Legal Accounting Specialist
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HireHawkLegal services
Workplace: Remote; Location: Philippines, Monday - Friday 9:00 am - 6:00 pm PSTContract
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Job Details
- Languages
- Bilingual fluency in English and Spanish
- Required Skills
- Microsoft ExcelAccountingBookkeepingQuickBooks
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or completed accounting coursework.
- Hands-on accounting or bookkeeping experience within a U.S. law firm.
- Demonstrated experience managing IOLTA trust accounts and business operating accounts.
- Advanced QuickBooks proficiency, including transactions, reconciliations, reports, and account records.
- Strong Microsoft Excel skills, including formulas, reconciliations, data organization, and financial reporting.
- Bilingual fluency in English and Spanish.
- Accounting experience within a personal injury law firm is a nice-to-have.
- Experience supporting month-end closing activities for a legal practice is a nice-to-have.
- Familiarity with settlement-related transactions, client ledgers, or personal injury case accounting is a nice-to-have.
- Experience improving bookkeeping, reconciliation, or financial reporting processes is a nice-to-have.
Responsibilities
- Maintain complete and accurate financial records for IOLTA trust accounts and business operating accounts.
- Process trust transactions and keep IOLTA records current, accurate, and traceable.
- Reconcile bank, trust, operating, and accounting records, investigating and resolving discrepancies.
- Process deposits, disbursements, transfers, invoices, and expenses with supporting documentation.
- Keep QuickBooks organized and up to date.
- Prepare financial, reconciliation, and transaction reports using QuickBooks and Microsoft Excel.
- Support month-end accounting by reviewing balances, organizing records, and completing reconciliations.
- Communicate with legal and operational team members when information, approvals, or corrections are needed.
- Identify unusual activity, missing documentation, and potential accounting issues and raise them proactively.
- Maintain confidentiality when handling client funds, financial records, settlement-related information, and internal business data.
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