Settlement Accountant

DM Injury Law; Kansas City (MO); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, vision & dental insurance

401(k) matching up to 4%

3 weeks PTO

Work-life balance

Stable growing team

Job summary

DM Injury Law, LLC in Kansas City, MO, is seeking a Settlement Accountant to join the Settlement Team. You will support critical accounting functions to ensure timely, accurate client payments, working closely with attorneys and the finance group to move settlements from start to finish.

Responsibilities include preparing client-facing settlement summaries, reconciling accounts, processing journal entries, and assisting with vendor setup and reporting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
• 1+ years of full-cycle accounting or settlement experience.
• Proficiency with MS Office, accounting software, and databases.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills.

Responsibilities

• Create client-facing settlement summaries and settlement packages for attorneys.
• Review settlement summaries for accuracy and consistency.
• Review and approve settlement accruals entered by attorneys.
• Reconcile settlement-related account activity.
• Reconcile daily exception reports.
• Enter journal entries for co-counsel fees, commissions, and similar items.
• Enter bank transfers for IOLTA and Operating accounts.
• Apply daily cash to open receivables.
• Assist with electronic deposits through the banking web portal as needed.
• Set up new vendors in the ERP system.
• Generate accounting system data for reports.
• Respond to and resolve requests in the shared email inbox.
• Support the Lead and Senior Settlement Accountants as needed.
• Contribute to special projects.

Skills

Full-cycle accounting

Excel

MS Office

Attention to detail

Time management

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting

Tools

SharePoint/OneDrive

ERP Sage

DocuWare imaging system

Sage ERP

DocuWare

Job description

DM Injury Law is one of the fastest-growing personal injury firms in the Midwest — 70+ attorneys, 200 support staff, and offices across 10 markets including Kansas City, St. Louis, Denver, Omaha, and Oklahoma City. Founded in 2013, the firm's growth has been driven by professional, compassionate legal representation for clients after life-altering personal injury events.

Benefits

• Benefits package – Health, vision, and dental insurance coverages
• 401(k) matching retirement plan – up to 4%
• 3 weeks (120) hours of PTO
• Work/Life balance – do the job you love, with great people and NO long, crazy hours!
• Stability – become an integral member of an energetic team in a growing law firm

About the Role

As a Settlement Accountant, you’ll be a key member of our Settlement Team, handling the critical accounting functions that ensure client payments are accurate and on time. You’ll work closely with attorneys, the Lead and Senior Settlement Accountants, and the broader finance team to keep settlements moving smoothly from start to finish.

What You’ll Do

Settlement Processing

• Create client-facing settlement summaries and settlement packages for attorneys
• Review settlement summaries for accuracy and consistency
• Review and approve settlement accruals entered by attorneys
• Reconcile settlement-related account activity
• Reconcile daily exception reports
• Enter journal entries for co-counsel fees, commissions, and similar items
• Enter bank transfers for both IOLTA and Operating accounts
• Apply daily cash to open receivables
• Assist with electronic deposits through the banking web portal as needed

Operations & Support

• Set up new vendors in the ERP system
• Generate accounting system data for reports
• Respond to and resolve requests in the shared email inbox
• Support the Lead and Senior Settlement Accountants as needed
• Contribute to special projects

What You’ll Bring

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field
• 1+ years of full-cycle accounting or settlement experience
• Proficiency with MS Office, accounting software, and databases
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills

Skills & Strengths

• Attention to detail: You can review others’ entries and accurately record a large volume of transactions.
• Time management: You can juggle competing priorities, such as clearing bottlenecks, supporting attorneys and clients, and handling essentials like depositing incoming checks, while still making time for special projects and helping teammates with urgent work.
• Communication and teamwork: You explain your decisions clearly, research team questions and follow up with findings, offer help when you’re caught up, and ask for help when you’re behind.
• Problem solving: You find practical solutions to existing and emerging issues, whether that’s a management reporting question, a reconciliation problem, or a way to make a time-consuming task more efficient and accurate.
• Law firm experience is preferred but not required.

Tools & Systems

Required

• Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel)
• SharePoint and OneDrive
• Adobe Acrobat

Preferred (not required)

• DocuWare imaging system
• DOMO
• ERP Sage

DM Injury Law, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to fostering an inclusive and respectful workplace. We provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability, genetic information, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

This commitment applies to all aspects of employment, including recruitment, hiring, placement, promotion, compensation, training, benefits, and termination.