a diverse mix of clients, from long-established leading corporations to emerging businesses, start-up visionaries and sovereign nations.
With over 1,500 lawyers spanning more than 40 offices across four continents, the firm is renowned for its local connections and global influence, delivering comprehensive legal services across North America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia Pacific, and Latin America. In the UK, we have offices in Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds and London.
The firm is committed to promoting a collaborative and supportive working environment. Embedded by local champions in each of our UK offices, our well-regarded family and carer, wellbeing and workplace culture and development programmes provide a variety of flexible working options to support individuals' life journeys, helping our people pursue their personal and professional goals.
Our Team
Our Finance Service Centre in Leeds is a large team made of up Accounts Payable, Database and Billing, Credit Control and Client and Office Accounts. The team provide centralised support to all the UK offices and ensure they provide a world class service to the firm's internal and external clients.
Our Opportunity
In this role you are ensuring the accurate and timely processing of allocated Office Account and Client Accounts. Reporting to the Cashiers Team Leader, you will work both individually and as part of a team to make sure that the workload is actioned quickly and accurately and a seamless and efficient service is provided to the business.
You will carry out accurate and timely processing of all receipts into and payments out of the firm's client accounts as well as processing bill related office receipts, ensuring compliance with SRA Account rules. You will work closely with the Credit Control team to ensure unidentified cash receipts are allocated without delay.
Other responsibilities include inputting payments via BACS, CHAPS, Faster Payments, and International Payments via various online banking systems, supporting the management accounting team in posting of journals, and providing management with daily treasury / bank exposure reports. There will also be the opportunities to be involved in project work and support the wider finance team.
You
You must have cashier experience, preferably in a legal environment. Although comprehensive in-house training is provided, it will be beneficial for you to have strong knowledge of Elite and/or Credit Force and also a sound understanding of SRA Account rules and the VAT aspects of legal cashiering.
You must be able to use initiative and work comfortably in a team environment. An appreciation of confidentiality should also be used at all times as you will be dealing with personal and sensitive information. You'll need to have a confident approach as the role can involve making external calls to banks and suppliers to request copy statements and will need to be flexible in your work as ad hoc duties can arise. From time to time, flexibility with hours may be required especially when it comes to month end.
A good standard of undergraduate qualifications (including Maths), or further education would be desirable.
What You Need To Know
If you are interested in finding out more about this role, please visit our careers site at www.squirepattonboggs.com/en/careers. We are unable to process applications sent directly by email. Please complete an online application.
We are an inclusive employer and aim to ensure our workforce is representative of our society. We welcome applications regardless of age, neurodiversity, disability, family or parental status, race, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or gender identity and expression or other legally protected characteristics. We will make reasonable adjustments and adaptions to our recruitment process to ensure it is inclusive for anyone who wishes to apply.
Are you looking for a new Legal Cashier role? Do you have previous cashier experience in a legal environment? Then this role could be for you! We're looking for a Legal Cashier to join our busy Finance team in central Leeds.
You will have a strong knowledge of SRA Accounts Rules and an outline working knowledge of VAT. Previous experience in a law firm is highly advantageous and strong communication and organisation skills are a must.
You'll be rewarded with an attractive package, plus excellent wider benefits.
Our Firm
Squire Patton Boggs is one of the world's strongest integrated law firms, committed to providing insight at the point where law, business and government meet. We deliver commercially focused business solutions to a diverse mix of clients, from long-established leading corporations to emerging businesses, start-up visionaries and sovereign nations.
With over 1,500 lawyers spanning more than 40 offices across four continents, the firm is renowned for its local connections and global influence, delivering comprehensive legal services across North America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia Pacific, and Latin America. In the UK, we have offices in Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds and London.
The firm is committed to promoting a collaborative and supportive working environment. Embedded by local champions in each of our UK offices, our well-regarded family and carer, wellbeing and workplace culture and development programmes provide a variety of flexible working options to support individuals' life journeys, helping our people pursue their personal and professional goals.
Our Team
Our Finance Service Centre in Leeds is a large team made of up Accounts Payable, Database and Billing, Credit Control and Client and Office Accounts. The team provide centralised support to all the UK offices and ensure they provide a world class service to the firm's internal and external clients.
Our Opportunity
In this role you are ensuring the accurate and timely processing of allocated Office Account and Client Accounts. Reporting to the Cashiers Team Leader, you will work both individually and as part of a team to make sure that the workload is actioned quickly and accurately and a seamless and efficient service is provided to the business.
You will carry out accurate and timely processing of all receipts into and payments out of the firm's client accounts as well as processing bill related office receipts, ensuring compliance with SRA Account rules. You will work closely with the Credit Control team to ensure unidentified cash receipts are allocated without delay.
Other responsibilities include inputting payments via BACS, CHAPS, Faster Payments, and International Payments via various online banking systems, supporting the management accounting team in posting of journals, and providing management with daily treasury / bank exposure reports. There will also be the opportunities to be involved in project work and support the wider finance team.
You
You must have cashier experience, preferably in a legal environment. Although comprehensive in-house training is provided, it will be beneficial for you to have strong knowledge of Elite and/or Credit Force and also a sound understanding of SRA Account rules and the VAT aspects of legal cashiering.
You must be able to use initiative and work comfortably in a team environment. An appreciation of confidentiality should also be used at all times as you will be dealing with personal and sensitive information. You'll need to have a confident approach as the role can involve making external calls to banks and suppliers to request copy statements and will need to be flexible in your work as ad hoc duties can arise. From time to time, flexibility with hours may be required especially when it comes to month end.
A good standard of undergraduate qualifications (including Maths), or further education would be desirable.
What You Need To Know
If you are interested in finding out more about this role, please visit our careers site at www.squirepattonboggs.com/en/careers. We are unable to process applications sent directly by email. Please complete an online application.
We are an inclusive employer and aim to ensure our workforce is representative of our society. We welcome applications regardless of age, neurodiversity, disability, family or parental status, race, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or gender identity and expression or other legally protected characteristics. We will make reasonable adjustments and adaptions to our recruitment process to ensure it is inclusive for anyone who wishes to apply.
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