Senior Accountant I Law Firms

📊 Senior Accountant

Location:

• Remote – Latin America

Working Hours: Monday–Friday, 8:00 AM–4:00 PM MST

Employment Type: Full-time

🎯 About the Role

We are looking for an experienced Senior Accountant based in Latin America to oversee the quality and accuracy of monthly accounting and financial reporting for a portfolio of U.S. law firm clients.

This is a senior, hands-on role for someone who can independently manage month-end close processes, review the work of Staff Accountants and Bookkeepers, resolve complex reconciliation issues, and ensure financial reports are accurate before they are delivered to the CFO team.

The ideal candidate combines strong technical accounting skills with proven experience in U.S. law firm accounting, IOLTA trust accounting, and team mentoring.

📝 Key Responsibilities

• Own the monthly close process for a portfolio of law firm clients, including reconciliations, account reviews, and final quality checks under cash-basis accounting.
• Review the work of Staff Accountants and Bookkeepers, including transaction coding, bank and credit card reconciliations, and IOLTA three-way reconciliations.
• Investigate and resolve complex trust account discrepancies, negative client balances, and synchronization issues between QuickBooks Online and legal practice management systems.
• Prepare and review monthly financial statements and budget-to-actual reports, providing clear commentary on significant variances.
• Lead cleanup and catch-up projects for new clients or accounts with incomplete or outdated records.
• Support the CFO team with cash flow reporting, budgets, forecasts, and KPI dashboards.
• Prepare year-end workpapers and organize accounting records for handoff to the tax team.
• Join client calls as needed to explain financial results, answer accounting questions, and address issues professionally.
• Train and mentor Staff Accountants and Bookkeepers, providing clear and constructive feedback on their work.
• Identify recurring errors and recommend improvements to accounting procedures, checklists, and workflows.
• Respond to client emails within one business day, escalate concerns appropriately, complete assigned tasks on time, and track time daily in Karbon.

✅ Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• 5+ years of accounting experience, including month-end close and financial statement preparation for multiple clients. - 2+ years of experience reviewing the work of Bookkeepers or Staff Accountants.
• Hands-on experience with U.S. law firm accounting.
• Direct experience performing and reviewing IOLTA or trust account three-way reconciliations, including investigating discrepancies and resolving negative client balances.
• Advanced QuickBooks Online (QBO) skills, including bookkeeping cleanup and catch-up projects.
• Strong knowledge of cash-basis accounting, balance sheet reconciliations, and budget-to-actual variance analysis.
• Advanced Excel skills.
• Fluent written and spoken English, with confidence communicating directly with U.S. law firm owners.
• Strong analytical skills, attention to detail, independence, and the ability to review complex accounting work accurately.

⭐ Nice to Have

• CPA or equivalent professional accounting designation, such as Contador Público.
• Experience with Clio or MyCase, including integrations with QuickBooks Online.
• Experience using Karbon for accounting workflows and task management.
• Familiarity with financial reporting and forecasting tools such as Fathom.
• Experience in public accounting or Client Accounting Services (CAS) supporting U.S. clients.
• QuickBooks Online ProAdvisor Advanced Certification.

🚀 What Makes This Role Unique?

• Work with a specialized U.S. accounting firm serving law firms.
• Take ownership of accounting quality and financial reporting across a portfolio of clients.
• Apply advanced accounting expertise to complex trust accounting and reconciliation challenges.
• Mentor junior accounting professionals and contribute to improving internal processes.
• Collaborate with an experienced accounting and CFO team in a remote, international environment.