Description
To support those international clusters where the Finance operational tasks are actioned by the central UK Finance Operations function. This will include services to those clusters relating to: all outgoing payments for business costs and matter related costs (AP); incoming and outgoing payments from the client accounts (Client Cash); ensuring all office account monies are accurately allocated (Sales Ledger).
Key Responsibilities
AP
* Reviewing/checking and logging: matter related disbursement invoices and business related invoices using our invoice management portal (Chrome River).
* Reviewing/checking and processing incoming staff expense via our expenses portal (Chrome River).
* Running the daily 'Bills Paid' report, involving monitoring part payments made to suppliers and processing payments.
* Maintaining vendor accounts within the system.
* Processing outgoing payments by electronic transfer through various banking portals.
* Reviewing bank statements to ensure all postings are accurate and complete.
* Involvement with problem solving – aged creditors, statements reconciliations, report reviews etc.
Sales Ledger
* Downloading office receipts from banking portals for allocation.
* Receiving and processing any incoming cheque receipts relating to Office account payments (provided by the local offices).
Client Cash
* Reviewing banking portals for incoming electronic client account payments; identify and process receipts into the appropriate client accounts and matters.
* Processing outgoing payments by electronic transfer through various banking portals.
* Receiving, checking and processing requests for outgoing client payments using the relevant payment portal.
General
* Managing the team mailbox for the three areas, responding to queries, resolving issues.
* Liaising with Partners, lawyers, secretaries and external suppliers with regards to query resolution.
* Supporting the colleague in the Revenue team with a requirement to learn their role (and vice versa) to cover for absences (additional support will be provided by the wider Finance Operations teams).
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
* Experience in a Payments environment including using various systems (eg Chrome River, banking portals) and Microsoft products.
* Significant experience in processing large volumes and able to work to strict deadlines, prioritising work where necessary.
* An ability to communicate effectively and to build strong working relationships with both team members and internal clients.
* Ability to respond effectively to both internal and external clients' demands in a confident and efficient manner.
* Meticulous attention to detail and good organisational skills.
We are happy to talk flexible working with our Flex Forward scheme. We would encourage you to talk to us about our approach to flexible working during the hiring process if you would like to explore this further.
Note for Recruitment Agencies
DAC Beachcroft manages all vacancies via our in-house recruitment teams, prioritising direct sourcing and referrals. When external support is required, roles are released to selected agencies on our Preferred Supplier List (PSL).
Speculative CVs sent to any DAC Beachcroft employee without prior instruction from our recruitment teams (LLP and CSG) will not be accepted, and no fees will be payable.
For PSL queries, please contact: recruitment@dacbeachcroft.com or csgrecruitment@dacbeachcroft.com
We are a leading international legal business with over 3,000 colleagues and a diverse range of capabilities. We are market leaders in insurance, health and real estate but with a full-service offering, including growing Financial Services and Tech capabilities. We represent a wide range of clients – from household names to government departments and NHS bodies. We act for nearly all of the top-20 UK and global insurers, we're market leaders in the provision of strategic, commercial and regulatory advice to providers and commissioners in the health sector, and in real estate we advise all of the UK’s top-five housebuilders.
We are a fast-growing international business with offices around the globe. In addition to our 11 UK offices, we also have offices in Bogota, Buenos Aires, Dublin, Lima, Los Angeles, Hong Kong, Madrid, Mexico City, Milan, New York, Paris, Rome, Santiago de Chile, and Singapore plus a representative office in Miami and broad network of affiliations across the globe.
At DAC Beachcroft we are committed to and recognise the importance of equity, diversity and inclusion across the board, including and beyond the protected characteristics. We take decisions based solely on merit. We value, welcome and seek out people with different backgrounds and life experiences, perspectives, beliefs, ways of thinking and identities.