Description
This specialist firm of Solicitors based in Central London seeks an experienced Legal Cashier/Office Manager. Reporting to the Managing Partner your duties will include:
- Month-end reporting - unbilled WIP/Billings/Aged Debtors/Payments/Receipts
- Monthly bank reconciliations
- Preparing monthly management reports (existing software is Lexis Nexis Axxia and experience of this is advantageous but not essential)
- Preparing VAT reports to relevant tax authorities and submitting online
- Processing VAT payments
- Inputting of all financial transactions for both office and client a/c in accordance with SAR rules
- Managing the firm's time recording system - checking and inputting all fee earner timesheets
- Producing WIP reports
- Raising manual and computerised cheque payments, checking that there are sufficient funds available before processing.
- Liaising with Partners/fee earners/office administrator regarding placing funds on special interest bearing accounts
- Accounting for interest on deposit accounts and carrying out account closures
- Liaising with the bank on account queries - deposits, cheque queries and transfers
- Carrying out Bacs/Chaps/same day Bacs/inter account transfers via bankline
- Inputting of all office account bills, checking accuracy of bills and that they are paid in accordance with the 14 days rules
- Assisting the office administrator
- Assisting with file closure procedures and ensuring ledgers are zeroed before file closure
- Coding of purchase ledger invoices and processing payments
- Reconciling petty cash and postings
- Updating the partners daily of cash flow position
- Knowledge of how to deal with residual balances
- Knowledge of SARs
- Year end audit