Role: Legal Cashier

GT Stewart is a renowned multi-service law firm committed to access to justice. Our lawyers specialise in criminal defence, family law, housing, civil liberties, and human rights. We are a Legal 500 and Chambers UK recommended firm, and we are currently recruiting a Legal Cashier to join our team.

This is a position within a dynamic and growing team, offering an excellent opportunity for professional development within an award-winning law firm.

Key Resonsiblities

• Client ledger reconciliations, allocations, corrections;

• Processing invoices, expense claims, and payments;

• SRA compliance aware;

• Bank reconciliations;

• Taking Worldpay payments from clients via telephone;

• Assisting with unbilled, billed and unpaid disbursements and allocations;

• Raising Private Bills; 

• Closing & archiving files; 

• Dealing with daily email & telephone queries from all staff;

• Dealing with third parties, experts or suppliers, agents, freelancers and consultants and assisting with queries by telephone and email, keeping good relationships;

• BACS, CHAPS, and other payment runs – client and office account, this includes completions and checking completion statements, setting up client to office transfers;

• Ensuring reporting and follow up action is taken as required to comply with SRA client to office transfers, office account credits;

• Dealing with fee earners regarding client ledgers and any other queries;

• Checking crime invoices re LAA requirements / LF1 interim claims & Applying for Civil payments on account for disbursements from the LA;

• Following up on Crime invoices disbursement queries;

• Sorting client credit balances / residual balances;

• Sorting office credit balances;

• Working through matter balances report and resolving ledgers balances;

• Helping with month end procedures and running off reports;

• Legal Aid experience preferable but not essential;

• Assisting with audit preparation;

• Assisting team members with account reconciliation and postings (UBER, Trainline, HMCTS PBA Account) to the purchase ledger, direct debits postings. 

  Any other tasks as requested by Supervisor and/or the Finance Director

About You

• Excellent oral and written communication skills;

• Polite and professional telephone manner;

• Ability to learn quickly;

• High level of accuracy with attention to detail;

• Excellent time management and organisational skills;

• Able to work on own initiative and also as part of a wider team;

• Ability to cope with tight deadlines and work under pressure;

• Experience using the Microsoft Office , in particular competent in excel and word and outlook.