Finance and Accounting Assistant

Company Overview:
Grant Herrmann Schwartz & Klinger is a prestigious boutique law firm known for our dedication to excellence and providing specialized services to our high-net-worth clientele. Our team is composed of experts offering a range of services from legal advice to comprehensive accounting solutions. We pride ourselves on our confidentiality, precision, and understanding of international regulations.
Job Description:
We are seeking a Finance and Accounting Assistant to join our fast-paced department. This role is crucial for meeting clients’ regulatory deliverables and bookkeeping needs, as well as for running our own client service business. The ideal candidate will have a solid background in finance and accounting, with experience in financial statement preparation and a knack for managing multiple deadlines. Additionally, this individual will assist with maintaining billing records, sending and tracking payments, and document management.
Key Responsibilities:
Financial Statement Preparation:

• Prepare simple and complex financial statements for various entities and jurisdictions.
• Collect information for tax and informational reporting, ensuring compliance with deadlines.

Corporate Administration and Bookkeeping:

• Manage bookkeeping and recordkeeping for firm-affiliated corporate administration entity and some private client entities.
• Assist in daily management of corporate administration entity operating in multiple international jurisdictions.
• Process and reconcile payments in QuickBooks and trust accounting system.
• Maintain confidentiality due to the nature of our high-net-worth clientele.

Administrative Tasks:

• Communicate with clients, accountants and attorneys to obtain required documents.
• Correspond with clients and registered agents regarding documentation requests.

Electronic and Paper Filing:

• Maintain electronic filing systems, record information, and update paperwork.
• Prepare and edit documents, including reports and client communications, to ensure professional language and formatting.

Special Project:

• Evaluate alternative bookkeeping systems to QuickBooks with enhanced capabilities.
• Manage the migration of our books to the chosen new system.

Job Requirements:

• Education: BBA or MBA degree preferred.
• Experience: Prior experience in finance and accounting. Familiarity with financial statement preparation and international banking transactions highly desirable.
• Skills:
  
  • Reading, understanding and preparing financial statements
  • Knowledge of basic accounting principles
  • Strong adherence to deadlines and meticulous record-keeping.
  • Proficient in QuickBooks and Excel.
  • Excellent attention to detail and accuracy.
  • Capable of managing multiple priorities.
  • Effective communicator, fluent in English. Spanish and/or Portuguese language skills are a huge plus.

Workplace location requirements
Requires in-office work at the NYC office daily.
Why Join Us:

• Diverse Responsibilities: Engage in a wide range of financial and administrative tasks across international jurisdictions. No two days are the same!
• Be a Genuine Team Member: We are a small but mighty team that works closely together at a very fast pace, and your contributions will be noticed and valued.
• Professional Growth: Be part of a boutique firm that values expertise and dedication, offering opportunities for professional development.

The firm offers a competitive salary commensurate with experience, along with great benefits such as 401k, medical, dental, and vision.
Grant Herrmann is an equal employment opportunity employer and considers all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, gender, pregnancy, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information, service in the uniformed services, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law.