Settlement Accountant: Precise Payments & Reconciliations

DM Injury Law; Kansas City (MO); Vor Ort; USD 60.000 - 80.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

DM Injury Law, LLC is seeking a Settlement Accountant to join the Settlement Team. You will handle essential accounting functions to ensure client payments are accurate and timely, collaborating with attorneys and the finance group to move settlements forward smoothly.

You’ll perform settlement processing, accrual reviews, reconciliations, journal entries, and vendor setup while supporting senior team members on special projects.

Qualifikationen

• 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.

Aufgaben

• 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.
• 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.

Kenntnisse

Attention to detail

Time management

Communication and teamwork

Problem solving

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field

Tools

Microsoft Excel

SharePoint and OneDrive

Adobe Acrobat

Sage Intacct

Neos (Needles)

DocuWare imaging system

DOMO

ERP Sage

Jobbeschreibung

DM Injury Law, LLC is seeking a Settlement Accountant to join the Settlement Team. You will handle essential accounting functions to ensure client payments are accurate and timely, collaborating with attorneys and the finance group to move settlements forward smoothly.

You’ll perform settlement processing, accrual reviews, reconciliations, journal entries, and vendor setup while supporting senior team members on special projects.