Accounting Specialist - Accounts Receivable - Kennedys Law

Kennedys is looking for a full-time Accounting/Accounts Receivable 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.

Kennedys' US Finance team supports the US offices by producing timely and accurate financial and management information. 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 day-to-day queries received in to the team

• Informing and updating management on complex and time-consuming queries/requests day-to-day workflow is maintained

• Posting cash receipts and bank deposits

• Processing credit card payments

• Daily cash receipt reporting

• Researching payment details

• Processing overpayment refunds

• Daily monitoring, categorizing and handling E-mails and Requests received to the Team Email Address in Service Desk Plus

• Posting, Reviewing & Approving Chrome River Transactions

• Scanning and saving checks, payment back-up, bank statements and other department documents

• Responding to Annual Audits

• Providing back-up & Support to the Accounting Team

• Monthly and daily bank reconciliations and reporting

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

Preferred Experience

• Previous law firm/legal accounting experience.

• Knowledge of 3E Legal System.

• Knowledge of Chrome River

Please let us know if you require any additional support or adjustments to be made in order to submit your application to Kennedys.

• Where a level of experience is indicated, this is a guideline only and represents the amount of time we would usually expect a candidate to accumulate the requisite level of experience. This does not preclude applications from candidates with more or less experience.

About Kennedys

Kennedys is a global law firm with expertise in dispute resolution and advisory services. With over 2,750 people worldwide across 45 offices in the UK, Europe, Middle East, Asia Pacific and America we have some of the most respected legal minds in their field.

Our lawyers handle both contentious and non-contentious matters, and provide a range of specialist legal services, for many industry sectors but we have particular expertise in litigation and dispute resolution, especially in defending insurance and liability claims.

We're a fresh-thinking firm, and we're not afraid to bring challenging new perspectives to the table way beyond the traditional realm of legal services. We empower our clients with a diverse range of ideas, tools and technology to make their lives easier, as well as delivering exceptional results, every time.

What do we have to offer?

We welcome high-performing lawyers, business services professionals, secretaries, graduates and apprentices to join our rapidly expanding global firm. Whatever your role at Kennedys, you'll be involved in exciting and stimulating work, where your input will make a difference.

Our culture and values form a big part of who we are and we take them seriously. We make a difference by being approachable, straightforward, supportive and distinctive. Our