Legal Cashier - Edinburgh - #1779226

A fantastic opening for an experienced Legal Account Cashier to assist with the day-to-day functioning of the office cashiers’ team in Edinburgh.

About Us

CMS is a Future Facing firm with more than 80 offices in over 45 countries and 5,800+ lawyers worldwide. We combine deep local market understanding with a global perspective. We are passionate about building strong relationships with our clients, our people, and the communities we work in.

We take a bold, dynamic, and agile approach to ensure our clients are able to face the future with confidence. We are driven by emerging technologies such as generative AI and readily embrace the possibilities it opens up for developing new and better ways of working. Our aim is to inspire, impact and support our clients and our people, helping them to maximize their potential and thrive.

About The Role

Our Legal Account Cashiers service covers all of our UK offices and some international offices too. An individual who likes to be challenged, kept busy and thrives on no two days being the same would flourish in this role!

In this role, you can expect to get involved in a variety of work including:

• Accessing, monitoring and using various electronic banking systems
• Capturing details of receipts into bank accounts, investigating and allocating
• Posting bank receipts on to our systems to the relevant client file/invoice/location
• Monitoring the central mailbox for requests and queries
• Assisting with bank reconciliations
• Obtaining credit card payments
• Dealing with client funds in accordance with the SRA Rules
• Assisting with auditor queries
• Processing of transfers between client accounts and business accounts
• Ad hoc duties such as document management and retention
  
  
  

About You

We will invest in your ongoing training and development to support your professional goals and help you to thrive in your role from day one. Our opportunities are open to all suitably qualified applicants, so to be considered for this role, you must be able to demonstrate persistence and commitment to completing tasks and objectives while checking that the information is accurate and complete.

You will be working in a busy but supportive team environment, continuously communicating with other team members on daily ongoing transactions. Knowing when to seek guidance or further input from others before taking action will be important.

An ideal candidate will have:

• Good knowledge of legal accounting system (preferably Elite 3E) and strong Excel skills
• Good knowledge of internet banking portals
• Good numerical and communication skills
• Ability to deal with high volume of transactions
• Ability to work to strict deadlines under occasional pressure
• Ability to deliver work to a high standard
• Flexible mindset to changes in the working environment and approach
• An interest in continuous process improvement
  
  
  

What’s in it for you?

We want to reward you today and help you plan for tomorrow. We appreciate that everyone is different, therefore we have designed a benefits system that offers choice and flexibility based on individual needs and lifestyles. To name a few, these include:

• Competitive basic salary (reviewed annually)
• Flexible, hybrid working policy
• Generous bonus scheme
• Up to 25 days holiday (rising to 28 days with service)
• Holiday exchange scheme
• Private medical insurance
• Enhanced parental leave
  
  
  

If you would like to read more information regarding our range of benefits, please visit our Rewards & Benefits page on our website.

Equal opportunities

At CMS, we place diversity and inclusion at the centre of our culture and the heart of our organisation. As a firm we recognise, celebrate, and embrace the diverse talent our society has to offer because we know that to solve big problems, we need the best and brightest minds available to us. In support of this goal, we commit to actively breaking down barriers which stand in the way of those from diverse backgrounds and play our part in levelling the playing field.

As a Future Facing Firm, we strongly believe that a career in law should be open to people from all walks of life, because not only does diversity of thought and experience make our firm a stronger and more sustainable business, but it also makes it a more rewarding place to work.

When recruiting, we prioritise attracting talented people and we actively promote a flexible working environment which enables all our team members to thrive. If you see a role you are interested in, but don’t feel you meet 100% of the criteria we encourage you to still consider making an application. We also welcome applications from those who may be looking to return to the workforce after a career break.

We are proud to say our leadership in creating an inclusive working culture has been celebrated and recognised externally, including being listed for a number of years in the Times Top 50 Employers for Women and the Social Mobility Index.

We are a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer, and we actively encourage applications from people with disabilities, whether visible or invisible. We are committed to promoting equality of opportunity throughout our recruitment process and in every element of the employee life cycle. If you require assistance, or if you would like to discuss any accessibility requirements or adjustments as part of the recruitment process, please contact a member of the Talent Acquisition team at [email protected] who will be happy to support you.

Ready to apply? Here are the next steps.

We look forward to receiving your application online via the CMS careers site . Please contact our Talent Acquisition team if you have any questions.

Please note that we have a preferred agency panel in place. Only applications submitted via the portal at the point of instruction will be accepted.