Job Description
Larkin Hoffman is seeking to add an Accounting Specialist to join our accounting department. The Accounting Specialist will work in collaboration with our current accounting department staff in key area's including billing, accounts payable, and payroll processing. This successful candidate will possess two or more years of accounting experience or an equivalent combination of education and/or related experience. Certain job duties include processing client billings, providing back up support to other positions including month and year-end, accounts payable, and payroll, and providing internal/external customer service to vendors, attorneys, and legal operations colleagues.
Larkin Hoffman is motivated to attract and retain talented and diverse professionals into our growing firm and is committed to training and professional development. We continuously undertake strategic efforts to advance diversity and foster a respectful, equitable, and inclusive workplace. Working at Larkin Hoffman also has the benefit of being in a prime office location outside the downtown core at Normandale Lake Office Park in Bloomington, MN for easy access with complimentary parking.
Duties & Responsibilities: - Process client billings for designated firm attorneys and quarterly administrative bills ensuring compliance with firm guidelines and e-billing requirements.
- Provide support to accounting team as workload allows and back up to other positions or tasks within the department, including month and year-end, accounts payable, billing and payroll, as requested.
- Review invoices, vouchers, cash receipts, purchase orders and other financial sourced documents for accuracy, proper authorization, adequate documentation, and appropriate account numbers, identifying and resolving discrepancies.
- Generate proformas and draft bills upon request. Includes processing edits, generate final centralized bills while managing the manual bill process and finalizing into appropriate systems.
- Provides internal and external customer service to vendors, attorneys, other administrative and legal operations colleagues.
- Assist the Payroll Manager with reconciling payroll earnings, deductions, and payments to the general ledger.
Benefits: - 401(k) / Profit Sharing Plan
- Paid Parental Leave
- Health Insurance
- HSA/FSA
- Life Insurance
- Employee Assistance Program
- Vision & Dental Insurance (available at employee cost)
- Professional Development Assistance
- Tuition Reimbursement
Education and/or Experience: - Minimum of two years of general accounting, billing and/or accounts payable experience
- Will consider equivalent combination of education and/or related experience if candidate does not have four years of noted experience.
- Intermediate level expertise working with accounting software, Microsoft Office Suite is required.
- Preference will be given to candidates with prior experience working with Elite 3E (Law Firm Accounting Software).
- Preference will be given to candidates with prior billing, payroll, or accounting experience acquired from a law firm or legal setting.
Work Location: - In-person with ability for hybrid work schedule after initial 3-months of onboarding period.
Physical Demands: - The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to perform the essential functions of this job.
Hours: - 37.5 hours per week, generally between the hours of 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., Monday – Friday. Flexibility and ability to work additional hours are based on firm demands/needs with occasional after hours or weekend work as needed.
Salary: - The salary range for this position is $55,000 - $60,000 and represents the firm’s good faith and reasonable estimate of the starting compensation at the time of posting. Actual compensation will depend on several factors, including but not limited to, the candidates’ years of experience, education, qualifications, market demands, and other organization needs.
All search firm contacts regarding available candidates, either in writing or by telephone, must be made through the Firm’s Human Resources Generalist, Drew Johnson. No search firm representatives shall contact any Larkin Hoffman attorney or employee without express written authorization from the Human Resources Generalist. If you would like to submit a candidate for this position or any other position, please send a blind submission summarizing the candidate’s experience omitting the candidate’s name, current employer, or any other identifying information to Drew Johnson at ajohnson@larkinhoffman.com .
Job Tags
Full time, Work at office, Monday to Friday,