Strategic, Hands-On Accounting & Finance Manager

Abogados De Asilo Político; Ciudad de Mendoza; A distancia; ARS 138.361.000 - 199.855.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Political Asylum Lawyers in Houston seeks an Accounting & Finance Manager to lead financial operations, accounting systems, billing, cash flow, and controls in a hands-on role. You’ll partner with leadership to drive rigorous financial management and reliable reporting.

This position focuses on building strong internal controls, trust accounting compliance, budgeting, forecasting, and strategic planning to support the firm’s mission of helping immigrants through asylum.

Responsabilidades

• Financial Operations Management: Perform and manage day-to-day financial operations, working with existing staff and service providers and documenting procedures so the work is completed accurately and on time.
• Follow financial issues through to resolution: identify who is responsible for each next step and its deadline, follow up, raise problems with recommended solutions, and confirm that the agreed actions were completed correctly.
• Ensure accurate execution of accounting, billing, A/R, A/P, payroll, trust accounting, collections, tax coordination, and general ledger maintenance.
• Maintain clean and current financial records in the accounting system.
• Ensure the legal team is supported with accurate financial information related to client matters, billing, retainers, and collections.
• Monitor daily cash balances, bank accounts, credit card activity, merchant activity, and other key financial accounts.
• Ensure bills, vendor payments, check requests, and reimbursements are processed accurately and on time.
• Financial Reporting, Budgeting, and Forecasting: Prepare, review, and analyze monthly financial statements and key financial reports on time.
• Validate supporting records, calculations, and assumptions; investigate material inconsistencies and disclose unresolved limitations.
• Ensure monthly financial reports are completed accurately and on time.
• Prepare annual and periodic budgets and forecasts as required throughout the year. Provide budget variance reports and explain the results to the Owner/CFO in clear business language, including conclusions, recommendations, and decisions needed.
• Support the creation, maintenance, and monitoring of the annual budget.
• Maintain a forward-looking cash flow forecast to help leadership anticipate shortfalls, plan distributions, and manage working capital.
• Track year-over-year revenue growth, gross profit, operating profit, and other key financial trends.
• Provide analysis that supports strategic planning, operational planning, and financial decision-making.
• Billing, Collections, and Accounts Receivable: Own and continuously improve the firm’s billing and collections process.
• Supervise timely preparation and delivery of client invoices.
• Monitor payment plans and ensure clients comply with payment terms.
• Track, measure, and report accounts receivable aging.
• Ensure collection protocols are followed consistently and professionally.
• Work with billing staff and leadership to prevent A/R from accruing unnecessarily.
• Address client billing questions and payment concerns professionally while protecting the firm’s financial interests.
• Own the operational handling of chargebacks, refund requests, billing disputes, and merchant service issues through documented resolution.
• Review billing records, payment history and related correspondence to understand and resolve chargebacks, refund requests and billing disputes. Coordinate follow‑up, obtain required approvals, and confirm that any approved refunds, credits or other adjustments are correctly recorded in the relevant systems and account balances.
• Recommend process improvements to increase collection rate and reduce financial leakage.
• Trust Accounting and Compliance: Ensure trust/IOLTA account activity is properly monitored, reconciled, and documented.
• Own or review three‑way trust reconciliations.
• Identify and resolve trust accounting discrepancies with urgency.
• Ensure compliance with applicable legal, ethical, and accounting requirements.
• Work with the Owner/CFO and CPA to correct accounting or reporting issues.
• Maintain strong internal controls to protect the integrity of firm financials.
• Internal Controls and Risk Management: Design, recommend, and enforce financial controls that protect the firm.
• Identify financial risks, reporting gaps, compliance issues, cash flow risks, billing breakdowns, and process weaknesses.
• Recommend practical corrective actions to leadership and work within approved policies and authority limits.
• Support audits, tax preparation, financial reviews, and outside accounting reviews.
• Ensure balance sheet reconciliations, payroll liability reconciliations, and bank reconciliations are completed accurately.
• Monitor payroll taxes, tax liabilities, vendor obligations, debt obligations, and compliance deadlines.

Descripción del empleo

Political Asylum Lawyers in Houston seeks an Accounting & Finance Manager to lead financial operations, accounting systems, billing, cash flow, and controls in a hands-on role. You’ll partner with leadership to drive rigorous financial management and reliable reporting.

This position focuses on building strong internal controls, trust accounting compliance, budgeting, forecasting, and strategic planning to support the firm’s mission of helping immigrants through asylum.