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Accounts Payable Specialist

Career Legal
Posted 23 days ago, valid for 18 days
Location

London, Greater London EC1R 0WX

Salary

£24,000 - £28,800 per annum

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Contract type

Full Time

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Sonic Summary

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  • Our client, a dynamic US law firm with over 35 offices worldwide, is seeking to hire an Accounts Payable Specialist.
  • The ideal candidate should possess a good understanding of Solicitor Accounts Rules and have a background in Accounts Payable.
  • Key responsibilities include managing invoices, posting client disbursements, and maintaining a clean Payables ledger, with a focus on timely processing.
  • Candidates should have basic knowledge of SRA rules and good Excel skills, while Aderant knowledge is preferred but not essential.
  • The position offers a competitive salary, and candidates are expected to have relevant experience in the field.

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 good understanding of Solicitor Accounts Rules and ideally have an Accounts Payable background.

Responsibilities

  • 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.
  • To include weekly ad hoc payment preparation and accurately record settlement of invoices in Aderant ensuring a clean Payables ledger.
  • 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.
  • Petty cash and any incidental bank tasks such as cheque lodgements.
  • Understanding of client account and transactions involved to assist at busy times.
  • Assist with office account transactions including bill receipts and direct debits
  • Assist in the preparation of internal and external audit selections and internal collection drives

Candidate Profile

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

Important Notice

It is Career Legal’s policy, as a matter of courtesy, to respond to all applications within three working days. However, because of the volume of applications, we are sometimes unable to respond to individual candidates. If we have not contacted, you within three working days your application has been unsuccessful, and your details have not been retained. Please apply for any other position that you may see in the future. Thank you.

Career Legal is a Recruitment Agency and is advertising this vacancy on behalf of one of its Clients.

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In order to submit this application, a Reed account will be created for you. As such, in addition to applying for this job, you will be signed up to all Reed’s services as part of the process. By submitting this application, you agree to Reed’s Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to Reed and processed by them in accordance with their Privacy Policy.