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Accounts Payable Assistant (Fixed Term Contract)

Reference SWSBPET

Location Peterborough

This role involves but is not limited to:

  • Uploading, reviewing and approving invoices submitted in Chrome River and ensuring all coding is correct
  • Communicating with staff & suppliers responding to any queries
  • Processing and paying referral fees
  • Approving office payment requests (disbursements)
  • Reconcile Counsel Fees as per what is posted to the ledger
  • Ability to read vendor and client ledgers
  • Monitoring disbursements, posting to specific matters on the portal and processing
    payments
  • Answering the telephone, with queries from the wider firm and external vendors/ clients
  • Ensuring all emails in the various AP mailboxes are responded to and deal with timely, with a
    max turnaround time of 48 hours

Ensuring the payment cycle runs smoothly and effectively for both disbursement and
overhead invoices

Requirements:

  • Experience of working within a similar role or within a Solicitor’s accounts department is desirable.
  • Have a good understanding of the accounting system, the banking system and case management
    systems.
  • Able to adapt to changing deadlines.
  • Strong attention to detail.
  • Excellent communication skills and telephone manner.
  • Full knowledge, experience and understanding of the Solicitors Accounts Rules is desirable.
  • Ability to communicate at all levels and across all departments.
  • Ability to work independently and as a team.
  • High levels of attention to detail.
  • Strong Excel and MS Office skills.
  • Professional approach 

Company Core Values:

Aspire: To challenge convention, an entrepreneur with energy for change. To be the best that we can be 

Integrate: Bring together people and systems into a cohesive force

Innovate: To creatively evolve our working practices, use our revenue and resources in a virtuous cycle of improving our people, systems and growth 

Commit: To delivering excellent client experience and working with integrity, investing in long term relationships, creating a strong market position and delivering sustained commercial advantage 


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