Accounts Payable Coordinator

• Locations

  City of London, London

• Salary

  £35000 - £45000 per annum

• Sector

  Finance, Procurement & Legal, Operations/Transactional Finance

• Type

  Permanent

Pentagon Talent have partnered with a top 200 boutique London based Law firm in their search for an Accounts Payable Officer to join their London team.

The Accounts Payable Officer will be required to ensure the department remain compliant in line with the SRA regulations, along with ensuring the team provide daily input for office expenditure. An expectation will be apparent for the new Accounts Payable Officer to channel the implementation of any new Accounts Payable system and assurance of the smooth running of the Credit Card process.

Overview

The Accounts Payable officer will work within a team of highly competent Accounts Payable and Legal Cashiering staff in the firm’s superb offices in the head of London. As part of such a dynamic team, the successful Accounts Payable officer will be expected to have experience of and perform the following duties and withhold the following characteristics and experience:

Duties/Responsibilities of the Accounts Payable Officer

· BACS payments for Supplier invoices on a weekly basis

· Enter invoices, disbursements or expenses onto Aderant

· Code invoices to the applicable budget codes

· Ensure client disbursements are released in relation to the solicitors account rules

· Reconcile account ledger balances

· Handle SAR queries and breaches to ensure any errors are corrected in line with compliance

· Handling queries via the phone from internal clients and suppliers

· Supplier statement reconciliation

· Communicating with the Risk and Compliance department in regards to new supplier set ups

· Covering department demands where required

Desired experience of the Accounts Payable Officer

· Can-do attitude

· Experience in Accounts Payable or Legal Cashiering

· Strong written and verbal skills

· Organised

· Good time management

· MS Office use to an excellent level

· Resilient

· Good team player

· Able to work independently

· Experience with use of VAT

If you are an Accounts Payable Officer, who is looking to get more exposure to Legal Cashiering and to work with a collaborative and well supported team, then this is the role for you. My client is looking for someone who is able to commit to 5 days a week in the office, to work in a small team of 5.

Morgan Hunt is a multi-award-winning recruitment business for interim, contract and temporary recruitment and acts as an Employment Agency in relation to permanent vacancies. Morgan Hunt is an equal opportunities employer. Job suitability is assessed on merit in accordance with the individual’s skills, qualifications and abilities to perform the relevant duties required in a particular role.