Your new company

You will join an ambitious firm with a clear strategy for profitable growth where you can get early responsibility and early involvement in growing the business. Here you can expect a competitive and fair reward as well as recognition based on all round performance. You will be working within the finance department (Team of 30) of their London offices on a hybrid basis.

Your new role

• Managing the account payable function and maintaining an overview of the team's workload
• Ensure adherence to all relevant financial controls and firm policies and procedures
• To identify process improvement opportunities and actively work with other team members to improve and streamline the AP function.
• Proactively engage with wider business on process improvements. Continually gathering feedback and improving the stakeholder experience
• To ensure that service levels and quality of work are maintained to the highest standards
• Managing the team of 3 Accounts Payable assistants
• Delivering timely feedback on performance (both day to day and formal appraisals), identifying training needs, managing delivery and generally supporting the team.
• Distributing and monitoring work amongst the team, ensuring tasks are dealt with on a timely basis
• Monitoring the settlement of all accounts payable related transactions.
• Timely resolution of supplier and internal stakeholder queries
• Accurate and timely inputting and posting of accounts payable transactions, including suppliers and counsel fees
• Processing of staff expenses through Concur
• Review and maintain all process controls and policy documentation
• To work with the firm's Legal Cashiers team and Billing team to ensure all account payable related transactions are dealt with promptly.

What you'll need to succeed

• Legal AP experience at a senior level
• Experience of managing AP teams with at least 3 account payable assistants.
• Aderant or Elite knowledge would be advantageous but not essential.
• Excellent organisation skills
• Ability to work under pressure and meet strict deadlines
• Stakeholder focussed
• Strong communication skills
• Strong Excel skills

What you need to do now

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