Cash & Accounts Payable Specialist in London

Cash & Accounts Payable Specialist London | US Law Firm | Hybrid Working About the Role A leading US law firm is seeking a highly organised and detail‑driven Cash & Accounts Payable Specialist to join its London Finance team. Reporting to the International Controller, this role offers broad exposure across cash management, client account compliance, AP processing and financial operations across the firms international offices. Key Responsibilities Cash & Client Account Responsibilities Invoice coding - Reviewing coding and input of vendor invoices to ensure accuracy, completeness and compliancePayment preparation - Preparing electronic payment files and reviewing for accuracyCash posting - Identifying and posting cash receipts to invoices and client ledgers for London, Paris and Hong KongClient account compliance - Ensuring client account receipts and payments comply with Firm policy, AML requirements and SRA Accounts RulesInterest payments - Calculating and paying client interest in accordance with firm policyBalance reporting - Preparing monthly client account balance reports for Partners and annual balances for ClientsProject support - Assisting with ad hoc finance projects as requiredAccounts Payable Responsibilities AR & cost write‑offs - Collaborating with Client Operations on accounts receivable and cost write‑offsClient AP liaison - Interfacing with client AP departments professionally and in line with firm service standardsQuery resolution - Answering accounting and financial queries through research and interpretation of dataData integrity - Maintaining confidential data, enforcing internal controls and ensuring compliance with SRA rules and firm policiesRequirements AP or cashiering experience - Accounts Payable transactional experience or legal cashiering experience within a law firm environmentEducation - Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance, or equivalent experienceSystems knowledge - Experience with Aderant and/or Chrome River Invoice is advantageousTechnical skills - Intermediate Excel skills and strong Microsoft Office proficiencyInterpersonal skills - Excellent interpersonal and client‑service skills Due to the high volume of applications, we are not able to respond to all enquiries. If you have not received a response within 72 hours, please assume you have not been shortlisted at this stage, however thank you for taking the time to apply.