Key Responsibilities
1. Daily download of UK Client and Office bank accounts.
2. Record and identify new client receipts as to which practice area they relate to for passing to the relevant Legal Cashier and keeping a log of the same.
3. Record and identify new office receipts, maintaining a register of receipts and recording of office receipts against Debtors ledger within the firms accounting system, Elite 3E.
4. Reconciliation of suspense accounts ensuring that unidentified receipts are returned promptly.
5. Reconciliation of unplaced receipts ledger.
6. Bank reconciliations as holiday cover.
7. Ad hoc projects for Legal Cashier Team Leader and Client Money & Financial Compliance Manager.
Essential Skills and Experience
8. Strong Excel skills
9. Strong attention to detail
10. Willingness to communicate with senior people internally and externally
11. Posses strong time management skills and the ability to prioritise key tasks
12. Working knowledge of Elite 3E advantageous but not essential as training will be provided
13. Working knowledge of Solicitors Accounts Rules advantageous but not essential as training will be provided
The Firm
Clyde & Co is a leading global law firm, specialising in the sectors that underpin global trade and commercial activity, namely: insurance, transport, construction, energy, trade and commodities. It is globally integrated, offering a comprehensive range of contentious and non-contentious legal services and commercially-minded legal advice to businesses operating across the world. Clyde & Co is committed to operating in a responsible way. This means progressing towards a diverse and inclusive workforce that reflects the diversity of its communities and clients, using its legal skills to support its communities through pro bono work, volunteering and charitable partnerships, and minimising the impact it has on the environment. The firm has 480 partners, 2400 lawyers, 3200 legal professionals and 5000 people overall in over 60 offices and associated offices worldwide.
Business Services Competencies
Clyde & Co is committed to providing extensive, personal and professional development opportunities for our people enabling them to be highly effective in their current role as well as assisting them to fulfil their career aspirations.
The competencies are used to inform all aspects of Business Services career development. They vary across levels and different business areas and fall under the following areas:
14. Technical Excellence
15. People and Team
16. Client/Stakeholder Relationships
17. Service Delivery and Commercial Awareness
18. Personal Effectiveness