Accounting Manager

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.

^{Taft is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The information in this posting presents general duties, tasks, and responsibilities but is not intended to be an exhaustive listing. Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP participates in E-VERIFY.}