Full time permanent Legal Cashier in Taunton Your new company A successful law firm in Taunton are looking for a full time permanent Legal Cashier. Hours of work are Monday - Friday 35 hours per week. Your new role An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Legal Cashier to assist the accounting team in our superb Taunton branch. The main aspects of the role will be to support the Accounting Manager with all aspects of the daily cashier duties for our client and office accounts. You're also to ensure full compliance with industry regulations. This is a key position responsible for ensuring full compliance with Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) Accounts Rules and maintaining accurate financial records for the firm. processing client transactions, including chasing overdue payments processing transactions, including money received by the organisation and payments out, by various financial mechanisms, including bank transfers ensuring the organisation's bank accounts and books match up by performing bank reconciliations invoicing clients for services rendered and chasing overdue payments owed checking bookkeeping for errors maintaining office and client ledgers reporting any suspected account breaches or unauthorised activities via the appropriate channels monitoring the operations of the finance team to ensure compliance with relevant regulations running daily reports on the status of client payments and producing monthly reports on the firm's accounts, supporting the month-end and year-end financial processes submitting quarterly and year-end VAT returns for the organisation through the government's online portal Liaising with fee earners and support staff regarding financial matters liaising with relevant external parties, including clients, auditors, suppliers, banking providers, regulatory bodies and compliance officers possibly handling other non-finance administrative duties including administrative tasks. What you'll need to succeed The ideal candidate will have a genuine enthusiasm for and interest in the legal sector and accounting work. Previous experience as a Legal Cashier is essential as this will be a hands-on role from the start. You're a good fit for our team if you have: well-developed interpersonal skills and confidence in interacting with people at all levels of the organisation excellent written and verbal communication skills the ability to work well in a team environment strong attention to detail Previous experience as a Legal Cashier within a law firm (essential) Strong knowledge of SRA Accounts Rules Excellent attention to detail and accuracy in financial data entry Familiarity with legal accounting software Strong communication and organisational skills Ability to handle confidential information professionally What you'll get in return Excellent rate of payAnnual leave Pension contribution Lots sof other company benefits What you need to do now If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now. If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career. 4693695