The ideal candidate will have 5-7 years experience and take care of all controller/office operations
This is an excellent opportunity. Pay is commiserate with experience.
Job Duties
- Understand and assist in all aspects of the monthly client invoicing cycle
- Understand and assist in the processing of vendor payments
- Assist with the preparation and review of financial reports, including gathering data and summarizing information related to overall spending and develop action items and recommendations
- Help to maintain, reconcile, identify, analyze and interpret trends or patterns in general ledger accounts to assist in providing answers to business questions
- Present data and analysis in a clear and concise manner to firm management
- Support continuous improvement within team by ensuring the best processes are in place from an operational and financial perspective with direction from management
- Complete special projects for the firm primarily involving running, gathering and summarizing financial information from various systems and helping maximize efficiency
- Help to identify weaknesses in controls and variations from accounting methods, and recommend appropriate changes/controls to management
- Prepare Journal Entries as necessary to comply with month/year end closing procedures
- Opening matters and preparing budgets for clients/matters
- Perform monthly bank account reconciliations
- Prepare bank deposits for trust and operating accounts as necessary
- Respond to ad hoc budget versus actual analysis of fees, cash balance, billable hours, expenses and other requests from Attorneys, clients, and managers
- Work with external tax accountants as needed
- Performs other related duties and tasks as needed
Required Education, Experience, and Skills
- Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or equivalent experience
- Strategic and technical accounting abilities
- Technologically inclined, aptitude for querying and computer software, including without limitation experience using current Windows Operating System and Microsoft Office applications
- Self-starter who is able to work in fast-paced environment with demonstrated ability to coordinate multiple competing tasks and demands
- Close attention to detail
- Expert in Microsoft Office Suite, especially Excel, including high proficiency in pivot table and VLookup functionality
- Strong understanding of accounting processes and GAAP
- Effective written and verbal communication skills
- Exercises good judgement
- Client-focused attitude with excellent interpersonal skills
- Excellent problem solving, organizational and analytical skills.
- Team player and a quick learner, with an ability to easily adjust to changes
- Ability to review and analyze large data sets
Preferred Skills/Experience
- Prior use of Quickbooks software
- Elite ProLaw Software experience
- 2 years prior experience working at a small or midsize company
- Law firm experience
- Knowledge of financial reporting and modeling
- Understanding of various client billing guidelines and procedures; “ebilling” experience
- Proficiency with programs like: Aderant,TimeSlips, Abacus, Serengeti/Legal Tracker, TABS3, MyCase, CLIO, Juris, AIMS, ELMS, Tymetrix, Acuity, and CounselLink
