Kennedys is looking for a Legal Cashier to join the finance team in the Peru office.
The successful candidate will work competently within the Financial Operations team as a Accounts Assistant, contributing to the effectiveness of the Finance department by providing a comprehensive and efficient service to internal and external clients in order that the business objectives of the firm and the department are achieved.
Team
Kennedys Finance team support the firm globally producing timely and accurate financial and management information, reporting solutions and operational support to maintain the high standard of service offered to the firm's internal and external clients.
Our LATAM Finance team is made up of Financial Control, Financial Planning and Reporting, Management Accountants, Credit Control, Legal Cashiers and Billers and Financial Operations Database teams.
Key responsibilities

• Recording the day to day financial transactions
• Daily review/allocation of bank statements entries and outstanding unidentified receipts
• Checking and posting very high volume of professional disbursements to correct disbursement type codes, to ensure accurate onward billing in compliance with jurisdictional Revenue tax requirements
• Processing of daily disbursement payment runs and other urgent office payments for all jurisdictions
• Managing firm's monthly AP run, providing weekly reports in preparation of weekly management meetings.
• Monthly reconciliation of all AP and AR accounts, making sure that Elite match with the Local books.

Required experience

• Good level of IT skills, including Word and Excel. Ideally a working knowledge of Elite 3E or similar financial systems.
• Accounting level experience in an multi office environment.

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.