Our client, a well-established multi-practice legal firm, is seeking a Legal Cashier / Operations Manager to join their team on either a full-time or part-time basis. This flexible opportunity is available at their Carlisle office.
Reporting directly to the Finance Manager, the full-time role will cover a broad range of responsibilities including legal cashiering, compliance, and operational management. The part-time position will focus primarily on legal cashier duties and compliance support.
This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced professional to join a respected legal practice with a strong regional presence.
If you're organised, detail-oriented, and experienced in legal finance or operations, wed like to hear from you.
Assignment Details
Providing support for the Financial Manager to include:
Financial
* Posting to computerised accounting syste
* Issuing cheques and processing electronic payments
* Providing general support to the Financial Manager as required and providing holiday and back up support
Compliance
* Maintaining file review records
* Ensuring compliance with mandatory training requirements
* Assisting the Directors with dealing with Compliance
* Assisting the Directors with Firm Wide Risk Assessments
* Money Laundering Reporting Officer (MLRO)
* SRO Lexcel
General
* HR work - Maintaining staff records, holiday requests, inductions etc
* Operations - maintaining firms policies and procedures, monitoring sources of work, archiving
* Marketing - Assisting the marketing committee with advertising, production of materials and website updates
* Premises - organising reparis and renewals, insurance, servicing, IT planning
* Health and safety - Ensuring the firms policy is up to date and followed
Skills Required
Essential knowledge and experience
* Excellent people and communication skills
* Excellent administration and organisational skills
* Excellent IT skills
* Positive, adaptable and flexible. Able to act on own initiative.
* Reliable, committed and supportive of other team members.
* Own transport and clean driving licence
* Clean CRB record
Desirable Knowledge and experience
* Knowledge/experience of solicitors accounting systems
* Knowledge/experience of solicitors compliance and regulatory issues
* HR experience
* Office management and budget control experience
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