Accounts Payable Specialist - Basking Ridge, United States - Kennedys
Description
Kennedys is looking for a full-time Accounting/Accounts Payable Specialist to join our US Finance team.The successful Accounting Specialist will work as part of the Accounting team, alongside the Billing, Collections, and Finance Database teams, to provide accounting support to Kennedys US internal and external clients.
Team
Our global Finance team is comprised of Billing, Collections, Financial Planning and Reporting, Management Accountants, Credit Control, Legal Accounting and Financial Operations Database professionals located in the UK, US, and Far East.
It also provides reporting solutions and operational support to maintain the high standard of service offered to the firm's internal and external clients.
Our US Finance team is headquartered in Basking Ridge, New Jersey.Key Responsibilities
- Supporting US offices, ensuring compliance with firm's policy and client retainers or jurisdictional rules and regulations at all times
- Accurate and timely processing of day to day transactions through firm's office and client accounts, including entering/authorizing payments on the banking system, posting payments/receipts and registering disbursement vouchers
- Dealing with all internal and external clients in a timely professional, polite and proactive manner
- Managing high volume workflow, maintaining a strong attention to detail and accuracy
- Assisting with and resolving daytoday queries received in to the team
- Informing and updating management on complex and timeconsuming queries/requests daytoday workflow is maintained
- Reviewing and Sorting Team Mail
- Processing billable and nonbillable vendor invoices into Elite and/or Chrome River
- Reviewing and processing Vendor Statements
- Reviewing daily bank activity
- Posting bank transactions & payments to Elite
- Maintaining Daily Cash Forecast Spreadsheets
- Posting, Reviewing & Approving Chrome River Transactions
- Processing Check Requests and Vendor & Expense Payment Runs
- Scanning and saving vendor invoices, bank statements and other department documents
- Processing client/vendor refunds
- Responding to Annual Audits
- Providing backup & Support to the Accounting Tea
Required Experience
- Strong proficiency in MS Excel
- Experience working with clients, vendors and/or customers
- Strong attention to detail
- Experience with basic Accounting functions
- Experience with banking platforms
- Previous law firm/legal accounting experience (preferred)
- Knowledge of 3E Legal System (preferred)
- Knowledge of Chrome River (preferred)
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- Opportunities for advancement
- Paid time off
- Parental leave
- Vision insurance
- Work from home
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
Application Question(s):
- Please submit your salary expectations listing a range is encouraged
Work Location:
Hybrid remote in Basking Ridge, NJ 07920
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