Accounts Payable - Law firm
Posted 23/08/2024 by Conex Europe
Accounts Payable - Global Law firm - London, City - 1 Year FTC
3 days Office 2 days WFH
35-40k + Excellent Benefits - Immediate requirement
The successful applicant will provide an effective and efficient Accounts Payable disbursement function within the Finance Department.
Key Responsibilities
● Ensure all office, disbursement and professional fee invoices are properly approved and processed in the Elite system.
● Prepare daily payment runs on the firm's on-line banking platform, including international payments.
● Pay disbursements in accordance with SRA regulations.
● Make urgent ad hoc payments as necessary.
● Process remittance advices on a timely basis.
● Reconcile to payment beneficiaries, and resolve supplier statements on a regular basis, identifying discrepancies.
● Undertake regular reviews of all unpaid and unbilled items, and use initiative to clear down such items.
● Deal with third party / payment queries.
● Disbursement transfers and reversals.
● Post payments onto Elite 3E.
● Undertake any other ad hoc duties as may be required.
Key Skills & Experience Required
- A minimum of two years' legal accounts experience.
- Experience with legal disbursements – counsel, experts' fees, etc. an advantage.
- Good knowledge of SRA Accounts Rules.
- Broad understanding of UK VAT legislation and its application to purchase ledger and cash book transactions.
- Experience in an international environment and on-line international payments advantageous.
- Computer literate, with good knowledge of MS Office.
- Type:
- Permanent
- Start Date:
- ASAP
- Contract Length:
- N/A
- Contact Name:
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- Job Reference:
- Accounts Payable
- Job ID:
- 222072098
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