Staff Accountant

Law firm located in Manhattan looking for a Staff Accountant to start immediately.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Prepare monthly bank account reconciliations for domestic and international entities and work with appropriate teams to resolve any discrepancies
• Review, initiate, and process wires and ACH payments
• Process and record check deposits and bank transfers
• Handling of Escrow transactions
• Prepare and analyze monthly account reconciliations for various BS and PL expense accounts
• Record monthly journal entries to assist in month-end close process (e.g. loan payments, payroll charges, bank charges, etc.)
• Fixed Assets register maintenance and reconciliation
• Assist with processing of payments to partners
• Record and reconcile state sales and use tax filings on a quarterly/monthly basis
• Update and manage daily cash reports to management
• Assist with year-end audit requests and ad hoc projects as needed

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• 3-5 years in a Staff Accountant role or related accounting experience
• Bachelor's degree in accounting
• Demonstrates strong understanding of GAAP principles and accrual accounting
• Strong communication skills needed, both written and verbal
• Ability to perform multiple tasks simultaneously, work effectively in a team environment and meet deadlines
• Analytical mindset and the ability to interpret data is a must
• Comfortable handling confidential information
• Prior experience of Thomson Elite and Chrome River Expense/Invoice systems
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills (Pivot tables, V-look ups, Macros, etc.)