Bookkeeper

What You'll Do:

• Daily Bookkeeping: Maintain accurate transaction records, ensure proper coding, and manage journal entries using QuickBooks Online or similar bookkeeping software.
• Account Reconciliation: Conduct bank and credit card reconciliations, monitor cash flow, and maintain accurate account balances.
• Accounts Payable/Receivable: Manage vendor onboarding, payments, invoicing support, and tracking of client payments.
• Financial Reporting: Prepare monthly financial statements, including P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow reports to support leadership decision-making.
• Regulatory Compliance: Support tax and regulatory filings and maintain organized, audit-ready financial documentation.
• Trust Accounting Support (Preferred but not required): Assist with client trust account transactions, reconciliations, and compliance processes as needed. Experience with legal trust accounting, three-way reconciliations, or IOLTA regulations is a plus but not required

What We're Looking For:

• Financial & Bookkeeping Systems Experience: Experience using bookkeeping and financial management software (e.g., QuickBooks, Xero, Zoho Books, or similar platforms) with strong attention to accuracy, organization, and reporting detail.
• Bookkeeping & Reconciliation Skills: Experience managing accounts payable/receivable, reconciliations, financial records, and month-end accounting processes.
• Trust Accounting Experience (Nice to Have): Familiarity with trust accounting, three-way reconciliations, legal bookkeeping, or IOLTA compliance is preferred but not required.
• Attention to Detail: Strong capabilities in managing multiple accounts and ensuring financial accuracy and compliance.
• Professional Communication: Clear and confident interactions with vendors, clients, banks, and internal stakeholders.
• Analytical Skills: Ability to identify financial discrepancies and implement effective solutions.

Why you should work here:

• High-Impact Role: Contribute significantly to enhancing financial clarity and compliance within a prominent legal firm.
• Professional Autonomy: Operate independently with opportunities to influence financial practices and improvements.
• Close Collaboration: Work closely with firm leadership, receiving feedback and insights directly.
• Meaningful Work: Support attorneys in their mission to assist clients during pivotal moments, thus directly affecting client satisfaction and trust.