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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