What are the responsibilities and job description for the Accounting Assistant position at Kennedys?
Kennedys is looking for a full-time Accounting Assistant to join our US Finance team. The successful Accounting Assistant 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.
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, headquartered in Berkeley Heights, New Jersey, 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.
Key Responsibilities
Please let us know if you require any additional support or adjustments to be made in order to submit your application to Kennedys.
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, headquartered in Berkeley Heights, New Jersey, 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.
Key Responsibilities
- Supporting US offices, ensuring compliance with firm's policy and client retainers or jurisdictional rules and regulations at all times
- Daily monitoring, categorizing and handling E-mails and Requests received in Service Desk Plus
- Assisting with and resolving day-to-day queries received in to the team such as vendor invoice processing, confirming bank details, payment confirmation, backup requests, trust inquiries
- Assist with posting checks or gathering necessary remittances
- Preparing forms such as ACH/wire forms, foreign currency forms
- Scanning and saving checks, payment back-up, charge back notices, daily deposits, bank statements, vendor invoices and other department documents
- Posting bank transactions & payments to Elite
- Reviewing and processing Vendor Statements
- Processing billable and non-billable vendor invoices into Elite and/or Chrome River
- Providing back-up & Support to the Accounting Team
- 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
Please let us know if you require any additional support or adjustments to be made in order to submit your application to Kennedys.
Salary : $53,000 - $58,000