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Senior Legal Cashier

Job description

Experienced Legal Cashier/Accountant - Redruth Office

We are seeking a knowledgeable Legal Cashier or Accountant to join our fast-paced Redruth office. This role is ideal for candidates with a solid understanding of conveyancing transactions, probate, and the Solicitors' Accounting Rules, as well as experience in accounting and cashiering within a solicitors’ office, estate agents, or similar professional firm.


Role Details:

  • Work Hours: 9:00 am - 5:15 pm, Monday to Friday, totaling 36.25 hours per week. Flexibility options are available, including a 4-day week or split hours over 5 days to support work-life balance (minimum 25 hours per week).

  • Additional Hours: The role requires covering staff absences within the cashier’s office, which may occasionally include paid extra hours to cover holiday periods.

  • Salary: £24,000 to £30,000 per year (based on full-time hours 36.25 per week), based on skills and experience.

  • Holiday Entitlement: Based on contracted hours, with additional time off included during the Christmas and New Year period.


Key Responsibilities:

  • Transaction & Account Management: Manage client requisitions, postings, banking for completions, daily reconciliations, and interest calculations.

  • Ledger Oversight: Oversee client, purchase, and nominal ledgers; check probate accounts.

  • Billing & Payments: Conduct accounting checks on bills and statements and initiate banking payments.

  • AML Compliance: Ensure adherence to internal AML procedures and process AML & CDD checks. Full training provided.

  • Regulatory Compliance: Maintain compliance with Solicitors' Accounting Rules, including transaction reconciliation.


Preferred Experience:

  • Software Knowledge: Familiarity with Osprey Practice Management, IRIS Payroll, and Thirdfort AML software.

  • Regulatory Understanding: Good understanding of the SRA Accountancy Rules and AML/CFT requirements.


Key Attributes:

  • Professional Experience: Prior experience in legal cashiering or accounting in a solicitors' office, estate agents, or similar professional environment.

  • Organized & Detail-Oriented: Effective prioritization and time management.

  • Communication Skills: Professional interaction with clients and team members.


What We Offer:

  • Job Types: Full-time, Permenant, with flexibility options.

  • Salary Range: £24,000 to £30,000 (based on full-time hours, 36.25 per week), with yearly bonus potential.

  • Benefits: Flexitime, paid overtime, holiday entitlement, and additional time off over Christmas and New Year.


If you have the experience and skills for this varied role, we’d love to hear from you!


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Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent

Pay: £16,500.00-£30,000.00 per year

Expected hours: 25 – 36.25 per week


Additional pay:

  • Yearly bonus


Benefits:

  • Company events

  • Company pension

  • Employee discount

  • Transport links


Schedule:

  • Flexitime

  • Monday to Friday

  • No weekends


Ability to commute/relocate:

  • Redruth: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)


Experience:

  • Accounting: 1 year (required)


Work authorisation:

  • United Kingdom (required)


Work Location: 

  • In-person - Redruth Office


Reference ID: Senior Legal Cashier

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