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Job Title
Staff Accountant
Job Location
Kansas City
Job Type
Business Services
Country/Territory
United States
Region
The Americas
Description
The Firm
Clyde & Co is a leading, sector-focused global law firm with
440 partners, 1800 lawyers, 2500 legal professionals, and 4000
staff in over 50 offices and associated offices worldwide. The firm
specializes in the sectors that move, build and power our
connected world and the insurance that underpins it, including:
transport, infrastructure, energy, trade & commodities and
insurance. With a strong focus on developed and emerging markets, the
firm has achieved compound average annual revenue growth of 15%
over the last ten years, making it one of the fastest-growing
law firms in the world with ambitious plans for further growth.
The Role
The Staff Accountant conducts the daily and regular interval
accounting activities including banking, general ledger and bank
account reconciliations, and financial statements.
Key Responsibilities
• Reconcile/ review AR postings with daily bank activity •
Review and revise weekly report for postings with 30 days or more in
unallocated, re-class from unallocated • Give Collection Analysts
support finding backups for old unallocated entries • Review
lockbox receipts and deposit all checks received and provide
allocations when necessary • Provide AP with daily wage works and
HSA posting reports from bank line • Provide AP with Partner and
Staff expenses when debited • Provide monthly bank service
charges back up and ensure posting on 3E • Issue trust wires and
checks for trust funds received and respond to trust inquires •
Backup for daily cash receipts reports • Weekly bank and trust
bank reconciliations, and reconciliation review • Reconcile all
operating Clyde & Co US bank accounts • Prepaid
reconciliation • Make any journal entries needed before month
end • Straight line rent entry • Fixed assets
reconciliation • Scan and upload reconciliations, plus all month
end journals
Education
•Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
•Knowledge of 3E and/or Enterprise software helpful, but not
required •Self-directed individual that knows what needs to be
done and operates with a sense of urgency, focus
and discipline •Proven ability to exercise good judgment, be
highly organized, show initiative and be proactive •Excellent
written and oral communication skills with extreme comfort in
interacting with internal and external stakeholders; ability to
work at all levels within the organization with confidence and
establish credibility •Ability to manage and prioritize tasks,
with excellent time management skills to complete projects in a
timely fashion •Willingness to take initiative to problem
solve and critical thinking skills (think outside the box) •Must
be career oriented and have strong work ethic •Must be a team
player and have interpersonal skills •Proficient with Microsoft
Office Excel and Word •Above all, possess the highest standards
of ethics and confidentiality to handle sensitive information.
Experience
•3-5 years of experience in a relevant position •Prior law
firm experience is strongly preferred
**Principals only**
It is the policy of the Firm to recruit, hire, promote, reassign,
compensate and train highly qualified persons without regard to
race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression,
religion, national origin, age, disability or any other basis
protected by applicable law.