Accounting Manager (Minneapolis)
At Taft, we work as one team, driven and committed to helping our clients succeed. A full-service law firm with more than 1,000 attorneys and approximately 1,775 on our team, we have the collaborative approach, advanced technological resources, and depth of services that make us a preeminent law firm.
We are looking for an energetic, customer-service focused Accounting Manager with experience to join our team in Taft’s Minneapolis office.
We are seeking an Accounting Manager with 5 years’ experience to support our Minneapolis office. Accounting Managers serve clients by providing accounting support to attorneys. All Taft employees operate under a “Client First” philosophy—in all things, we seek to provide exceptional services to our clients.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Manages the day-to-day operations of the accounting team through direct supervision of cash applications, accounts payable, billing, and financial reporting functions.
- Provides hands on support to accounting team members as needed to facilitate service delivery efforts.
- Promotes and improves best practice workflows that ensure transactional accuracy, data reliability and information value.
- Prepares monthly and annual financial statements.
- Performs period-end financial system close functions & reconciliation processes.
- Performs general ledger account reconciliations, posts appropriate journal entries and/or reconciling transactions.
- Maintains the fixed asset accounting system, including depreciable asset records and general ledger reconciliations.
- Prepares and maintains supporting schedules used in the preparation of the firm’s annual tax return filings.
- Compiles audit schedules and supporting documentation for the firm’s annual financial statement review.
- Responsible for development and maintenance of ad hoc financial reports and dashboards.
- Oversees the timely preparation of the firm’s Use and Gross Receipts tax liability filings.
- Assists the Controller in the preparation of departmental budgets.
- Performs other duties as assigned by the supervisor.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
- Knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles (U.S. GAAP), tax basis accounting rules, law firm economics, finance, and banking.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and conceptual skills.
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively and independently in atmosphere of multiple projects, shifting priorities, and deadline pressure.
- Good oral and written communication skills and interpersonal skills including the ability to effectively communicate transactional information to both accounting and non-accounting personnel.
- Ability to interact and collaborate effectively with team members, technical staff, vendors, and internal customers.
- Demonstrated ability to present training materials and instruct staff.
- Ability to lead, think creatively as well as adapt and contribute to changing environments.
- Attention to detail and the ability to prepare and maintain detailed records, schedules, and reports.
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance-related field is required. CPA or CPA Candidate preferred.
- Five years of technical experience performing accounting duties including the preparation of financial statements, application of internal controls and managing an accounting operations team.
- Legal industry experience is preferred.
- Experience with Elite Enterprise, Rippe LMS+, and/or Aderant, eBillingHub and/or BillBlast, Paperless billing and Accounts Payable workflows, Chrome River, LawPay and reporting dashboards preferred.
- Accounting software implementation experience highly desirable.
Interested candidates should apply here.