We have an exciting opportunity for a Legal Cashier to join our Accounts department. The key function of this role is to provide an efficient service to the Firm for Cashiering purposes. This will involve regular liaison with Partners, Fee Earners, and Secretaries. The job holder will have responsibility for dealing with all issues that arise effectively, providing a first class service to the firm.
Bird & Bird's Finance team's mission is to provide world class finance support to the business. In London the team comprises circa 60 finance professionals across a wide range of areas including management and financial accounting, transaction processing, partner accounting, tax, treasury, pricing and commercial decision support.
Key Responsibilities
- Daily allocations of all UK office cash receipts - for USD, EURO and GBP Accounts, ensuring adherence at all times to SARs and firm policies
- Daily bank reconciliations for all UK accounts; reconciliation and posting of all Official fees
- Compilation of Month end Bank rec summaries for Office & Client Account
- Cancellation of out of date Client & Office Account cheques and follow up procedure
- Partner drawings and distributions postings - including bank file uploads
- Maintenance of a cash flow forecast balance for various bank accounts
- Assisting Senior Cashier with Client Account transactions including Manual deposit interest
- Posting of multi-currency supplier disbursement invoices
- Posting and balancing of Supplier invoices from Counsel
What You'll Bring
- Proven experience of working as a Cashier in a legal environment
- Knowledge of SARs
- Good Excel skills and a good working knowledge of other MS packages
- Good inter-personal and communication skills
- Able to deal with demanding deadlines and work pressures; has excellent organisational skills
- Strong attention to detail, is accurate and consistent
What's in it for you?
We provide comprehensive support for our colleagues' health and wellbeing, including private medical cover, life assurance, critical illness cover, and regular health assessments. In addition, we offer a range of lifestyle benefits designed to help our team live their best lives, such as a cycle to work scheme, access to online GP appointments, discounted gym memberships, and an electric vehicle scheme.
Bird & Bird opens up a world of possible for lawyers and professionals everywhere. Working for a leading international law firm like Bird & Bird means working alongside people who are truly collegiate in the way they work with everyone. We work as one global team, with over 70% of work involving people from across the firm. And that's only increasing! It's this common purpose and shared approach that makes for a more productive and collaborative place to work. Your firm. Your future.
If you require any assistance, please email us at talentacquisitionlondon@twobirds.com
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Bird & Bird opens up a world of possible for lawyers and professionals everywhere. Working for a leading international law firm like Bird & Bird means working alongside people who are truly collegiate in the way they work with everyone. We work as one global team, with over 70% of work involving people from across the firm. And that's only increasing! It's this common purpose and shared approach that makes for a more productive and collaborative place to work. Your firm. Your future.
If you want to find out more, visit www.twobirds.com
As a disability and neurodiversity inclusive employer we want to ensure that you have a barrier-free recruitment experience at Bird & Bird. If you require any adjustments during the recruitment process, please provide details to your recruitment contact who will be in touch to discuss any details provided and understand more about your individual adjustment needs.
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