Recent Graduate: Junior Accounts Assistant at top US Law Firm: to £25,000

A prestigious US Law Firm is looking to hire a new Junior Accounts Assistant to support the London office on a permanent basis.  This is a fantastic opportunity for either a recent Graduate/college leaver looking for a career in finance, or a candidate with some billing/finance experience within a professional services environment.  Responsibilities will include the processing of cash receipts (cheques or wire transfers) on the same day or day after for London and other European Offices, the preparation and issuing of the daily cash balances report (bank balances from all International bank accounts), emailing Partners informing them of monies received from their clients, when necessary contacting clients in order to obtain a remittance advise or return funds, liaising with the accounts supervisor in order to efficiently handle client funds received into office, managing the AP inbox with the Accounts Payable and Expenses controller, ensuring all bank charges are posted, processing all disbursements into Chrome River for approval, the monitoring of the firms approval queues in Chrome River, exporting disbursements from Chrome River into Aderant once approved, co-coordinating all third party currency invoices to be sent to global exchange and posting into the upload file that returns into Aderant, processing all taxi invoices onto the system, uploading all courier charges onto Aderant, post all postage recharges, ensuring any unpaid disbursements included in bills to clients that have been paid are paid out on the day of receipt or day after, answering queries from secretary’s or Fee-Earners about the status of disbursements or bills, answering clients requests for bank details.  Candidates must have strong communication and organizational skills.