Legal Cashier
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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