Job description
Keen to become part of a truly global, collaborative team of professionals? Your journey begins here. Job Title Legal Cashier 12 month FTC Department Finance Office Location Birmingham Reports To Cashiers Manager 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 are piloting a hybrid working approach, please contact a member of the recruitment team to discuss further. Firm Description Hogan Lovells is one of the leading global law firms. Our distinctive market position is founded on our exceptional breadth of our practice, on deep industry knowledge, and on our 'one team' global approach. Formed through the combination of two top international law firms, Hogan Lovells has over 40 offices in the Americas, Asia-Pacific, Europe, the Middle East and Africa. With a presence in the world's major financial and commercial markets, we are well placed to provide excellent business-oriented advice to our clients locally and internationally. Our people are the key to our success, which is why we seek to recruit and retain the most talented individuals in all regions of our global practice. In the UK Hogan Lovells has offices in Birmingham and London. The Birmingham office opened in 2015 and has a number of practice areas including Corporate/Commercial, Disputes, Finance and Real Estate, as well as our Legal Delivery Centre and Business teams. The office has recently trebled in size and moved into a new fitted out space in the Colmore Building. Department Description 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. Role Overview The job holder will be responsible for maintaining transactions in the firm's client and office account cashiering function and ensuring that the proper processes are followed to ensure SRA Accounts Rules & AML compliance. Key Responsibilities/ Accountabilities The main duties of the position are:
• Prompt recording and allocation of bill receipts received from the firm's clients.
• Prompt identification of client money received into the office account and liaising with partners to ensure that the necessary steps are carried out to ensure compliance with SRA Accounts Rules.
• Providing cover for client account receipts, payments, transfers and interest calculations
• Dealing with queries relating to client account transactions and balances

Person Specification Qualifications and Training
• Several years legal cashiering experience.
• Education to an A-Level standard or equivalent, minimum requirement GCSE standard depending on career 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.

Agile Working Statement 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. Equal Opportunities Employment 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, *** , gender and gender identity, age, ****** orientation, marital and civil partnership status, pregnancy or disability.