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Job Description
Benefits
- Competitive base salary: USD 170,000 to 215,000 per year
- Discretionary bonus opportunities
- Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance
- Life and disability insurance
- 401(k) or employer-sponsored retirement plan
- Paid time off and firm holidays
- Parental leave
- Professional development and continuing education support
- Collegial work environment with long-term growth opportunities
Responsibilities
- Lead FP&A activities including annual budgeting, forecasting, and cash flow management for a mid-sized law firm
- Prepare and present monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reports to shareholders and firm leadership
- Oversee firm-wide budgeting, practice group profitability analysis, and support for shareholder compensation
- Manage billing, collections, and revenue reporting using Litify case management software
- Track matter-level financial performance, realization rates, utilization, and profitability
- Oversee trust accounting, payroll, taxes, audits, and regulatory compliance
- Ensure GAAP adherence and compliance with state bar and trust accounting rules
- Lead and develop the finance and accounting team
- Partner with leadership to establish and monitor KPIs
- Support data integrity by collaborating with administrative teams using iManage document management
- Improve financial processes, controls, and reporting systems as the firm grows
- Meet deadlines in a fast-paced, client-driven professional services environment
Requirements
- Strong experience in financial planning, budgeting, and analysis within a professional services setting
- Advanced spreadsheet and financial modeling skills
- Working knowledge of law firm billing, collections, and trust accounting practices
- Experience with Litify or similar legal case management systems preferred
- Experience with Accounting Seed preferred
- Ability to collaborate with administrative and legal teams using document management systems such as iManage
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to communicate financial information clearly to partners and non-financial stakeholders
- Proven leadership experience managing finance or accounting staff
- Excellent organizational, time-management, and problem-solving skills
- Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, or related field
- CPA designation strongly preferred
- MBA or Master’s in Finance a plus
- Minimum 10 years of progressive finance or accounting experience
- Prior experience in a law firm or mid-sized professional services firm strongly preferred
Technologies
- Litify
- iManage
- Accounting Seed
About the role
Based in Greenbelt, MD with a hybrid work arrangement, Joseph Greenwald & Laake (JGL) is a mid-sized Plaintiff law firm delivering sophisticated legal services. The firm emphasizes client service, collaboration, and operational excellence, blending traditional professional standards with modern legal technology to support growth and efficiency.
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