Accounts Analyst

The Opportunity

This is an exciting opportunity to join our dynamic finance team and play a key role in ensuring smooth accounts payable operations. As an Accounts Analyst, you'll be responsible for processing vendor payments and staff reimbursements, maintaining accurate financial records, and supporting internal and external stakeholders with payment-related queries. The Accounts Analyst will ensure timely payment of vendor invoices and staff expense reimbursements, respond to payment status queries from staff and vendors and verify compliance with company policies.

Primary Responsibilities:

Daily Operation of AP Function:

• Review invoices and check payment requests with proper approvals, ensuring compliance with the Firm's policy

• Input data for payments/receipts into the accounting system (EXPERT)

• Prepare and process accounts payable cheques, wire transfers and online weekly FPS batch payments

• Prepare new vendor creation forms to ensure vendor information is correctly input in EXPERT

• Contact new vendor to verify bank details before arranging payments

• Prepare journal adjustments to correct payments posted to incorrect accounting codes or group codes

• Facilitate and resolve general inquiries from staff and external vendors regarding office payments and expense reimbursements

• Provide cover for other team members when required

• Monitor accounts to ensure payments are up to date

            Monthly Reporting:

• Prepare monthly bank reconciliations.

• Reconcile accounts payable transactions with vendor monthly statements.

           Others:

• Maintain proper filing of payment documents

• Assist with inquiries from staff regarding the staff expense reimbursement tool – Chrome River

• Perform ad hoc duties as required

To be successful in this role, you should have:-

• Qualification in accountancy with a minimum of 2 years or above relevant working experience (preferably gained in an international organization). Fresh graduates are welcome to apply!

• Good written and spoken English, Cantonese, Mandarin 

• Knowledge of Microsoft office, e.g. Excel and Word 

• Knowledge of accounting software: Expert 

At Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer, we align your growth and ambition with ours. We invest in your personal and professional growth and support you to achieve your ambitions. And you share responsibility for playing a part in delivering the firm’s growth and ambition too.

A leading global law firm, with over 6,000 people, we are in the world's largest markets, key financial centres and major growth hubs.  We’re recognised leaders in demanding contentious matters, exacting regulatory work and complex public and private transactions.

We’re immersed in the many challenges facing our clients. We’re invested and resourceful. We understand the part technology and digitalisation play in the delivery of legal services. We want to make a positive impact wherever in the world we operate.  You’ll have the opportunity to engage with an open mind and curiosity.

We are known for our diverse perspectives and renowned for our culture. Being human, bold and outstanding are more than our values: you’ll discover they are our lived experience. And by being ambitious for your growth and ours, we’ll achieve our goals together.

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer: Your growth. Our ambition.

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We are committed to attracting people from all backgrounds and creating a respectful and inclusive culture where everyone thrives. We see this as essential to our success, including our ability to innovate and achieve sustained high performance. This is a key part of our Values—Human, Bold, and Outstanding.