Accounting Manager responsible for daily accounting function in a cash flow management fintech startup. Collaborating with finance leaders and building scalable workflows across accounting and operations.
About the role
- Accounting Manager overseeing end-to-end billing process at Latham & Watkins in Boston. Collaborating with global teams and managing accounting staff while ensuring compliance with financial practices.
Responsibilities
- Acting as a subject matter expert to billing attorneys, senior office and department leadership, and the Finance Committee
- Coordinating with the Global Billing team to implement and administer firmwide billing and inventory management best practices and procedures
- Managing and developing accounting staff, organizing and coordinating their work to meet department objectives timely and accurately
- Providing interpretation, guidance, training, and assistance on billing and accounting strategies, including financial metrics, rate structure analysis, Alternative Fee Arrangement initiatives, including matter budgets and fixed fee arrangements
- Promoting the “Gold Standard” process for pro-active inventory management, managing billing completion percentages to ensure timely billing of inventory, monitoring reports, ensuring monthly inventory meetings take place with billing attorneys and overseeing the delivery of collection support and account receivable follow up alongside the Senior Manager of Collections
- Protecting and maintaining any highly sensitive, confidential, privileged, financial, and/or proprietary information that Latham & Watkins retains
Requirements
- A bachelor's degree in Accounting, or related field
- Preferably a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) or Master of Business Administration (MBA)
- A minimum of eight (8) years of increasingly complex Accounting experience
- A minimum of six (6) years of experience in an Accounting management capacity
- A minimum of four (4) years of experience in general accounting practices
Benefits
- Healthcare, life and disability insurance
- A generous 401k plan
- At least 11 paid holidays per year, and a PTO program that accrues 23 days during the first year of employment and grows with tenure
- Well-being programs (e.g. mental health services, mindfulness and resiliency, medical resources, well-being events, and more)
- Professional development programs
- Employee discounts
- Affinity groups, networks, and coalitions for lawyers and staff
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