Accounts Payable Assistant - 12 month contract

A leading worldwide Law Firm is looking to recruit an Accounts Payable Assistant to join their prestigious London office on a 12 month fixed term contract. This is a fantastic opportunity to combine your skills and join a busy team where you will be involved in a fast paced environment, focusing on Accounts Payable work and where possible and if keen, gaining exposure to Cashiering work.

You will be joining a well established Law firm with 19 offices located worldwide, 8 in the United States and 11 outside the United States.

As the Accounts Payable Assistant you will be required to prepare vendor payment requests, prepare file uploads for certain charges, respond to internal queries, operate petty cash, prepare BACs payment runs, distribute incoming post and raise intercompany invoices for the Properties company.

You will also be responsible for performing daily bank reconciliations, managing direct debit payments, processing receipts, preparing the monthly office and client bank reconciliations and updating the client account cashbook.
To be successful in this position you will be a strong team player who is driven, organised, flexible and has high attention to detail. Also the ability to be able to prioritise your workload, use your initiative and be confident working in a professional environment is essential.

You will also have one to two years accounts payable experience ideally within a Law Firm and be computer literate with excellent written and communication skills. Experience with Elite 3E 2.8 would be advantageous.
If you are interested in this role and feel you meet the criteria, please apply today!