Trainee Legal Cashier

at  Express Solicitors

Express Solicitors are currently ranked 80 out of more than 10,000 law firms in the UK and ranked in the top ten for the Best Law Firm to work for in the UK by Best Companies. We have a 5-star ranking with Trust Pilot from over 6,000 reviews, which, coming from our clients, means a lot to us.

We are looking for a bright and dynamic Trainee Legal Cashier to join our ten-strong Legal Cashier Department. The successful candidate will be provided with full in-house training and an interesting, varied workload to support their learning and progress their professional development.
The ideal candidate will be someone looking to embark upon, or progress their accountancy career within a busy, high-volume Finance Department. Individuals should have a real interest in learning about client money accounting in a law firm environment.
Applicants must possess good numeracy, literacy, and IT skills.

Main responsibilities

• Documenting and processing incoming BACS & cheques.
• Processing outgoing BACS and cheque payments, including export to online banking.
• Processing case-related expenses onto client ledgers.
• Running daily reports for inter-account transfers.
• Checking and processing bills.
• Dealing with electronic filing.
• Assisting file handling staff with accounting queries.
• Undertake other ad hoc assignments, as required by the firm.