Accounting Assistant

2 months ago

Lafayette, United States Laborde Earles Full time


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Do you find satisfaction in helping people and making a difference in their lives and the lives of their communities? Laborde Earles is committed to providing quality representation to our clients and being fully attentive to their needs, which starts by providing the same favorable environment for our team members. Join us in standing up for our clients, with our community, by our work, and beside each other
The Opportunity

 We are looking for a meticulous Accounting Assistant to provide temporary support for the Accounting Team during our NetSuite implementation. This position is ideal for a detail-oriented individual with strong Excel skills. The role primarily involves extensive data entry and review, requiring a strong affinity for working with data. The successful candidate will be proficient in Excel (vlookup and hlookup functions) to ensure the accurate preparation of legacy data for migration into NetSuite. In addition, this role will perform a variety of tasks, providing daily support to the Accounting Team. This interim role has the potential to transition permanently into our accounting or legal support teams.


What Winning Looks Like:
  1. Accountable for NetSuite Implementation Support 
    1. Assist with accounting system implementation by providing heavy data entry and review of legacy data migration Excel templates.
    2. Provide support during the transition phase and troubleshoot any issues.
  2. Accountable for providing general support to the Accounting Team
    1. Provide support and assistance to the accounting team and leadership with routine tasks and projects.


Skills Needed to Win:
  • Communicate: Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
  • Be Empathetic: able to deal empathetically with clients who are injured and scared, while still maintaining professionalism. Must be able to work as a team.
  • Be Excel-Savvy: proficiency with Microsoft Excel required
  • Present Solutions: able to problem solve, follow instructions, be creative, use discretion, ask questions when necessary 
  • Be Honorable: able to act with integrity, professionalism, and confidentiality and display good judgement
  • Demonstrate High Organization: high attention to detail and accuracy with high volumes of data; strong organizational & prioritizing skills 
Preferred Education & Experience:
  • Proficiency in data entry and management
  • Experience with NetSuite and/or accounting software implementations
  • 1-3 years accounts payable or general accounting experience
  • Knowledge of accounts payable
Physical Requirements:
  • Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer
  • Must be able to lift up to 15 pounds at times


The Perks of Being Part of Our Laborde Earles Community:

  • Optional companywide events allowing you to play as hard as you work, such as Crawfish Boils, Christmas parties, Retreats, and more
  • Work-life balance is encouraged as we consider 36.5 hours your full-time requirement and we rarely exceed a 40-hour workweek. We prefer you work to live, not live to work.
  • We celebrate life's little (& big) moments with you from birthdays & work anniversaries to marriages and births, as well as, support you when the going gets tough from procedures/hospitalizations to loss of a loved one.
  • Collaboration and team member rapport is cheered and emboldened.
  • We offer many competitive benefits upon eligibility waiting periods:
    • Company-paid Short-term disability & Life/AD&D
    • Health, vision, dental, long-term disability, critical illness, and additional life insurance policies upon eligibility waiting periods
    • 401(k) and profit sharing options upon eligibility waiting periods
    • PTO, paid holidays (10), and paid maternity leave
    • Health Savings Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA), including dependent care
    • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Who We Are

We are a team and community-oriented personal injury law firm dedicated to winning for our clients who have had their lives turned upside down from injuries through no fault of their own. With multiple offices across Louisiana, we focus on ensuring people get maximum monetary compensation for various types of personal injuries or loss of a loved one from incidents like car wrecks, truck accidents, offshore, and workplace injuries. Our founders joined forces to build the premier law firm in Louisiana. With over 250 years of combined experience, our attorneys have earned a powerful reputation and have been nationally recognized as top trial lawyers. As a dedicated and high-performing team, we pride ourselves in our core values: All In, Work Hard, Play Hard, Honorable, Cutting Edge, Community, and Winners, Not Whiners. With all the proper tools in place, our mission is to stand up for our clients, stand with our community, stand by our work, and stand beside each other. You may begin your journey with Laborde Earles for many different reasons, but you stay for the team.

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