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Senior Legal Cashier – Prestigious US Law Firm – Stunning Offices in the City – Fantastic Benefits

  • Job Type :

    Permanent

    Full-Time

  • Salary : To £65,000

Senior Legal Cashier

This prestigious US law firm based closed to Liverpool Street station is looking for an experienced Senior Legal Cashier with strong Elite 3E experience a confident, all-round understanding of office and client accounts. You’ll be joining a lovely, collaborative Accounts team and working with staff at all levels across the firm.

What’s On Offer:

  • Salary to £65,000
  • Hybrid working (3-4 days office / 1-2 day remote)
  • Stunning office in the heart of the City
  • Generous benefits package including 33 days annual leave

Reporting into the Finance Manager, the Senior Legal Cashier will oversee all client account transactions for the London office, overseeing a team of 3.

Senior Legal Cashier – What You’ll Be Doing:

  • Coordinate and prioritise the day-to-day workload of the Cashiering team, reviewing work for accuracy and providing guidance and support
  • Oversee and process client account transactions, payments, receipts, inter-office transfers and interest calculations, ensuring compliance with SRA and AML regulations
  • Manage the processing of anticipated disbursements, ensuring prebills are paid in accordance with SRA rules
  • Support the COFA and Deputy COFA with breach reporting, maintaining the breach register and coordinating the annual SAR audit
  • Take responsibility for preparing and submitting VAT returns for designated offices, ensuring accuracy and compliance across multiple jurisdictions
  • Act as a key point of contact for VAT queries, providing technical guidance and supporting colleagues across the team
  • Provide senior-level support and oversight of AP activities, including invoice processing, coding, VAT allocation and payment authorisations
  • Ensure all transactions are processed accurately and on time ahead of month-end closing

Senior Legal Cashier – What We’re Looking For:

  • Minimum several years’ experience working as a Client Casher in a London law firm is essential
  • Possess ILFM qualification preferred
  • Extensive in-depth knowledge to supervise, guide and quality-check AP work and act as a credible senior resource for the wider team
  • Comfortable taking ownership of VAT returns for designated offices and deputising across all offices covered by the team
  • Excellent IT skills including full proficiency in Elite 3E and Chrome River preferred