Senior Legal Cashier

About The Role

We are seeking an ambitious and proactive Senior Legal Cashier, to join our close-knit, friendly, accounts team in Norwich. The Senior Legal Cashier will carry out tasks of a Legal Cashier as well as carrying out the additional tasks and responsibilities expected of a Senior Legal Cashier which are set out below. This role is a full time office based role but we do understand that flexibility is essential for a good work life balance.

Some of the duties will include:

• Supporting any queries the legal cashiers may have in the first instance, escalating these queries to Assistant Accounts Manager/Senior Accounts Manager for support if required.
• Assisting with the management of the client balances monitor to ensure prompt return of residual monies to include dealing with annual letters. Co-ordinating the checks of out-of-date cheques regularly, stopping and re-issuing where required.
• Dealing with all Oxford work, including the USD account and monthly billing reports.
• Monitoring suspense account and clear down as quickly as possible.
• Assisting with keeping in control the clearing down bank reconciliations, including assisting with investigating anomalies.
• Assisting with month end processes.
• Assisting with training of new members of the cashiering team.
• Dealing with specific invoices including Chancel, Orbital Witness, Legalinx, Kyckr, Thirdfort and Companies House.
• Ensuring end of day reports are carried out by the allocated legal cashiers and saved correctly, ensuring these are done on a daily basis if covering a team member absence/holiday. In the event these cannot be saved correctly, this needs to be reported to Assistant Accounts Manager.
• Covering the specific responsibilities carried out by the individual legal cashiers during periods of holiday or absence to ensure all areas of work are kept up to date.
• Undertake any other reasonable duties to support the Senior Accounts Manager, as required.
  
  

A little about you:

• Knowledge of client accounting system including reconciliation to bank accounts
• Desireable to have knowledge of SRA rules and regulations relating to client accounts
• Calm under pressure, team player, flexible and adaptable to changing demands in workload
• Excellent communication skills
• Motivated, pro-active and highly organised, with good attention to detail
• Excellent time management skills
• Friendly, confident, polite, customer service orientated
  
  

About You

About Us

At Howes Percival, we are driven by a commitment to our clients and a passion for achieving their goals. With a rich heritage spanning over 200 years, we have evolved into a leading law firm with a reputation for delivering exceptional results across a wide range of practice areas. Our team comprises highly skilled lawyers who combine deep industry knowledge with innovative thinking to provide strategic advice and tailored solutions to our diverse client base.

As an employer, we value talent, diversity, and collaboration. We foster a supportive and inclusive culture where every team member is empowered to thrive and make a meaningful impact. Joining Howes Percival means being part of a dynamic growing and forward-thinking firm dedicated to excellence in legal practice and client service.

Below are some other reasons that help us in our mission to be a place where people want to work and enjoy working:

• We achieved a three-star ‘World Class’ accreditation in the top 75 “Best Companies” (formerly The Sunday Times Best Companies Awards) and ranked 5 th in the top 75 “UK's Best Large Companies to Work For” category for 2025.
• We have been ranked #1 Best Law Firm to work for in the UK by Best Companies for 2025 and #1 company in the East Midlands region.
• We have been accredited with “Investors in People” since 1996 and were shortlisted for Employer of the Year in 2023.
• Our lawyers come from a variety of backgrounds, many from larger and City firms, some from in-house – we all share the same Howes Percival DNA and all of this rich experience is there for you to learn from.
• We offer a wide range of benefits for all our valued employees including (but not limited to); Perks at Work discounts, profit share scheme and discretionary bonus, 25 days holiday entitlement, one paid ‘charity day’ per year, comprehensive private medical cover, plus a well being calendar with a wide range of regular events.