Legal Cashiering Assistant

Kennedys is looking for a Legal Cashiering Assistant to join our Financial Operations team based in Chelmsford, on a 12 month fixed term contract. The successful Legal Cashiering Assistant will contribute to the effectiveness of the Finance department by providing a comprehensive and efficient service to internal and external clients in order that the business objectives of the firm and the department are achieved.

Team

Kennedys Finance team support the firm globally producing timely and accurate financial and management information, reporting solutions and operational support to maintain the high standard of service offered to the firm's internal and external clients.

Our Finance team is made up of Financial Control, Financial Planning and Reporting, Management Accountants, Credit Control, Legal Cashiers and Billers and Financial Operations Database teams.

Our UK Finance team is based in Chelmsford and London and have a presence in eight global offices.

Key responsibilities

• Support UK (including Scotland and Northern Ireland) and Irish offices, ensuring compliance with firm's policy and SRS or jurisdictional Law Society accounts rules and regulations at all times
• Accurate and timely process of day to day transactions through firm's office and client accounts, including enter/authorise payments on the banking system, post payments/receipts and register disbursement vouchers
• Support various overseas offices including but limited to Bermuda, Denmark & France ensuring compliance with firm's policy and local Bar Association accounts rules and regulations at all times
• Assist with the daily review/allocation of bank statement entries and outstanding unidentified receipts
• Assist with dealing with all internal and external clients in a timely professional, polite and proactive manner.

Required experience

• Flexible and adaptable to deal with changing requirements, able to balance competing priorities
• Excellent attention to detail
• Commitment to delivering a professional service to the highest standards
• Strong IT skills including Excel, Word & Outlook
• Ability to prioritise own workload and achieve deadlines
• Previous experience within a legal finance department (preferred).

Please let us know if you require any additional support or adjustments to be made in order to submit your application to Kennedys.

*where a level of experience is indicated, this is a guideline only and represents the amount of time we would usually expect a candidate to accumulate the requisite level of experience. This does not preclude applications from candidates with more or less experience.