Job Description
Reporting to the Senior Lead Cashier, you will help keep the firm's client and office ledgers accurate: raising invoices, allocating and paying disbursements and answering queries from our legal advisers. You will start with straight forward, well-defined tasks under close supervision and take on more as your confidence grows. Any work involving the movement of client money is always checked by a qualified cashier, and final authorisation of payments stays with the senior team throughout your apprenticeship.Key duties and responsibilities will include:In your first few months, working alongside an experienced cashier:Monitoring the Accounts inbox, answering routine queries and passing on anything more complexProcessing memos on client matters to record disbursements paid via direct debit for billingAnnotating monthly supplier statements and weekly court fee account invoices with the correct allocationsPreparing charity donation requests for approvalKeeping invoice, credit note and supplier records in good orderAs your knowledge builds:Processing invoice requests in line with work in progress (the unbilled time recorded on a case) and the legal adviser's allocation instructionsSetting up new purchase ledger suppliers and verifying their detailsPreparing the weekly payment run for professional disbursements, and supporting the additional runs we make during the week for counsel's fees and similar itemsProducing regular invoices from established templates and providing the supporting paperwork our outsourced cashiering platform, Cash room, needs in order to make paymentMonitoring client disbursements raised on the system and keeping the record of fee notes up to dateLearn and apply the Solicitors Accounts Rules.Later in your apprenticeship:Liaising directly with our legal advisers to resolve billing queries and to request bills so that costs can be taken and disbursements paidProcessing credit notes, invoice reversals and reprints, and transferring costs back to the client accountPreparing client to office transfers and running the daily reports that support themCompany Benefits: Private medical cash plan Life insurance Company pension Enhanced maternity and paternity pay Social activities and sports teams Dog-friendly office days