Settlement Accountant

TITLE: Settlement Accountant

REPORTS TO: Settlement Accounting Manager

SALARY: Competitive salary commensurate with experience

POSITION/TYPE: Exempt                  

Requirements:

• 1 or more years of full cycle accounting or settlement experience
• Proficient computer skills with MS Office, accounting software and databases.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field

Purpose and Value to the Team:

The Settlement Accountant will assist the Settlement Team by handling critical accounting functions which supports ultimately client payments.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Review client-facing settlement summaries for accuracy and consistency.
• Create client-facing settlement summaries & settlement packages for attorneys.
• Prepare and print checks from settlement funds.
• Reconcile settlement related account activity.
• Reconcile undeposited checks and send notifications about them to their attorneys.
• Make bank deposits daily for multiple entities and record related ACH activity.
• Generate data from accounting system for reports.

Knowledge & Skills:

• Attention to detail
  • Review entries made by others and able to accurately record large volume of transactions.
• Time management
  • Able to prioritize tasks which can create process bottlenecks, help attorneys and clients, and handle daily essential tasks like depositing incoming checks while finding time to work on side projects or help when it is needed more to complete other people’s high priority tasks.
• Communication/Team player
  • Communicate clearly and explain decisions.
  • Research team questions and update with findings.
  • Offer to help when caught up and know when to ask for help when behind. 
• Problem solving
  • Able to find solutions to existing and emergent problems that work with the team. Management reporting questions, reconciliation issues, or making time consuming tasks more efficient/accurate are some examples.
• Software Proficiencies:
  • Microsoft Office – Outlook, Word, Excel.
  • Adobe Acrobat.
  • Experience with Sage Intacct a plus.
  • Experience with Neos/Needles a plus.

Employee Perks:

• Benefits package – Health, vision, and dental insurance coverages
• 401(k) matching retirement plan – up to 4%
• 3 weeks (120) hours of PTO
• Paid holidays
• Work/Life balance – do the job you love, with great people and NO long, crazy hours!
• Stability – become an integral member of an energetic team in a growing law firm

DiPasquale Moore, LLC provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.