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Job Title
Legal Cashier
Office Location
London
Department
Finance Department
The London Finance function comprises of approximately 70 staff. The primary departments are Billing, Business Control, Cashiers, Partners Matters, Salaries, Financial Analysis, Financial Systems and Reporting. The department is responsible for handling all financial matters in respect of the London Office and the co-ordination of financial affairs in the international offices.
The Cashiers Team is responsible for the maintenance and reconciliation of the firm's client and office bank accounts, SRA Accounts Rules compliance, processing of incoming bill payments and client account transactions.
Working Hours
35 hours per week, 9:30am to 5:30pm but additional hours may be required. We are happy to consider agile and flexible working patterns. Our approach to hybrid working allows for up to 40% of time working from home and 60% working in the office, please contact a member of the recruitment team to discuss further.
Role Overview
The job holder will be responsible for maintaining transactions in the firm's client cashiering function and ensuring that the proper processes are followed to ensure SRA Accounts Rules & AML compliance.
Key Responsibilities
Specific duties or responsibilities may be reviewed from time to time to reflect changes in personnel and management structure, staff location or services. All members of the firm participate in our Responsible
Business program.
* Prompt recording and allocation of funds received into the firms clients general account and client deposit accounts.
* Processing payments from the firms clients general accounts and client deposit accounts using online banking platforms and recording these payments on 3E.
* Preparing interest calculations for monies held in the firms clients general account.
* Assisting lawyers & PAs with the prompt return of client monies to ensure compliance with rule 2.5 of the SRA Accounts Rules.
* Preparation of bank reconciliations for the firms office/business accounts.
* Providing cover for the office cashier.
Skills & Experience
Qualifications & Training
* Education to an A-Level standard or equivalent, minimum requirement GCSE standard depending on career experience.
* Several years legal cashiering experience.
General Attributes
* Builds and maintains effective working relationships with colleagues, clients and others at work.
* Works effectively as part of a team.
* Enthusiastic, works well under pressure, adapts to change and is willing to improve.
* Demonstrates an interest and understanding of the area in which they are working, uses initiative and applies sound judgement and identifies opportunities for improvement in working practices.
Equal Opportunities Employment & Agile Working Statement
It is the policy of Hogan Lovells to provide equal opportunities for all employees in relation to recruitment, training and promotion. Decisions in these areas will be made only by reference to the requirements of the job and shall not be influenced by any consideration of racial or ethnic origin, religion, sex, gender and gender identity, age, sexual orientation, marital and civil partnership status, pregnancy or disability.
Our goal is to embed flexibility across our business by giving everyone the opportunity to work in an agile way, whether as a regular pattern or on an ad hoc basis, and we will be happy to discuss this further.