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To support the Client Cash team in their duties of providing services to the business relating to all incoming and outgoing payments made from our various client accounts and all associated tasks and responsibilities.
Job Responsibility
Understand the rules of dealing with funds we hold on behalf of a client
Understand which banks each of the accounts is held with and access multiple banking platforms to review incoming and process outgoing payments
Review of daily bank statements and internal notifications to identify funds coming into our client accounts and allocating to the correct client matter
Placing unidentified funds into suspense accounts and carry out various investigations to identify where funds belong
Liaise with our internal Office of the General Counsel regarding unidentified funds which need to be returned
Manage our suspense spreadsheet including investigating any receipts, updating transactions with notes, return payments where appropriate
Liaise with the banking institutions we bank with regarding queries
Monitor and action requests, respond to queries in the various teams mailboxes
Receive, check and process requests for outgoing client payments using our payment portal or cheque printers
Produce a weekly stats report and rota for payment approvers
Review and action daily breaches report (where funds are paid into the wrong account)
Make and receive phone calls to Partners, Fee-earners, secretaries and external callers regarding notifications and queries
Calculate interest on client funds where required
Process transfers of funds between accounts where required
Any other adhoc duties as required
Requirements
Have experience working in a very busy Finance dept
Be able to master and work with multiple IT systems
Be used to dealing with large volume workloads and be able to work to strict deadlines
Display accuracy and attention to detail
An ability to communicate effectively and to build strong working relationships with both team members and internal clients
Ability to respond speedily and accurately to both internal and external customers’ demands in a confident, efficient manner
Be able to use initiative based on knowledge experienced through the work