Trust Accountant

1 month ago

Tampa, United States CareerBuilder Full time

Firm Summary

White & Case is an elite global law firm serving leading companies, financial institutions and governments worldwide. Our long history as an international firm means we are perfectly placed to help our clients resolve their most complex legal challenges wherever they may be.

With lawyers operating from more than 40 locations, working in virtually every country of the world, we have invested heavily in building a high-quality full-service practice competing at the top of the market. We are distinguished by our on-the-ground presence in the worlds key financial markets and our strengths in handling complex cross-border work.

Its not just about our global network of offices; its the global interconnectedness of the Firm that our people, and our clients, value most. We work well together across geographic and practice boundaries. Its one of the reasons we attract and retain cross-border work. And why we attract a diverse group of people.

Our lawyers are globally minded, enterprising, collaborative and committed to excellence. Diversity is a core value of our Firm and it has been recognized with numerous awards and top rankings around the world. Our people represent 90 nationalities and speak 80 languages.

Position Summary

White & Case LLP is seeking a Trust Accountant who will be responsible for handling escrow and trust transactions, reporting and reconciliations.

The successful candidate must possess exceptional communication skills both written and oral, be able to multi-task in a high paced environment and be highly detail oriented.

Our Functional Area

The Global Finance team is led by the Firms CFO, Steve Wrede, and is made up of approximately 280 team members around the world. Committed to our 2020 strategy for profitable growth, our core functions include billing and collecting Firm invoices, statutory accounting for the Firm and for individual offices, creating and distributing management reports, processing payments to vendors or reimbursements to employees and managing payroll for our people. Together, we work seamlessly across our network of offices and countries where we operate. Ours is a multicultural, diverse and supportive team, where everyones contribution is welcome and where we share a mutual ambition to achieve our goals and take the Firm from strength to strength.

Our teams remit includes partner compensation and the maintenance of partner equity accounts; strategic procurement of vendor services; global tax strategies; inventory management, and finally analysis of the profitability of clients, matters and groups of timekeeper. We work with partners and with other business services groups to establish hourly billing rates as well as client-specific fee arrangements. Our Treasury team is responsible for global cash management, foreign currencies and hedging.

In consultation with Firm leaders, we set annual global revenue and expense budgets across Regional Sections and offices, including legal and business service departments. The team continuously reviews expenditures throughout the year to ensure that the Firms resources are being used efficiently.

Duties And Accountabilities

Processing and handling of trust and escrow disbursements and receipts
Monitoring and posting of client receipts
Preparation of monthly trust reporting for management
Assist with audit requests (internal and external)
Ad-hoc account analysis and reporting
Liaising with the global finance teams, as appropriate
Maintain and update training and process documentation
Monitor and ensure transactions are compliance with global and statutory policy and protocol
Preparation of variance analysis on the management accounts
Communicate with and respond to project requests in a timely, courteous and professional manner
Other reasonable duties as the business requires

Qualifications

Bachelors degree
5 + years of law firm experience preferred
Ability to multi-task and work-well in high paced environment
Proficient in Microsoft Office applications, including Excel and PowerPoint
Prior trust accounting experience is a plus
Excellent communication skills written and oral
Exceptional determination, self-motivation and interpersonal skills and resolve
Experience of Elite 3E is advantageous

Location & Reporting

This role is based in Tampa, Florida
This role will report to the Director, Finance Operations & Systems

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