Assistant Legal Cashier

Lewis Silkin is a UK top-100 commercial law firm with offices in London, Oxford, Cardiff and Hong Kong. The firm is recognised by clients and industries alike as being distinct: for its deep understanding, insight and advice to creative, innovative and brand-focused businesses; for its market-leading international practice in employment, immigration and reward; and for delivering pragmatic, commercial advice in a refreshingly human way.

With 59 partners and more than 300 staff, the firm is structured around two key divisions.

In employment, immigration and reward, it is consistently top-ranked, and was named HR Law Firm of the Year 2015 by the Legal 500. With over 100 lawyers, Lewis Silkin’s employment and immigration team offers an unrivalled service supporting clients, including many of the world’s leading businesses, on their HR, employment and immigration law needs domestically and internationally. 

The creators, makers and innovators team is made up of leading advisers for creative, innovative and brand-focused businesses, offering a deep understanding of the industry sectors in which clients operate combined with real expertise across a wide range of legal services. From start-ups to multinationals, the firm’s comprehensive and commercially focused advice helps clients succeed in an increasingly complex and converged international marketplace.

The Finance department is made up of a central management team, Cashiers and Working Capital Controllers.

The Cashiers team, led by the Finance Operations Manager, is a team of four working closely with the fee-earning departments to ensure all aspects of client and office accounts are carried out effectively.

The main areas of responsibilities are:

• Preparing and production of client and office cheques;

• Banking client and office account cheques;

• Posting and checking recharges including Precision Pay (Barclaycard), HMCTS, Search-flow etc…

• Checking and posting foreign payments and receipts from our Ireland office;

• Scanning invoices to our Foreign Exchange company and loading Biztalk files;

• Filing;

• Stamping in internal post and taking and delivering cheques and transfers to Partners for signing;

• Foreign Invoices and statements – checking the system to ensure they are on our Finance system;

• Write off disbursements;

• Petty cash postings and reconciliation for all offices including Ireland and Hong Kong;

• File closures.

Activities may include

• Initiating BACS and CHAPS payments;

• Bank account reconciliations, office and client receipts, posting transfers between client and office bank accounts;

• Reconcile and post counsel and expert fees;

• Client interest calculation and posting to the file as necessary.

Experience and Skills Required – Essential

• Legal Cashiering experience;

• Team player;

• A strong eye for detail;

• An in-depth working knowledge of the Solicitors’ Accounts Rules;

• Knowledge of Excel.

Experience and Skills Required – Preferable

• Knowledge of Elite 3E.                                                                                       

Lewis Silkin is an equal opportunities employer.