Staff Accountant

Summary: Responsible for managing daily and periodic accounting tasks, including banking activities, general ledger maintenance, bank account reconciliations, and preparing financial statements.

Responsibilities:

·        Reconcile and review accounts receivable (AR) and accounts payable (AP) postings with daily bank transactions.

·        Review and update weekly reports for postings over 30 days in unallocated accounts and reclassify as needed.

·        Review lockbox receipts, deposit checks, and provide necessary allocations.

·        Process expense reports from bank line debits and post to G/L

·        Issue trust wires and checks for received trust funds and respond to trust inquiries.

·        Serve as backup for daily cash receipts reports.

·        Conduct weekly bank and trust bank reconciliations and review reconciliations.

·        Reconcile all operating bank accounts

·        Perform prepaid account reconciliations.

·        Manage general ledger tasks, including preparing and recording standard journal entries for assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses by compiling and analyzing account information.

·        Make necessary journal entries before month-end.

·        Maintain and balance accounts by verifying, allocating, posting, and reconciling transactions, and resolving discrepancies.

·        Record straight-line rent entries.

·        Reconcile fixed assets.

·        Scan and upload reconciliations and all month-end journals.

·        Prepare assigned audit work papers and assist with audit requests

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance.

Experience:

• 3-5 years of relevant experience.
• Prior experience in a law firm is strongly preferred.