CFO - Director of Finance

Description

Does leading a rapidly growing company excite you? Does helping people through the darkest time in their lives sound rewarding? Do you seek a work culture that stands out from the rest? If your answer is a resounding yes, then this opportunity is tailor-made for you. We are a fast-growing law firm with multiple locations throughout the state. We take pride in fostering a work environment that is our foremost priority and enables us to deliver exceptional services to our clients, surpassing the standards set by other firms. Our team is compromised of compassionate, forward-thinking, and tenacious individuals who are committed to achieving optimal outcomes for our clients.

If you are looking to use your financial background to make a difference in the world and be part of a high performing team that holds one another accountable, this role could be the ideal fit for you. We are looking for an experienced financial professional to join our leadership team.

Responsibilities

• Creation of Budgets
• Overseeing all firm banking and financial accounts
• Ensuring the proper administration and reconciliation of the firm's trust accounts
• Supervising the firm's accounts payable, accounts receivable, client billing and general bookkeeping processes
• Coordination with the firm's CPA for tax planning
• Monitoring, tracking and analyzing firm data and making strategic recommendations to firm partners
• Calculating and monitoring average case values, monitoring changes and trends in the same and making strategic recommendations based upon changes
• Calculating and monitoring legal production team and practice area ROI and making strategic recommendations based upon the same
• Creating profitable compensation plans
• Financial projections, modeling and cash flow management
• Auditing accounts
• Analysis of financial records and reports
• Creating and making recommendations of short term and long term financial strategies to the firm partners
• Maintaining operations within desired profit margin
• Oversee and supervise all financial processes and systems within the firm
• Prepare client settlement statements
• Supervise administrative staff
• Implementing financial strategic plans and initiatives

Qualifications

• Supervisor and management experience
• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance or Business Administration
• 8 Years of related experience
• Demonstrated mastery of accounting principles, internal financial controls and financial analysis
• Strong analytical and communications skills
• QuickBooks knowledge and experience
• A high level of proficiency with advanced formulas and functions of Excel
• CPA preferred but not required
• Experience in legal industry or professional services industry preferred but not required

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