Purchase Ledger Cashier / Office Cashier

• Job type: Part-time - minimum 17.5 hours - 12 month fixed term contract
• Salary: Competitive
• Seniority: 5 years+ working in an Accounts department
• Department: Accounts
• Office: Loughton

Are you looking to advance your career whilst enjoying a healthy work/life balance? Do you want to join a firm that is as interested in your career progression as you are? Are you searching for a fulfilling role where what you get out is considered just as important as what you put in? And where the only ceiling is your ambition?

Then Attwaters Solicitors could be the firm for you. Come and find out what makes us one of the Sunday Times Best Places to work in 2024 and 2025 (Top 10 for medium organisations in the UK)

With five offices spanning Hertfordshire, Essex and London, Attwaters Solicitors is a respected regional law firm with origins dating back well over a century. Our vision is to be the ‘go to’ private wealth legal practice in our region, through our commitment to excellent client care, integrity, teamwork, innovation, quality and respect.

In order to achieve our vision, we need people who are committed to excellence. We are experts at what we do and we’re looking for people with the ambition, dedication and work ethic required to become leaders in their field.

But we also know that our people have a right to expect excellence from us. That’s why we are dedicated to providing our staff with a nurturing environment, a structured career path that offers clear opportunities for progression, and all the support they need to thrive.

The role:

Candidates should have at least 5 years in an Accounts department (preferably within a Law Firm) dealing with Purchase Ledger and Office cashiering. Experience of both would be advantageous. This is a 12 month fixed term contract - maternity cover

Personal Skills:

• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Outstanding attention to detail with an ability to reconcile complex accounts
• Accurate, efficient, and organised with the ability to prioritise tasks as needed
• Excellent knowledge and experience of Microsoft Office including Excel
• Ability to maintain strong relationships with external clients and internal colleagues
• Professional, confident, and diplomatic when liaising with others
• Team player
• Service orientated
• Friendly, approachable and with good problem-solving skills

Personal Circumstances:

Car owner, as travel to our other offices may be required from time to time.

Outline of role and responsibilities:

To deliver the full range of Purchase Ledger and Office Cashiering duties for our Fee Earners. To provide support to the Financial Director with accounting duties and analysis work.

Duties include but are not limited to:

Accounts Payable

• Post all supplier invoices to the ledger on our accounting software, ensuring they are matched to purchase orders, where applicable, and coded to the correct nominal ledger code and supplier account.
• Produce the weekly payment run ensuring all payments are made on the due dates and for the correct amounts. Update and allocate all the payments to the ledger in a timely manner.
• Timely identification and resolution of queries involving liaison by phone or written communication with internal staff and external suppliers.
• Create new supplier accounts ensuring all relevant information is entered on the supplier record including the bank details for payment and payment terms.
• Track invoices sent out for authorization ensuring they are returned and posted to the account within a 48-hour turnaround period.
• Assist With Credit Control queries.
• Employees Expenses run

Office Cashier

• Assist Fee Earners/Partners with Client Matter non-payment requests:
  • Interest calculations ad-hoc
  • Time transfers
  • Time write-offs
  • Bill posting
  • Raising Credit Notes
  • Dealing with unallocated cash
• Posting – all ledgers including purchase ledger
• Input Office payment instructions onto the online banking system and sending to authorisers.
• Retrieve information from online banking system and post nominal matters
• Interbank Transfers
• Ad-hoc reporting as required, assistance with SAR and Financial statements audit.

In addition to the duties and responsibilities listed the job holder is required to perform other duties from time to time.  Such other duties must be reasonable in relation to the jobholders’ skills, abilities, and status.

What we expect from you:

• You’re dedicated to providing excellent client service in line with our Service Pledge.
• You’re somebody who takes pride in their work and of whom we can be proud.
• You’re interested in promoting the firm’s good name both internally and externally.
• You’re a team player who will always go the extra mile.
• You have a positive attitude and always look to lift spirits, not lower them.
• You show good judgement and maturity.
• You’re risk-aware – you know what you don’t know.
• You’re a hard worker with a ‘can-do’ attitude.

What you can expect from us:

• A structured career path that provides all the information you need to develop and progress.
• A supportive and nurturing working environment with monthly one-to-ones, department meetings and a six-monthly appraisal scheme.
• Flexible and hybrid working.
• Firm-wide and fee-earner bonus schemes.
• Holiday entitlement of 25 days per year, rising by one day per year of service to a maximum of 30 days.
• Automatic enrolment to our contributory corporate pension scheme (salary sacrifice).
• Automatic enrolment to our Employee Assistance Programme, which helps staff members experiencing personal problems that might adversely impact their work performance, health and wellbeing.
• Enrolment to our Healthcare Cash Plan after the probationary period. Cover includes dependant children and may be extended to partners or spouses at the employee’s expense.
• Access to Mintago, a comprehensive employee financial wellbeing platform.
• Each office has its own designated Social and Wellbeing champion, who is there to help promote good mental and physical health with a range of initiatives including social walks, book clubs, charitable activities and out-of-hours get-togethers and events.
• Annual staff events including summer and Christmas events, quarterly office lunches and our annual online Staff Quiz!
• And so much more! Click the button below for our full list of employee benefits.

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