Trainee Legal Cashier

Job title:

Trainee Legal Cashier

Company

Bluetownonline

Job description

Job Title: Trainee Legal CashierLocation: Sharston Road, M22 4SNSalary: Up to £23,107.24 per annumJob type: Full time, PermanentAbout Us:Established in 2000, Express Solicitors is an award-winning law firm that deals with personal injury and clinical negligence claims. Based in Manchester, we serve clients nationwide. We are proud of the work we do helping injured people, and this is our core business.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.About The Role: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

Person specificationRequired Qualifications/Training:

• GCSE Maths and English Grade 5 / C or above (or international equivalent

Desired Qualifications and Attributes:

• Studying towards, or wishing to commence an AAT, ILFM or other accounting qualification(s) would be desirable, with the firm willing to contribute towards course fees
• Experience of working in a high volume, fast paced paper-less environment
• Understanding of double-entry bookkeeping

Required Attributes:

• Good numeracy and literacy skills
• Strong IT skills, including experience of Excel and Outlook
• Ability to communicate effectively at senior level
• Dedicated commitment to fulfilling job responsibilities
• A keen eye for attention to detail, with a high level of accuracy
• Enthusiastic, with a can-do approach

Salary, Hours & Benefits

• The salary for this role is up to £23,107.24, with scope for progression on a salary spine
• 3/2 alternative working from home pattern, for staff after probation
• 8:30am-5:00pm Monday-Thursday and 8:30am-4:30pm Friday (or variation thereof 37hrs per week)
• Contribution towards study costs for AAT, ILFM or other accounting qualification(s)
• 23 days holiday a year, rising to 26 days
• 3 holiday buybacks per year, after 1 year of service
• Extra day’s holiday for your birthday after 2 years’ service
• Private medical insurance available after 2 years’ service
• Death in Service – 2 x salary
• Active social committee with generous departmental and firm-wide social budget
• Active training culture and various groups and events, such as Diversity & Inclusion
• Netball / Football team, Manchester 10km team, and more
• Enhanced maternity leave payment if you have over 1-year tenure
• Other benefits include Employee Assistance Programme, free fruit & annual flu jab

Recruitment Process:Please send a CV and covering letter by clicking APPLY.At Express Solicitors we rate skill and ability above all else and our recruitment policy encourages applications from all.By applying for this vacancy, you are giving us consent for to process your data in line with our Privacy Policy, full details of which can be found on our company website.Candidates with the relevant experience or job titles of; Financial Support, Accountant, Accounts Assistant, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Bookkeeping, Accounts Clerk, Book Keeper, Accounts Reconciliation, Bank Reconciliation, Finance Clerk, Finance Assistant, Bookkeeping, Book Keeping, Finance Manager, Junior Legal Cashier, Legal Cashier, Cashier, Financial Cashier, Reconciliations Clerk, Office and Client Banking, Legal Billing Clerk, Legal Cashier Controller, Legal Finance Clerk, Legal Accounts Administrator, Purchase Ledger Invoices will also be considered for this role.

Expected salary

£23107.24 per year

Location

Greater Manchester

Job date

Sun, 08 Sep 2024 04:29:17 GMT

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