This role requires you to be responsible for ensuring payments are made on time and meet the necessary compliance, tax and governance requirements. The role will have the use of an additional resource from the existing Finance team. The firm is undergoing changes to the Finance systems with Chrome River rollout and the candidate will be required to maintain business as usual during the project period. The candidate should have sufficient experience in Accounts Payable in order to pick up the process quickly and be already familiar with the control environment required and GST tax rules.
The Accounts Payable team are responsible for the following tasks:
- Receive and verify invoices and claims in Chrome River for proper account code and authorisation
- Verify that transactions comply with financial policies and procedures
- Ensure correct treatment for GST purposes
- Key invoices and claims in system including keeping records of soft copies for manual postings
- Process the bi-weekly payment for staff reimbursement and monthly payment to vendors including postings in system
- Manage all other adhoc cheques and electronic payments including posting in system
- Prepare vendor cheques for mailing
- Data entry for disbursements
- Follow up with users for unallocated printings and telephone in Billback
- Ensure sufficient fund in bank account for payments
- Work out weekly surplus funds in USD account to be remitted to Treasury in UK
- Reconcile monthly vendor SOA to SAP to ensure AP recorded is up to date
- Reconcile AP subledger with GL monthly
- Bank reconciliation
- Perform other related duties as required
- Provide cover for other team members in their absence
Skills and Experience Required:
- 5 years’ working experience with relevant experience in finance, preferably from a legal or professional service or finance service sector
- Diploma in Accounting or equivalent
- Excellent technical skills including strong working knowledge in Excel
- Ability to work efficiently and prioritise work to ensure deadlines are met
- Fluency in English both written and verbal is essential
- Flexible and adaptable
- Strong attention to detail
- Ability to keep calm under pressure
- Strong team player
- Prior experience with SAP will be beneficial
- Should be flexible in working overtime as and when required
