POSITION: Accountant / Bookkeeper
COMPENSATION: Base salary up to $75K, plus generous paid overtime and bonus, medical, dental and vision benefits, paid vacation and personal/sick days, and paid holidays!
LOCATION: Garden City, Long Island, NY
ORGANIZATION: Law Firm
SUMMARY: This is a tremendous opportunity for a bright and ambitious individual who is looking to develop a long-term accounting career within the financial department of a growing law firm. The ideal candidate will have two to three years combined experience performing general ledger accounting tasks, analysis and transaction processing.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Draft and edit paper and electronic bills before invoices are finalized and sent to clients
- Prepare and generate Excel Spreadsheets and reports for Partners
- Research and respond to client billing inquiries
- Payroll and vendor expense management
- Prepare write off memoranda and edit attorney time entry codes
- Maintain complete and up to date files for each partner and /or client.
- Month-end journal input for offices
- Account transaction processing and reporting
- Expense variance analysis of office activity
- Monthly production of productivity and headcount statistics
- Bank reconciliations and weekly cash reporting
- Preparation of annual firm budget
- Selected foreign office and department expense reviews
- Selected monthly balance sheet account reconciliations
- Assist in preparation of monthly financial reports
- Process monthly health and life insurance bills
- Assist in providing information for year-end audit and tax preparation
- Ad hoc analysis and special projects
REQUIREMENTS:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Business Management or related field required
- 2+ years of accounting/bookkeeping experience
- Proficiency on Microsoft Word and Excel
- Prior experience using Docudraft to complete analysis and reports
- Strong analytical skills
- Strong communications skills, both written and verbal
- Ability to prioritize competing demands under tight deadlines
- Excellent mathematical skills and attention to detail
