Job Description

Job Description

Plaintiff personal injury law firm seeks Legal Bookkeeper/Accountant that can assist Firm Administrator with financial and operational aspects of Plaintiff’s contingency based law firm practice.

_ ** DO NOT APPLY IF YOU HAVE NOT PERFORMED ACCOUNTING FOR A CONTINGENCY BASE LAW PRACTICE. You will not be interviewed**_ and _ ** *will be rejected. There is non-negotiable.***_

Job Description:

• Bookkeeping for Trust Account
• Bookkeeping for multiple Operating Accounts
• Bookkeeping for multiple lines of credit
• Banking Deposits
• Review and understanding of client costs
• Client monthly living expense/advance payments
• Client cost payment & entry
• Client Settlement Disbursement preparation and completion
• Office expense payment
• Vendor communication and payment
• Bank reconciliation
• Quickbooks reporting and setup
• Communication with legal case management company
• Communication with banking institutions and providers of lines of credit and sureties
• Financial document preparation and reporting
• Document preparation and Communication with CPA for tax planning

Experience and Background:

Bachelor’s degree required--this is non-negotiable.

Minimum 5 years at single company

Contingency fee experience mandator

Current Quickbooks experience mandatory

Additional Requirements:

• STRONG IT background including use of adobe, scanner, office and all other attendance programs to Quickbooks, experience with Law Accounting a major plus
• Quickbooks Pro/Enterprise 5+ years
• Quickbooks banking and credit cards feeds
• Credit Card Reconciliation
• File Expense coding
• Financial Reporting
• Case Management system experience/familiarity
• Ability to work without supervision
• Ability to work without significant instruction
• Current working knowledge of updates and upgrades to legal accounting world