Accounts Payable Assistant - Bristol, United Kingdom - DAC Beachcroft

DAC Beachcroft

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Bristol, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Job Introduction

DACBeachcroft has an exciting opportunity for an
Accounts Payable Assistant to join our
Accounts Payable team on a fixed-term contract until 31st January 2024. This role will be full-time and will work on a hybrid basis out of our centrally located
Bristol office.

Main Responsibilities

Checking, processing and printing cheques daily to all locations
Checking and preparing disbursements for logging
Checking and logging petty cash claims
Logging disbursements as and when required for urgent billing/month end
Liaise with Partners, feeearners and secretaries with regard to their queries
Liaise with Billing team where necessary regarding billing of disbursements and disbursement queries arising out of the billing process
Stopping cheques at the bank, cancelling and voiding out of date cheques/cheques no longer required
Make and receive telephone calls to and from suppliers on a variety of queries
Make updates to the various Databases where necessary (i.e. Elite updates or Vendor Database)
Running the daily 'Bills Paid' report, involving monitoring part payments made to suppliers and processing payments by BACS and cheque
Logging foreign currency disbursement invoices
Foreign currency payments by wire transfer through our currency provider
Printing, stamping and sorting all incoming post
Possible involvement with problem solving aged creditors, statement reconciliations, report reviews etc
Ad hoc payments by BACS/cheque as and when required
Ad hoc duties as and when required
Have experience working in a busy Accounts Payable or Finance department
Be used to dealing with large volume workloads and be able to work to strict deadlines
An ability to communicate effectively and to build strong working relationships with both team members and internal clients
Ability to respond speedily and accurately to both internal and external customers' demands in a confident, efficient manner
IT literate
You will need to be accurate and organised with a good eye for detail
Good level of education or equivalent work experience

About The Company
We are a leading international legal business with over 2,500 colleagues and a diverse range of capabilities.

We have 11 offices in the UK as well as offices in Dublin, Madrid, Paris, Singapore, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Miami.

We also have associations/alliances with firms in Malaysia, Brazil, Peru, Argentina, Central America, the USA, Australia and Germany.

We are a broad-based commercial firm with a strong heritage in insurance, health and real estate. This is complemented by a fast-growing Business Advisory capability. We represent a wide range of clients, ranging from household names to government departments and NHS bodies.

We act for all of the UK's top-ten insurers, we are 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-12 housebuilders.

We have an impressive legal pedigree, with 142 Chambers UK 2021 practice area and individual lawyer rankings.

In Legal 500 UK 2021, the firm received a top tier ranking for 37 of its practice areas, and 58 DACB lawyers were singled out in the 'Leading Individual' rankings.

Our successes have been recognised by the legal industry and the markets in which we operate.

These accolades include two top prizes in the 'Excellence in Business Development' and 'Excellence in Technology & Innovation' categories of the 2020 Law Society Excellence Awards - the highest accolade for law firms in England & Wales.

Our health sector team won the 'Crisis Management Team of the Year' award at the 2020 British Legal Awards for its support to the NHS at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, and our Cyber & Data Risk team received the 'Business Development Innovation Award' at the 2020 Legal Innovation Awards, as well as 'Cyber Law Firm of the Year' at the prestigious Insurance Insider Cyber Rankings Awards, for its market-leading suite of digital tools to help our clients prepare for and respond to cyber and data risk crises.

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