Accounts Payable Specialist

Our client is a dynamic and expanding US law firm with over 35 offices in all the leading business and finance centres in the US, Europe and the Far East.

They are now looking to hire an Accounts Payable Specialist. The successful candidate will have a good understanding of Solicitor Accounts Rules and ideally have an Accounts Payable background.

Responsibilities

1. Managing the firm's invoices, appropriate approvals and accurately posting client disbursements in a timely manner ensuring time deadlines such as month and year ends.
2. To include weekly ad hoc payment preparation and accurately record settlement of invoices in Aderant ensuring a clean Payables ledger.
3. Posting of office disbursements including Land Registry and Searchflow in a timely manner to ensure they are picked up in monthly bills. Managing office disbursement credits.
4. Petty cash and any incidental bank tasks such as cheque lodgements.
5. Understanding of client account and transactions involved to assist at busy times.
6. Assist with office account transactions including bill receipts and direct debits.
7. Assist in the preparation of internal and external audit selections and internal collection drives.

Candidate Profile

1. Basic knowledge and understanding of SRA rules.
2. Good understanding of Excel skills - pivot tables etc.
3. Aderant knowledge preferred but not essential.