Accounting Manager (Minneapolis)

We are seeking an Accounting Manager with 5years' 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.