Role title – Legal Cashier
Salary – tbc on application
Benefits – The Blackstone benefit scheme including the employee bonus scheme
About Us and the role:
The award-winning team at Blackstone solicitors are looking for individuals driven by wanting to make a difference for our clients, our employees, and our community. We are looking to recruit energetic, enthusiastic, and ambitious individuals who gain satisfaction by finding the best possible legal solutions for people.
The role of Legal Cashier will play key part in developing and maintaining the operational infrastructure required to grow the business. They will need to work with their financial colleagues supporting all departments and members of staff providing them with accurate and efficient financial support services, ensuring compliance with the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) Accounts Rules and other relevant regulations. The role is critical for safeguarding client funds and maintaining the integrity of the firm’s financial systems.
The Legal Cashier role is a key member of the operational support team who will assist in the delivery of our vision, and our desired growth along with contributing to the overall happiness of our internal customers and the support team itself. They will need to be self-motivated, driven, lead from the front and be a good communicator.
They will work alongside the other Legal Cashier’s, MD, Commercial Director and Heads of Departments creating an environment and process that delivers outstanding service to our internal customers and our partners. They will report directly into and have the support and engagement of the Commercial Director to become the best possible version of themselves and to influence and help create the best environment around us.
We both applaud and look for individuals wanting to get involved in how we get better in doing everything we do and continuously improve and grow ourselves as a team and as individuals.
Job Description – Legal Cashier
Technical skills
Client & Office Account Management
- Assist in the posting of transactions to clients and office ledgers accurately and promptly.
- Assist in the processing of payments, and cheque requests.
- Handle client-to-office and client-to-client transfers in line with SRA rules.
Banking & Reconciliation
- Perform daily bank reconciliations for client and office accounts.
- Manage petty cash and residual client balances.
Compliance
- Ensure adherence to SRA Accounts Rules, VAT regulations, and anti-money laundering requirements.
- Report any breaches or irregularities to the MD.
Billing & Payments
- Print and process client and office cheques.
- Prepare and process weekly payment runs.
Administrative Duties
- Assist in maintaining accurate records and ledgers through ALB.
- Respond to ledger queries and assist with write-offs.
- Support month-end processes, VAT returns, and partner drawings.
Team Support
- Provide cover for colleagues during absences.
- Contribute to team meetings and suggest process improvements.
Operational knowledge
- Understands appropriate support and admin activities.
- Accurately follows and executes relevant support and admin processes.
- Maintains awareness of internal policies.
- Utilises competently the relevant software and programmes to complete support role.
Risk and Compliance
- Understands and follows firm policies, SRA and FCA regulations, and confidentiality protocols.
- Flags potential issues.
Customer Orientation
- Demonstrates professionalism and responsiveness in client interactions including internal customers, referrers, colleagues and 3rd party partners.
- Builds trust through reliable service.
Commercial & Sector Awareness
- Understands basic commercial drivers and client industries.
- Understand the commercial drivers and support needs of internal customers.
- Applies this to legal advice/practice or your internal support service delivery.
- Understands financial markets, products and economic trends.
Communications & Influence
- Communicates clearly in writing and verbally.
- Adapts tone for different audiences.
- Builds trust with internal and external stakeholders.
Legal Tech & Digital Tools
- Uses case management systems, document automation, and legal research tools or other relevant tools for support effectively.
- Uses legal or other relevant business technology tools in line with GDPR, data protection and cyber risk awareness.
The Blackstone employee benefits scheme:
Health and Wellbeing benefits
- Employee bonus scheme providing up to an additional 10% of your salary annually (T&Cs apply)
- A healthcare package which provides 24/7 access to a GP, £100 towards Dental treatment, £100 towards glasses and £250 towards physio per annum.
- Annual eye tests.
- Annual hearing tests.
- Death in service – An insurance policy that pays 4x your salary to next of kin or anyone else you choose.
- Company Pension Pet insurance – cats and dogs (no horses and subject to conditions)
- Counselling service.
- Massages in the office once a month (15 mins per person).
- Pure Gym membership.
- 5 days sick leave (maximum 2 occasions per year).
- Annual flu jab.
- Birthday off work.
Social benefits
- Netflix
- Spotify
- Amazon Prime
- Apple news +. This gives you online access to a whole range of newspapers and magazines.
- Free conveyancing.
If you are interested in this role, please click apply now and forward an up to date copy of your CV, or contact our HR Manager Donna Goodier on 0161 929 0121 or via her email address: donna@blackstonesolicitorsltd.co.uk
