Controller

• Financial Ownership: Own day-to-day accounting operations, including AP, AR, billing, financial recordkeeping, banking, monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes, financial reporting, and partner distributions.
• Trust Accounting: Manage multi-state trust accounts ensuring strict compliance with legal and regulatory standards.
• Settlement Processes: Oversee the disbursement and reconciliation of settlements, maintaining detailed records and audit trails.
• Tax Coordination: Collaborate with external accountants to ensure accurate tax filings and maintain compliance with IRS regulations.
• Payroll Administration: Supervise payroll functions across multiple states, ensuring compliance with wage-and-hour rules and tax withholding.
• Compliance & Risk: Oversee financial compliance and internal controls, including trust-accounting requirements, applicable state and local filings and business licensing, and coordination with outside brokers on firm insurance programs.
• Benefits Administration: Support benefits administration, including health, dental, vision, and other voluntary benefit programs, benefits invoice reconciliation, carrier discrepancy resolution, and employee eligibility tracking.

What we’re looking for:

• Extensive Experience: 10+ years in finance/accounting with at least 5 years in a law firm setting.
• Educational Background: Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related fields; CPA strongly preferred.
• Law Firm Expertise: Familiarity with trust accounting, contingency fees, and multi-state operations.
• Technology & AI Proficiency: Demonstrated comfort with modern accounting systems, technology transitions, and actively leveraging AI to improve reporting, reconciliation, analysis, workflow efficiency, accuracy, and financial insight.
• Leadership Skills: Proven ability to manage finance teams and communicate effectively with executive leadership.
• Collaborative Leadership: Low-ego, hands-on leader who communicates clearly, works collaboratively across teams, and contributes positively to a high-performance, low-drama culture.

Why you should work here:

• Growth Opportunities: Opportunity to grow toward a CFO role as the firm expands and responsibilities evolve.
• Leadership Collaboration: Direct involvement with firm leadership to influence strategic decisions.
• Modern Systems: Opportunity to lead the implementation of advanced accounting and AI tools.
• Dynamic Environment: Engage in a high-growth firm adding major markets and expanding nationally.

This is an extraordinary opportunity to make a significant impact in a dynamic and growing legal firm.

If you are a finance leader ready to take ownership of a sophisticated financial environment and help build a scalable finance function for a growing organization, we encourage you to apply.

Your expertise will be instrumental in supporting the firm's continued success and future growth.