Senior Accounts Payable

Job Title: Senior Accounts Payable Controller

Salary: £40,000

Location: Liverpool Street, London

Major American law firm are looking for a senior accounts payable controller to ensure all accounts payable and expenses for London and their European offices are performed accurately and on time. The role will initially be offered on a 9 month contract basis. This role is the key point of contact for the international offices for both accounts payable and expenses and you will be expected to act as a mentor to the team providing guidance and support. The successful candidate will take responsibility for the following tasks:

Accounts Payable

• International point of contact for Chrome River invoice
• Processing all invoices for London office
• Supporting the European offices’ accounts payable process including the transition to Chrome River invoicing
• Processing in Aderant of invoices
• Providing support for all offices on the accurate coding of invoices in Chrome River
• Ensuring invoices are correctly routed through from Capture into Chrome River
• Processing of Barclaycard statement, ensuring correct back up is received to support payments and meeting payment deadlines imposed by Barclaycard
• Responsible for counsel fees ensuring that all are tracked and processed onto the correct client file including being paid within the relevant SRA regulation
• Processing payment runs on behalf of London including providing support to offices in Europe and Asia as required

Expenses

• International point of contact from Chrome River expense
• Approving all expenses for London ensuring compliance with company policy and procedures
• Working with the European offices during the transition period from the local expense system to Chrome River expense

The role will initially be offered on a 9 month contract basis and it is essential that you have experience as an accounts payable specialist from another law firm. You must be able to work well under pressure and have the ability to work on your own initiative. Strong IT skills and good organisational skills are also crucial. Top firm and fantastic culture!

McKinlay Law endeavour to contact all successful candidates within 24 hours. However, due to the volume of applications that we receive, we are not able to respond to every candidate individually. If you have not heard from us within 24 hours your application has been unsuccessful and we have not retained your details.