• Los Angeles, CA
  • $75,000 Per Year
2 days ago

Job Description

Overview

The Los Angeles office of Lewis Brisbois, a full-service AmLaw 100 firm, is seeking a Trust Accountant to join the Finance department. The primary responsibilities of this position include reconciling client trust records with general ledger and trust bank accounts monthly, maintaining detailed records by client for funds held in all firm trust accounts, and preparing trust transfers, allocations, and financial transactions. Hybrid schedule three (3) days in the office and two (2) days remotely after completing 30 days of employment, subject to business needs and firm policy.

We offer competitive compensation and in addition, Lewis Brisbois offers a range of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, 401k with employer match, as well as sick and vacation time. We also offer excellent opportunities for growth and advancement while working with a collaborative team.

Responsibilities

Job Specifications/Requirements:

  • Minimum of 3 - 4 years' experience in accounting, account balancing, and reconciliation.
  • Law firm experience a plus, but not required
  • Strong attention to detail and demonstrated organizational skills
  • Self-starter that can work independently in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
  • Ability to multi-task effectively, prioritize incoming work, and transition efficiently between different systems
  • Strong knowledge of Outlook, Excel, and Word; 10-key speed required
  • Be a supportive teammate demonstrating a professional demeanor and customer service approach at all times

Lewis Brisbois is not accepting search firm submissions for this position.

Qualifications

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Minimum Salary

USD $75,000.00/Yr.

Maximum Salary

USD $85,000.00/Yr.

Numbers & Facts

LocationLos Angeles, CA
IndustryLegal Services
Company Size1,500 to 1,999 employees
Year Founded1979
Websitehttp://lewisbrisbois.com/

About Company

Our national practice is sophisticated, multi-faceted and well-versed in current legal trends, while our individual state practices provide vast resources and knowledge of procedural and legal nuances. Lewis Brisbois offers legal practice in more than 35 specialties, and a multitude of sub-specialties associated with each practice area. Our attorneys have broad knowledge, expertise, and sensitivity to their clients’ unique needs. Through interaction among its practice groups, Lewis Brisbois provides a wide range of legal services to each client with a continuity of representation over multiple disciplines. We have built longstanding relationships with corporate and institutional clients based on our ability to provide comprehensive service on a national scale.

At Lewis Brisbois, diversity is an integral part of our firm culture and our daily life. We accomplish diversity not by committee or initiative, but through the true and committed practice of hiring the best people for the job and consistently rewarding excellence. The success of these policies is reflected in the fact that Lewis Brisbois has repeatedly received national recognition for its commitment to embracing diversity. Lewis Brisbois is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse group of talented lawyers and staff, and demonstrates that commitment through non-discriminatory hiring, retention and promotion policies. The diversity of the firm’s client base is matched by the diversity of our attorneys.

With offices from Los Angeles to New York, our attorneys reflect the communities in which they live. The firm’s culture has fostered a diverse group of professionals committed to promoting the best interests of our clients, our communities and the legal profession. We are committed to supporting diversity through new and ongoing relationships with minority and women-owned businesses.

Lewis Brisbois is known for its commitment to principled advocacy, an unflinching work ethic, and unyielding recognition of our duty to provide the highest level of service to our clients, who choose us because we take the time to understand their business interests and philosophies. We have developed sophisticated proprietary risk evaluation and litigation management processes that many of our clients have incorporated into their business practices, and we help them manage and defend claims and litigation. As a result, they are avoiding and reducing losses that impact their bottom line.

Our practice includes pre-suit counseling and problem solving based on a structured and accurate analysis of likely outcome. We know our clients’ objectives are often best served by a pre-suit resolution, and we are often judged by the advice and counsel we provide toward that end. However, when trial is the answer and in the client’s best interest, no law firm in this country understands and better executes a trial strategy than Lewis Brisbois. We are truly client driven and result oriented.

Skills

  • 10-key (Tenkey) Numeric Keypadunmatched
  • Accountingunmatched
  • Accounts Receivableunmatched
  • Customer Support/Serviceunmatched
  • Detail Orientedunmatched
  • Establish Prioritiesunmatched
  • Financeunmatched
  • Financial Transactionsunmatched
  • General Ledger Accountingunmatched
  • Legalunmatched
  • Microsoft Excelunmatched
  • Microsoft Outlookunmatched
  • Microsoft Wordunmatched
  • Multitaskingunmatched
  • Organizational Skillsunmatched
  • Reconciliationunmatched
  • Record Keepingunmatched
  • Time Managementunmatched

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