Legal BookkeeperAccountant

Plaintiff personal injury law firm seeks Legal Bookkeeper/Accountant to handle all financial aspects of Plaintiffs law firm practice. This job will not involve handling legal files; however it will involve the following:

Job Description:

Handle all NonLegal Aspects of Office; including:

• 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
• Payroll
• 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
• Quarterly tax returns
• Document preparation and Communication with CPA for tax planning

Education

Bachelors degree required

Experience

Minimum 5 years at single company

Legal bookkeeping experience mandatory

Job Requirements

The following requirements are imperative do not apply without meeting each of them:

• Plaintiff legal bookkeeping experience minimum 5 years
• Highly organized with OCD type personality
• Serious focus on work with understanding of highly important nature of legal practice
• Current Quickbooks experience mandatory
• STRONG IT background including use of adobe scanner office and all other attendance programs to Quickbooks
• Quickbooks Pro/Enterprise 5 years
• Quickbooks banking and credit cards feeds
• Credit Card Reconciliation
• All firm/employer /personal tax document preparation
• Tax preparation with oversight of CPA; including quarterly payroll and annual taxes
• Employee W2
• File Expense coding
• Financial Reporting
• Ability to split time between Houston and San Juan Puerto Rico offices
• 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

Office Environment

• Casual Dress
• Hours: 9 hours daily. Start and stop times may be adjusted for commuters
• Up to 30 days of paid leave/personal time
• Paid holidays
• Annual Bonuses