Legal Cashier - Maternity Cover FTC (up to 12 months)

The role

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Legal Cashier to join our Finance team on a fixed-term contract to cover maternity leave (up to 12 months).

Reporting to the Head Cashier, you will support both the Client and Office Account functions, helping to ensure the accurate and compliant processing of financial transactions across the firm. Working as part of a collaborative cashiering team, you will play an important role in supporting colleagues across the business while maintaining the highest standards of accuracy, service and regulatory compliance.

This is a varied role that will provide exposure to a broad range of legal cashiering activities. The successful individual will be comfortable working in a busy environment, managing multiple priorities and building strong working relationships with both Finance colleagues and internal stakeholders. The cashiering team supports a wide range of requests and activities, offering the opportunity to contribute across multiple areas of the function and provide support to colleagues during periods of absence or increased workload.

Role responsibility

• Processing Client to Office Bill Payments.
• Processing Client to Client Journals.
• Processing Supplier CSV and Invoice loads.
• Chasing internal allocation of rechargeable disbursements.
• Releasing online payments through banking platforms.
• Processing Supplier Refunds and Office Credits.
• Processing Bill Payment Reversals.
• Dealing with queries from fee earners and support staff.
• Liaising with banking providers and maintaining banking relationships.
• Filing and archiving documentation.
• Monitoring online banking facilities for receipts and payments.
• Raising Client Account Cheque Payments.
• Processing Client Account Cheque Receipts.
• Processing Bank to Bank Transfers and Journals.
• Administration of Designated Deposits.
• Processing CHAPS payments through online banking platforms.
• Reconciling bank statements against Elite cashbook entries.
• Raising Office Account Cheque Payments.
• Processing Office Account Cheque Receipts.
• Entering Supplier Invoices into Elite and reconciling supplier statements.
• Entering Counsel Fee Notes, Expert and Agent invoices into Elite and reconciling statements.
• Processing weekly Purchase Ledger BACS payment runs.
• Posting nominal journals.
• Providing cross-cover across the cashiering team as required.
• Supporting compliance with the Solicitors Accounts Rules and internal financial controls.

About you

Ideally, you will be able to demonstrate:

• Experience working within a Legal Cashier role in a law firm.
• Experience supporting Client Account, Office Account, or both functions.
• Knowledge of the Solicitors Accounts Rules (SARs).
• Knowledge of Elite Enterprise or Elite 3E.
• Excellent attention to detail and a high degree of accuracy.
• Knowledge of VAT regulations.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook.
• Awareness of Anti-Money Laundering (AML) regulations and their impact on legal cashiering activities.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to prioritise workloads and meet deadlines.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks within a busy team environment.
• Strong communication skills, both verbally and in writing.
• Ability to build effective working relationships with colleagues across the firm.
• A collaborative and flexible approach, with a willingness to support colleagues where required.
• A proactive mindset and willingness to take on new responsibilities and learn new processes.
• A positive and professional attitude with a commitment to delivering a high-quality service.

At Howard Kennedy we believe that everyone deserves the space to thrive. We’re committed to creating an inclusive recruitment experience that reflects the diversity of both our people and our clients.

We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds and identities, and we’re committed to ensuring that our recruitment process is fair, transparent, and accessible to all.

We understand that every candidate’s needs are different If there’s anything we can do to make your application journey more comfortable— whether for interviews, assessments, or onboarding—please let us know. We’ll work with you to remove any barriers and ensure our recruitment process is comfortable for you. 

Contact our recruitment team at recruitment@howardkennedy.com to discuss any support you might need.

Agency Introductions

Please note that we are not accepting applications via agencies for this role at this time. Before sharing any named candidate CVs, please contact your recruitment representative. If any named CVs are sent from agencies without approval from our recruitment team, they will not be deemed valid introductions, and no agency fee will be paid.

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• 25 days annual holiday
• Permanent Health Insurance
• Life Assurance
• Interest free Season Ticket Loan
• Private Healthcare
• Pension Scheme
• Staff Introductory Scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme

About us

With almost 200 lawyers in one location, we ensure our clients have the right team to help them get from where they are to where they want to be. We advise major corporates and institutions as well as entrepreneurial, ambitious enterprises which are often privately or family owned, or private equity backed. As well as our significant business law capability, we are one of only a few London-based law firms with a large private wealth offering. Our clients find our straightforward approach a compelling alternative to larger, less personal firms.

Whether you are an ambitious and talented individual wanting to hit the ground running from day one, or an established professional looking for a new opportunity, Howard Kennedy is the firm where you can really make it happen.

We have earned a strong reputation for our exceptional and uniquely talented people who between them deliver outstanding results for clients. In a firm of our size, our strong team dynamic creates a thriving culture of creativity and entrepreneurialism. Howard Kennedy is a pragmatic and non-hierarchical environment where success is shared, and you are proactively encouraged to thrive at your own pace.

Our distinctive culture is built on fairness and respect. Guided by the firm’s values of talk straight, think smart and be yourself, everyone in the firm holds equal value, and everyone plays their role in supporting, encouraging and inspiring colleagues to do their best work.

At the same time, we recognise and reward individualism, celebrating the diversity of our people and supporting them to grow their practice and drive their own career advancement.

As well as client work, there is opportunity to broaden your horizons at the firm with fulfilling pro bono and charity projects. We have a regular social calendar full of wellbeing activities, charitable and social events too.