Kirkland & Ellis
About Kirkland & Ellis
At Kirkland & Ellis, we don't just meet the standard for legal excellence - we set it. Our culture is built on teamwork, ingenuity and an unwavering commitment to continuous growth. We tackle the most sophisticated legal challenges with bold ideas and innovative solutions, powered by the exceptional experience and ambition of our 7,000+ people, including 4,000+ attorneys, across 22 offices worldwide. Our dedicated professionals share our lawyers' commitment to excellence and show up each day to do meaningful work that helps drive global business, investment and innovation forward.
What You'll Do
Are you a detail-oriented professional who thrives in a fast-paced environment and enjoys bringing clarity to complex financial processes? The Accounts Payable (AP) Coordinator plays a critical role in ensuring the accurate and timely processing of invoices and expenses in accordance with firm policy. This role involves auditing transactions, verifying multi-state tax accruals, managing supplier communications, and contributing to process improvements-all while supporting the financial health of the firm through precise, proactive work.
The base salary range below represents the low and high end of the salary range for this position in Chicago. This range may differ based on your geographic location and cost of living considerations. At Kirkland & Ellis, we consider compensation more than just a base salary. We offer an exceptional range of flexible benefits including comprehensive healthcare, paid time off, and retirement. We also offer personal support and tailored learning and development opportunities all designed to help you realize your full potential both in life and at work.
Compensation Range:
How to Apply
Thank you for your interest in Kirkland & Ellis LLP. To complete an application and submit your resume, please click "Apply Now."
Don't meet every job requirement? That's okay! If you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't perfectly fit every qualification, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right person for this role or others at Kirkland.
Equal Employment Opportunity
All employment decisions, including the recruiting, hiring, placement, training availability, promotion, compensation, evaluation, disciplinary actions, and termination of employment (if necessary) are made without regard to the employee's race, color, creed, religion, sex, pregnancy or childbirth, personal appearance, family responsibilities, sexual orientation or preference, gender identity, political affiliation, source of income, place of residence, national or ethnic origin, ancestry, age, marital status, military veteran status, unfavorable discharge from military service, physical or mental disability, or on any other basis prohibited by applicable law. #LI-Hybrid #LI-MP1
At Kirkland & Ellis, we don't just meet the standard for legal excellence - we set it. Our culture is built on teamwork, ingenuity and an unwavering commitment to continuous growth. We tackle the most sophisticated legal challenges with bold ideas and innovative solutions, powered by the exceptional experience and ambition of our 7,000+ people, including 4,000+ attorneys, across 22 offices worldwide. Our dedicated professionals share our lawyers' commitment to excellence and show up each day to do meaningful work that helps drive global business, investment and innovation forward.
What You'll Do
Are you a detail-oriented professional who thrives in a fast-paced environment and enjoys bringing clarity to complex financial processes? The Accounts Payable (AP) Coordinator plays a critical role in ensuring the accurate and timely processing of invoices and expenses in accordance with firm policy. This role involves auditing transactions, verifying multi-state tax accruals, managing supplier communications, and contributing to process improvements-all while supporting the financial health of the firm through precise, proactive work.
- Ensure Financial Accuracy - Reviewing invoices for proper coding, approvals, and tax treatment, and by conducting daily audits to enforce policy compliance.
- Manage Supplier Relationships - Managing due diligence, document verification, and resolving payment issues, including past due invoices.
- Support Financial Operations - Reconciling uploads to financial systems, logging exceptions, preparing payments, voucher reclassifications and responding to AP inquiries.
- Drive Process Improvements - Participating in analysis projects and supporting department-wide efficiency initiatives while ensuring rush requests are handled daily.
- Team Support - Answer AP support line inquiries, assemble paperwork and approvals for final verifications and maintain electronic storage of complete documents.
- Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance or business preferred, with 3-5 years of accounts payable experience, ideally in a law firm or professional services setting.
- Attention to Detail - Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage competing deadlines and ensure accuracy under pressure.
- Team-Oriented Mindset - Proactive, service-focused approach with a willingness to support colleagues and improve team processes.
- Tech-Savvy: Intermediate MS Excel skills are required with familiarity with 3E Elite or Coupa systems highly desirable.
The base salary range below represents the low and high end of the salary range for this position in Chicago. This range may differ based on your geographic location and cost of living considerations. At Kirkland & Ellis, we consider compensation more than just a base salary. We offer an exceptional range of flexible benefits including comprehensive healthcare, paid time off, and retirement. We also offer personal support and tailored learning and development opportunities all designed to help you realize your full potential both in life and at work.
Compensation Range:
- Chicago: $65,000 - $74,000
How to Apply
Thank you for your interest in Kirkland & Ellis LLP. To complete an application and submit your resume, please click "Apply Now."
Don't meet every job requirement? That's okay! If you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't perfectly fit every qualification, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right person for this role or others at Kirkland.
Equal Employment Opportunity
All employment decisions, including the recruiting, hiring, placement, training availability, promotion, compensation, evaluation, disciplinary actions, and termination of employment (if necessary) are made without regard to the employee's race, color, creed, religion, sex, pregnancy or childbirth, personal appearance, family responsibilities, sexual orientation or preference, gender identity, political affiliation, source of income, place of residence, national or ethnic origin, ancestry, age, marital status, military veteran status, unfavorable discharge from military service, physical or mental disability, or on any other basis prohibited by applicable law. #LI-Hybrid #LI-MP1