Friedman Williams
Staff Accountant New York NY
Job ID: 19814
We are currently looking for a Staff Accountant to support the Finance Department. The successful candidate will contribute to a diverse range of functions—with significant room to take initiative and play an impactful role in continuing to build our successful and growing organization.
Responsibilities:
- Assist with the preparation of monthly and quarterly financial reports, including Income Statement and Balance Sheet.
- Assist with budget preparation and monitor monthly spend.
- Assist with schedule preparation for year-end reviews and audits.
- Create standard, and non-standard recurring and required month-end journal entries for review and approval by the CFO.
- Advise operations team on coding for the General Ledger (GL).
- Perform a monthly review of GL transactions to ensure accurate entry.
- Provide redundancy for Accounts Payable.
- Responsible for confirming employee and client information in Aderant.
- Responsible for confirming benefit and headquarter state information in Aderant for tax purposes.
- Assist with credit card administration and processing expense reimbursements and monthly credit card charges, including the distribution of individual statements to the cardholders for review, coding, and approval.
- Collaborate with finance team members to successfully execute various accounting tasks.
- Produce ad hoc reports as needed.
- Additional finance related responsibilities to be assigned as needed.
Qualifications:
- The successful candidate will have a combination of employment, educational, and life experience that demonstrates the qualities and skills below:
- Education and Experience: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting and 7+ years prior general accounting experience required. CPA required.
- Knowledge and Skills: Advanced computer skills including knowledge of MS Word, Excel and Outlook. Knowledge of Aderant a plus.
- Clear Communication and Attention to Detail: You express yourself clearly and concisely, always highlighting the most important information. You show great accuracy, attention to detail and good organizational skills. You proactively communicate the status of your work and share updates with colleagues when necessary. You ensure that your work is mistake‐free.
- Confidentiality: You must be able to adhere to Firm policies regarding the protection of confidential data and demonstrate sensitivity to (and good judgment in connection with) confidential attorney, personnel, and Firm matters.
- Ownership, Initiative, and Teamwork: You take ownership of your projects and follow through on their completion. You proactively anticipate, communicate, and work to independently resolve obstacles you encounter in your work. You possess a strong customer-service orientation and ability to work well within a team and are able to establish and maintain strong working relationships with employees, clients, and professionals.
- Organization, Project Management, and Flexibility: You are comfortable balancing tasks of varying levels of urgency and complexity in an environment where your responsibilities may vary from day to day. You work well under pressure with tight deadlines. You are versatile and able to respond quickly and positively to shifting demands and opportunities. You demonstrate a “no job too big, no job too small” attitude, and take a collaborative, team‐focused approach to rejuggling priorities and contributing to tasks across the Firm.
- Mission Orientation: You are enthusiastic and passionate about our commitment to civil rights and public interest law. You thrive when your work is connected to purpose.
If you are interested, please email Matt Soltmann, MSoltmann@FriedmanWilliams.com