Accountant

Job Description

Job Title: Cost Analyst

Job Summary:

Robert Half is seeking a diligent Cost Analyst with a strong focus on accounts payable and billing procedures. This role involves understanding and examining our business requirements, liaising with vendors, law firms, and internal Legal, Accounting, and Project Cost Controls departments. The successful candidate is expected to ensure accurate billing, manage accounts payable, liaise with vendors, and support the reconciliation of accounts.

Responsibilities:

- Oversee and manage all accounts payable activities, ensuring timely and accurate processing of payments.

- Manage the billing process, including verification, approval, and payment of vendor invoices.

- Handle vendor communications, invoice verification, payment setups, and electronic transfers.

- Regularly update ledgers, journals, and other business records.

- Perform account reconciliations and ensures timely payments.

- Resolve invoice discrepancies and handle vendor inquiries.

- Interface between legal, accounting, and project cost controls departments to streamline operations.

- Assist with annual audits, quarterly reviews, and month-end closing.

- Manage monthly and quarterly accruals and expense forecasting.

- Analyze expenditure trends, patterns, discrepancies, and forecasts for the legal department.

- Generate custom reports on Legal Tracker system as per requirement

Requirements:

- Bachelor’s degree in accounting or a similar field, or equivalent experience.

- At least 5 years of experience in cost analysis, accounts payable, and billing in an accounting environment.

- Strong knowledge of SAP and Legal Tracker.

- Exceptional attention to detail and strong analytical abilities.

- Ability to multitask effectively in a fast-paced work environment.

- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

- Advanced Excel skills; experience with ERP or Accounting Software.

- Experience with SharePoint is a plus.

- Strong SAP experience with the ability to generate advanced reports is preferred. Knowledge of TM1 and PowerPlan is also beneficial. Accounts Payable (AP), Billing, Legal Billing