Our client is an American Law firm with a head office in New York, plus additional offices in the rest of the USA, Europe, Asia, and Latin America. They have been in London for over 25 years. The London office is ideally suited for Liverpool Street station.

They are now looking to hire a Accounts Assistant to provide support to the London accounts function.

Responsibilities

• Chrome River expense and invoice approval
• Monitoring and tracking purchase order allocations in Chrome River
• Invoice entry and posting outside of Chrome River
• Vendor uploads
• Monitoring unpaid disbursements relating to non-London bills that have been paid to comply with the firms Accounts Rules.
• Coutts Card invoice processing
• Preparation of intra company invoices
• Weekly Amex and reimbursement payments
• Set up payments on Coutts/BACS outside of the usual payment run as required
• Partner draw/distribution payments
• Expense analysis
• Managing new vendor requests
• Maintaining correct bank details/addresses for all active vendors
• Preparing and/or entering month-end journals
• Responding to group e-mails
• Covering cash flow as required
• Reporting client receipts as required
• Reclassification of expenses as required

Candidate Profile

• Strong numeracy and organisational skills
• Good attention to detail
• Advanced knowledge of Excel
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Work well within a team
• Willingness to assume increasing responsibility
• Experience in an accounts function/role is desirable
• An accounting qualification or certification is desirable

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