Cash & Accounts Payable Specialist

London | US Law Firm | Hybrid Working

About the Role

A leading US law firm is seeking a highly organised and detail-driven Cash & Accounts Payable Specialist to join its London Finance team. Reporting to the International Controller, this role offers broad exposure across cash management, client account compliance, AP processing and financial operations across the firms international offices.

Key Responsibilities

Cash & Client Account Responsibilities

• Invoice coding – Reviewing coding and input of vendor invoices to ensure accuracy, completeness and compliance
• Payment preparation – Preparing electronic payment files and reviewing for accuracy
• Cash posting – Identifying and posting cash receipts to invoices and client ledgers for London, Paris and Hong Kong
• Client account compliance – Ensuring client account receipts and payments comply with Firm policy, AML requirements and SRA Accounts Rules
• Interest payments – Calculating and paying client interest in accordance with firm policy
• Balance reporting – Preparing monthly client account balance reports for Partners and annual balances for Clients
• Project support – Assisting with ad hoc finance projects as required

Accounts Payable Responsibilities

• AR & cost write-offs – Collaborating with Client Operations on accounts receivable and cost write-offs
• Client AP liaison – Interfacing with client AP departments professionally and in line with firm service standards
• Query resolution – Answering accounting and financial queries through research and interpretation of data
• Data integrity – Maintaining confidential data, enforcing internal controls and ensuring compliance with SRA rules and firm policies

Requirements

• AP or cashiering experience – Accounts Payable transactional experience or legal cashiering experience within a law firm environment
• Education – Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance, or equivalent experience
• Systems knowledge – Experience with Aderant and/or Chrome River Invoice is advantageous
• Technical skills – Intermediate Excel skills and strong Microsoft Office proficiency
• Interpersonal skills – Excellent interpersonal and client-service skills

Due to the high volume of applications, we are not able to respond to all enquiries. If you have not received a response within 72 hours, please assume you have not been shortlisted at this stage, however thank you for taking the time to apply.

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