Senior Staff Accountant

Growing prestigious Law Firm seeks a Senior Accountant to join their Team

• Assist the Director of Finance with preparing financial statements, reports, and analysis monthly.
• Reconcile bank statements, credit card statements, and other financial accounts to ensure accuracy and completeness.
• Assist with month-end and year-end closing processes, including preparing and adjusting journal entries and account reconciliations.
• Responsible for processing accounts payable entry activities.
• Reviewing, Printing, and releasing check payments and working with Accounts Payable to process payments to vendors.
• Contribute to developing and implementing internal controls to safeguarding financial assets.
• Maintain, analyze, and update general ledger entries.
• Perform general ledger account reviews and reconciliations, including identifying, investigating, and resolving misclassifications or errors.
• Maintain and update the General Ledger Chart of Accounts.
• Assist with month-end and year-end closings, including journal entries, account reconciliations, and account analysis.
• Maintain and reconcile the fixed asset subledger, including recording additions, disposals, monthly depreciation, and supporting fixed asset tax reporting and compliance.
• Coordinate and prepare state and local tax filings, including business license taxes, sales and use taxes, and property tax filings across multiple jurisdictions.
• Monitor tax deadlines, maintain compliance calendars, and ensure timely filing and documentation.
• Support external tax advisors during annual tax return preparation and review financial statements.
• Prepare financial reports and assist with responses to audits, surveys, and tax filings.
• Assist with the annual budgeting process.
• Identify and recommend opportunities to leverage technology, automation, and AI tools to improve finance analysis, reporting, workflows, and compliance processes.
• Lead and manage the unclaimed property process, reviewing financial reports to identify outstanding checks and escheating items to the state.

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance