Ward Hadaway
Legal Cashier
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Join our busy Newcastle Finance team as a Legal Cashier!
If you would like to play a vital role in a fast-paced, high-impact finance environment, then our Finance team could be for you. We have a newly created role for a motivated Legal Cashier to join us and make a real difference. Reporting to the Accounts Manager, you'll assist with the finance and accounting functions of the department, while ensuring compliance with Solicitors' Accounts Rules.
What will I be doing?
- Daily maintenance of client and office ledgers, and related records.
- Cash allocations and online electronic payments (BACS, Faster Payments, Chaps, and Cheques).
- Debiting online electronic payments to the finance system.
- Responsible for client balances and taking card payments from clients.
- Assisting with queries received both internally and externally.
You'll have
- Good knowledge of Solicitors' Accounts Rules.
- Ability to work quickly and accurately, balancing and prioritising workload.
- Attention to detail.
- Excellent communication and organisational skills.
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About us
We're proud to be an independent, full-service law firm providing exceptional legal expertise to businesses, the built environment, healthcare, the public and third sectors, and private individuals. With several office locations around the UK, we're one of the UK's Top 100 law firms. When you join us, you’ll be part of a team of over 500 passionate and talented individuals who take pride in offering an exciting and supportive environment allowing you to thrive.
We're passionate about promoting wellbeing and equality, diversity and inclusion, with dedicated committees to support ongoing efforts. We recognise that a healthy and thriving firm filled with individuality and differences strengthen our teams, our clients, and our communities.
What we can offer you
We’re committed to being a firm focused on support, development, wellbeing, and inclusion and we’re always striving to improve. Our commitment to this has been recognised by our achievement of our Gold Investors in People award and by our Hive HR Employee Voice certification.
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Our core benefits include:
- An enhanced pension scheme with employer matched contributions of up to 6%.
- 25 days annual leave + bank holidays (increasing to 28 days with length of service). There is also the option to purchase up to 5 additional days.
- Life assurance cover of 4 times basic salary, with the option to purchase additional cover.
- A range of health and well-being benefits.
- Hybrid working with a minimum requirement of 3 days per week working from the Newcastle office.
- A flexible benefits programme where you can purchase a wide range of additional benefits.
If you would like to request further information or to discuss the role, please contact people@wardhadaway.com quoting vacancy reference NTX1236216.
If you require any adjustments to be made to our recruitment process, please request a call back via the above email address.
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