Director of Accounting POST NUMBER: 444768
Job Summary: The Director of Accounting is responsible for the Firm’s direct financial activities such as planning, procurement, and investments. This individual has strong mathematical and analytical skills to understand and conduct Firm financial transactions in addition to providing leadership to the Accounting department.
Coordinates with billing, collections, financial planning, and matter intake. This role plays a key strategic and operational role in ensuring the financial health and sustainability of the firm.
Responsibilities and Duties:
- Develop a strong, accurate and timely regulatory reporting framework supporting the firm, its departments, as well as its Partners
- Adhere to accepted accounting principles and the firm's accounting policies and procedure, to ensure the integrity of firm accounting data
- Ensures efficient, effective, and consistently high-quality results in all aspects of the Firm's accounting operations including monthly close, financial reporting, cash management, and trust accounts
- Stay current on changes to regulations in all jurisdictions and recommend processes to ensure compliance
- Owns the maintenance and control of the Firm's general ledger system; supervises staff accountants, AP/AR Manager and together with CFO oversight, ensures timely and accurate processing and reporting
- Collaborate with CPA firm to prepare and produce information to support Partnership tax schedules
- Assumes key role in managing relationship with CPA firm as it relates to the yearend review, special projects, and external audits
- Manages requests from Partners and Management Committee for financial reports and data
- Develop and maintain relationships with banking, insurance, and non-organizational accounting personnel to include the management of online banking applications and administration of access rights, account updates and maintenance
- Work closely with Financial Planning & Analysis team to prepare schedules for the firm’s annual budget.
- Designs, documents, and implements methods and strategies to continually improve accounting processes
- Delegate authority for the receipt, disbursement, banking, protection, and custody of funds, securities, and financial instruments.
- Develops Talent, prioritizes the development, training, and appropriate delegation of new activities to team to include responsibility for hiring, training, coaching, and performance management
- Partner with Senior Directors and business support teams to enhance Firm onboarding/exiting procedures.
- Interacts with personnel at all levels of the organization in a tactful, cooperative, and professional manner.
- Acts with honesty, integrity, courtesy, and respect in all instances.
- Uses discretion with financial data and maintains confidentiality.
- Earns the trust and respect of others.
- Works well independently and as a team member.
- Posses and convey an outstanding client service approach for both external and internal clients. Recognizes that all firm personnel are clients and acts accordingly.
- Maintains high competency levels and a strong work ethic.
- Is self-motivated. Takes initiative and is diligent.
- Works effectively under high pressure.
- Performs responsibilities in accordance with all firm standards, policies, and procedures.
- Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting required; CPA or MBA preferred
- Strong working knowledge of law firm operations, economic and accounting principles and practice, financial markets, and banking.
- Minimum of 10 years’ experience in accounting in a law firm or professional services organization.
- Outstanding organizational skills and a demonstrated ability of maintaining and producing high quality work product with minimal oversight
Vaco by Highspring values a diverse workplace and strongly encourages women, people of color, LGBTQ+ individuals, people with disabilities, members of ethnic minorities, foreign-born residents, and veterans to apply.
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Pay Transparency Notice
Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco by Highspring depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to:
- the individual’s skill sets, experience and training;
- licensure and certification requirements;
- office location and other geographic considerations;
- other business and organizational needs.
With that said, as required by local law, Vaco by Highspring believes that the following salary range referenced above reasonably estimates the base compensation for an individual hired into this position in geographies that require salary range disclosure. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses.