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My city based client are currently looking for an Accounts Payable Cashier to join their team on a 12 month maternity FTC. Duties: Office Accounting: Processing cheques for banking and funds received direct into the office account. Liaising with Credit Control to resolve any unidentified receipts and producing daily bill receipts reports Collating partner and staff expense claims, ensuring appropriate approval and supporting paperwork. Approving expense claims in the firm's practice management system, ensuring correct allocation of expenditure and accuracy of VAT recovery. Processing weekly expenses payment run in line with internal service level agreements. Rejecting inaccurate expense claims ensuring appropriate explanation provided, to enable claim to be amended and resubmitted accurately. Administering incomplete expense claims, using exception reporting. Processing urgent office account payments and debtor refunds. Liaising with partners/authorised signatories to ensure payments are approved Processing business credit card expenditure and disbursement re-charges. Processing and reconciling office petty cash. Client accounting Maintaining compliance of the ICAEW Clients' Money Regulations, through the application of firm's client account processes. Processing new client account requests and setting the accounts up with the bank Processing cheques for banking and funds received direct into the client account. Maintaining the client account direct debits and standing orders register. Collating payment requests, ensuring sufficient funds and appropriate approval. Setting up electronic payments through the firm's banking portal and processing to the finance system. Ensuring payments are approved and released by the bank in line with required deadlines. Posting interest received and producing client ledger statements. Resolving client accounting queries, escalating any contentious issues to the attention of the manager Accounts Payable Managing and maintaining an accurate purchase ledger. Administering the set-up of new suppliers within the finance system. Managing outstanding purchase orders within the firm's finance system. Matching supplier PO invoices to approved purchase orders. Ensuring non-PO invoices are approved and posted in line with firm's policy/authorisation limits. Checking bank details for invoices received against information held within the firm's finance system. Administering the dual verification of bank details in line with firm's policy Identifying and processing urgent office account payments. Processing the weekly purchase ledger payment run and distributing remittance advices. Liaising with partners/authorised signatories to ensure payments are approved Reconciling supplier statements Reviewing unallocated AP items and aged creditor report, to ensure entries are matched or resolved without delay. Skills & Qualifications: Previous experience in a similar role Good computer literacy and understanding of relevant software. Ability to work to specified standards, service levels, and timeframes. Effective communication skills and the ability to build strong working relationships. Organised Good decision-making skills Collaborative mindset with a focus on building partnerships and working as part of a team. Chrome River and Elite or Aderant experience The role is hybrid.