Duties and Responsibilities

A hands-on role covering all aspects of the Accounts Payable function for Mishcon de Reya LLP and other group entities (including overseas offices). You will be working within a team of 4 reporting to the Accounts Payable Manager.

• To provide a high-quality accounting service to the Firm; to be responsive to the changing needs and priorities of the department and to provide ad hoc support to departmental colleagues as and when required.
• Working from the shared Accounts Payable mailbox and deal with supplier queries, ensuring they are resolved efficiently and professionally.
• Accurately process supplier invoices, ensuring they are appropriately authorised, coded and posted on to the system.
• Work closely with Travel Bureau to process data in a timely manner and ensure accurate booking information is received and reconciled.
• Review and Audit of the of employee expense claims, ensuring appropriate authorisation, receipts provided, correct coding for all expense claim items, and following up on employee queries.
• Work to agreed weekly timeframes for payment of supplier invoices and employee expense claims.
• Work with key members of staff (e.g. heads of department, budget holders, PAs etc.) to ensure procedures are understood and complied with.

Skills/Experience

• Previous work experience within an Account Payable or Payment Processing team.
• Basic understanding of accounting principles.
• Five GCSE (including Maths and English) at level C or above.
• Good mathematical skills (candidates must be comfortable working with numbers).
• Excellent IT skills including Microsoft Word and Excel.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Excellent organisational skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively with people at all levels.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Personable and confident, able to build relationships with partners/ key stakeholders.
• Adaptable and flexible approach.
• Pro-active and takes initiative, with a 'can-do' attitude.

This role will also support a study package for AAT exams following a 6 months probationary period

Please note that this job profile is not an exhaustive list of duties but merely an outline of the key components of the role. You may be required by your line manager to take on additional responsibilities when requested.

About The Mishcon de Reya Group

TheMishcon de ReyaGroup is an independent international professional service business with law at its heart, employing over 1450 people with close to 670 lawyers. It includes the law firm Mishcon de Reya LLP and a collection of leading consultancy businesses that complement the firm's legal services. We have grown rapidly in recent years, showing more than 40% revenue growth in the past five years alone.

Based in London, Cambridge, Oxford, and Singapore, with an association with Karas So LLPin Hong Kong, the firm services an international community of clients and provides advice in situations where the constraints of geography often do not apply. The work we undertake is cross-border, multi-jurisdictional and complex, spanning six core practice areas: Corporate; Dispute Resolution; Employment; Innovation; Private; and Real Estate.

In times of such far-reaching and profound change we want to be the law firm that enables our clients - and our own people - to shape the world's possibilities. We are here to help our clients benefit from new economies, new geographic centres of wealth, the new global movement of people and capital, and the impact of new technologies and new knowledge. Through Mishcon Future, we work to shape a better world through innovation, creating value for clients at every stage of the innovation life cycle and for society.

Our purpose remains rooted in our founding values. We take pride in the diverse range of people who make up the firm and are proactive in driving change and continuous improvement across the spectrum of equality, diversity and inclusion. Mishcon Academy , our in-house place of learning, development and new thinking for our people, clients and contacts and our innovative impact strategy, including a commitment to be a net zero carbon business , also play a central strategic role in the direction of the firm. In 2020 we launched Mishcon Purpose , a first-of-its-kind sustainability practice providing Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) advice and purpose-driven insight to clients.

The Mishcon de Reya Group comprises standalone businesses MDR Brand Management , MDR Cyber , MDR Discover , MDRi , MDR Lab , MDR One , MDR Mayfair (in London, Singapore and Dubai) and MDRx . Earlier this year, the Group announced its first strategic acquisition in the alternative legal services market, flexible legal resourcing business Flex Legal. It also acquired a majority stake in Somos, a global group actions management business.

We strive to create a fully diverse and inclusive workplace where all our people are empowered to fulfil their potential. We are proud of our agile working culture and are always happy to talk flexible working.

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